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A cassette module embodied for a differential flowmeter, wherein the cassette module forms a first (611, 615) and a second (610, 616) channel, which conducts fluid during operation of the differential flowmeter, characterized in that the cassette module is embodied in such a way that a geometric deformation of the channels due to a temperature difference between the channels (611, 615, 610, 616) is minimized or prevented in that at least two first channels (611, 615) and at least two second channels (610, 616) are provided, and in that the channels are arranged in such a way that mechanical stresses due to a temperature difference between the first (611, 615) and the second (610, 616) channels compensate one another.
Control unit, configured to receive a first measurement parameter p1 from a first ultrasound receiver detecting a first ultrasound signal, which has been travelling along a first path; receive a second measurement parameter p2 from a second ultrasound receiver detecting a second ultrasound signal, which has been travelling along a second path different from the first path; determine the ratio p1/p2 of the first measurement parameter p1 to the second measurement parameter p2; determine the ratio h/D of a known distance h covered by the first ultrasound signal along the first path to a known distance D covered by the second ultrasound signal along the second path; compare the ratio p1/p2 with the ratio h/D; and to control a process based on the comparison of the ratio p1/p2 with the ratio h/D. receive a first measurement parameter p1 from a first ultrasound receiver detecting a first ultrasound signal, which has been travelling along a first path; receive a second measurement parameter p2 from a second ultrasound receiver detecting a second ultrasound signal, which has been travelling along a second path different from the first path; determine the ratio p1/p2 of the first measurement parameter p1 to the second measurement parameter p2; determine the ratio h/D of a known distance h covered by the first ultrasound signal along the first path to a known distance D covered by the second ultrasound signal along the second path; compare the ratio p1/p2 with the ratio h/D; and to control a process based on the comparison of the ratio p1/p2 with the ratio h/D.
An electric machine, comprising: a rotor that includes an annularly-shaped rotor body and a plurality of permanent magnets (30, 32, 34, 36) positionally-fixed relative to the rotor body; an annularly-shaped first stator that includes a plurality of circumferentially-spaced stator poles; wherein the rotor and the first stator are concentric and axially-aligned relative to an axial centerline of the electric machine; wherein each of the plurality of permanent magnets creates a magnetic dipole, wherein each magnetic dipole extends along a dipole axis that passes through the respective permanent magnet, wherein each dipole axis extends in a first plane, and wherein the centerline of the electric machine extends in a second plane that is at least substantially perpendicular to the first plane; wherein each of the plurality of permanent magnets is positioned so that a magnet angle that is between 15° and 75° is defined between the respective dipole axis and a radial axis that extends between the respective permanent magnet and the centerline of the electric machine; characterized in that the plurality of permanent magnets are positioned so that they are circumferentially overlapping; and a radially outer end of each of the plurality of permanent magnets circumferentially overlaps a radially inner end of an adjacent permanent magnet. a rotor that includes an annularly-shaped rotor body and a plurality of permanent magnets (30, 32, 34, 36) positionally-fixed relative to the rotor body; an annularly-shaped first stator that includes a plurality of circumferentially-spaced stator poles; wherein the rotor and the first stator are concentric and axially-aligned relative to an axial centerline of the electric machine; wherein each of the plurality of permanent magnets creates a magnetic dipole, wherein each magnetic dipole extends along a dipole axis that passes through the respective permanent magnet, wherein each dipole axis extends in a first plane, and wherein the centerline of the electric machine extends in a second plane that is at least substantially perpendicular to the first plane; wherein each of the plurality of permanent magnets is positioned so that a magnet angle that is between 15° and 75° is defined between the respective dipole axis and a radial axis that extends between the respective permanent magnet and the centerline of the electric machine; characterized in that the plurality of permanent magnets are positioned so that they are circumferentially overlapping; and a radially outer end of each of the plurality of permanent magnets circumferentially overlaps a radially inner end of an adjacent permanent magnet.
A dynamic solid-state fermentation apparatus, comprising at least one container forming a sterilizable compartment for containing and mixing a solid or semisolid material; said container comprising at least one first port for accessing said sterilizable compartment; said container being associated to a supporting structure and rotating about an axis of rotation; said apparatus comprising fermentation control means for controlling a fermentation process of said material and downstream processing means processing said material after said fermentation process, said downstream processing means been removably associated with said container by coupling means; said downstream processing means interacting with said material directly inside said container producing semifinished products and finished products; said apparatus being characterized in that said container comprises a central hollow body having a substantially cylindrical shape; said central body having an axis of symmetry which is substantially perpendicular to said axis of rotation; said central body being closed at the mutually opposite ends by two peripheral hollow bodies (13, 14) which have an asymmetric substantially frustum-like shape; each of said peripheral bodies (13, 14) comprising at least one generatrix that is substantially parallel to at least one corresponding generatrix of said central body and the remaining generatrices being inclined with respect to the corresponding generatrices of said central body; in said two peripheral bodies (13, 14) said two generatrices that are substantially parallel to at least one generatrix of said central body being respectively arranged in mutually diametrically opposite positions with respect to the axis of symmetry of said central body.
An ergonomic duty belt assembly comprising: a longitudinally and laterally flexible inner belt having an interior face adapted to be worn adjacent a wearer, and an exterior face provided with a hook and loop fabric covering at least a portion of said exterior face; a longitudinally and laterally flexible supporting belt adapted to be affixed over said inner belt, away from said wearer, comprising an exterior face and an interior face provided with mating hook and loop fabric covering at least a portion of said interior face; a base material of each of said inner belt, said supporting belt, said hook and loop fabric and said mating hook and loop fabric being woven with a material having elasticity properties, thus providing longitudinal and lateral flexibility of said duty belt assembly; said supporting belt being removably mountable to said inner belt, said hook and loop fabric on said inner belt being adapted to be affixed to said mating hook and loop fabric of said supporting belt, characterized in that said supporting belt further comprises at least one polymer insert affixed between the base material layer and the hook and loop fabric of the supporting belt, wherein the polymer insert is not stretchable longitudinally although it may be somewhat flexible. a longitudinally and laterally flexible inner belt having an interior face adapted to be worn adjacent a wearer, and an exterior face provided with a hook and loop fabric covering at least a portion of said exterior face; a longitudinally and laterally flexible supporting belt adapted to be affixed over said inner belt, away from said wearer, comprising an exterior face and an interior face provided with mating hook and loop fabric covering at least a portion of said interior face; a base material of each of said inner belt, said supporting belt, said hook and loop fabric and said mating hook and loop fabric being woven with a material having elasticity properties, thus providing longitudinal and lateral flexibility of said duty belt assembly; said supporting belt being removably mountable to said inner belt, said hook and loop fabric on said inner belt being adapted to be affixed to said mating hook and loop fabric of said supporting belt, characterized in that said supporting belt further comprises at least one polymer insert affixed between the base material layer and the hook and loop fabric of the supporting belt, wherein the polymer insert is not stretchable longitudinally although it may be somewhat flexible.
A fuel battery comprising a plurality of stacked unit cells, wherein each of the unit cells, includes a membrane electrode assembly and two separators (23, 24) located on opposite sides of the membrane electrode assembly, the membrane electrode assembly includes a solid polymer electrolyte membrane, electrode catalyst layers (17, 18) laminated on anode side and cathode side surfaces of the solid polymer electrolyte membrane, and gas diffusion layers (19, 20) laminated on an outer surface of each of the electrode catalyst layers (17, 18), and gas passage forming bodies (31, 41) are stacked on an outer surface of each of the gas diffusion layers (19, 20) of each of the unit cells so that each of the unit cells includes a fuel gas passage and an oxidant gas passage, the fuel battery being characterized in that at least one of the gas passage forming bodies (31, 41) of each of the unit cells has a wave-shaped cross-section to define gas passages (32, 132) and water guide passages (33, 133), each of the gas and water guide passages extending in a straight line in the direction of gas flow, each of the water guide passages (33, 133) is located between adjacent ones of the gas passages (32, 132), each of the gas passages (32, 132) has a cross-sectional shape that widens toward the membrane electrode assembly, a communication passage (36, 136) is arranged between each of the gas passages (32, 132) and an adjacent one of the water guide passages (33, 133) to guide water from the gas passage (32, 132) to the water guide passage (33, 133), and the cross-sectional area of each of the communication passage (36, 136) and the gas passage (32, 132) is arranged, in use, so that the communication passage (36, 136) has a higher pressure loss than that of the gas passage (32, 132), and wherein the cross-sectional area of each of the communication passages (36, 136) is arranged, in use, to guide water from the gas passages (32, 132) to the water guide passages (33, 133) using a capillary action.
Exhaust gas aftertreatment system for an internal combustion engine, comprising an exhaust gas system which can be connected to an outlet of the internal combustion engine, a first catalytic converter which is close to the engine and, downstream of the first catalytic converter which is close to the engine, a second catalytic converter being arranged in the exhaust gas system in the flow direction of an exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine through an exhaust gas duct of the exhaust gas system, an input point for the hot exhaust gas of an exhaust gas burner being configured downstream of the first catalytic converter and upstream of the second catalytic converter, characterized in that a fuel injector for metering fuel into the exhaust gas duct is arranged downstream of the input point and upstream of the second catalytic converter, and a secondary air input point into the exhaust gas duct is configured downstream of the first catalytic converter which is close to the engine and upstream of the input point for the hot exhaust gas of the exhaust gas burner.
A method for guiding a vehicle during reversing along a desired travelling path, wherein the guiding is based on a lateral offset (y) between a preview point located at a preview distance (Pd) behind the vehicle and the desired travelling path, the method comprising: - determining a curvature of the desired travelling path behind the vehicle; - adaptively adjusting the preview distance (Pd) in dependence on the determined curvature, thereby adaptively adjusting the preview point; and - guiding the vehicle along the desired travelling path by use of the lateral offset (y) between the adjusted preview point and the desired travelling path, wherein guiding the vehicle along the desired travelling path comprises determining a desired steering intervention of the vehicle to be used in order to follow the desired travelling path, wherein the desired steering intervention is based on the lateral offset (y) between the adjusted preview point and the desired travelling path, and wherein the desired steering intervention is performed by one or more steerable wheel(s) of the vehicle and/or by two or more crawler members of the vehicle. - determining a curvature of the desired travelling path behind the vehicle; - adaptively adjusting the preview distance (Pd) in dependence on the determined curvature, thereby adaptively adjusting the preview point; and - guiding the vehicle along the desired travelling path by use of the lateral offset (y) between the adjusted preview point and the desired travelling path, wherein guiding the vehicle along the desired travelling path comprises determining a desired steering intervention of the vehicle to be used in order to follow the desired travelling path, wherein the desired steering intervention is based on the lateral offset (y) between the adjusted preview point and the desired travelling path, and wherein the desired steering intervention is performed by one or more steerable wheel(s) of the vehicle and/or by two or more crawler members of the vehicle.
An apparatus for controlling a fuel tank, the apparatus comprising: the fuel tank having a plurality of volumes; and a controller configured to control a charging state of a fuel charged in the fuel tank and to selectively control use of the fuel charged in the plurality of volumes based on an amount of the fuel used or a state of the fuel tank, wherein the fuel tank includes: a chamber including a first volume on one side and a second volume on the other side with respect to a partition wall; a first valve provided on the one side of the chamber and configured to adjust opening or closing of the first volume; a second valve provided on the other side of the chamber and configured to adjust opening or closing of the second volume; and a third valve provided in the partition wall and configured to adjust opening or closing for communication between the first volume and the second volume. the fuel tank having a plurality of volumes; and a controller configured to control a charging state of a fuel charged in the fuel tank and to selectively control use of the fuel charged in the plurality of volumes based on an amount of the fuel used or a state of the fuel tank, wherein the fuel tank includes: a chamber including a first volume on one side and a second volume on the other side with respect to a partition wall; a first valve provided on the one side of the chamber and configured to adjust opening or closing of the first volume; a second valve provided on the other side of the chamber and configured to adjust opening or closing of the second volume; and a third valve provided in the partition wall and configured to adjust opening or closing for communication between the first volume and the second volume. a chamber including a first volume on one side and a second volume on the other side with respect to a partition wall; a first valve provided on the one side of the chamber and configured to adjust opening or closing of the first volume; a second valve provided on the other side of the chamber and configured to adjust opening or closing of the second volume; and a third valve provided in the partition wall and configured to adjust opening or closing for communication between the first volume and the second volume.
A method, performed automatically by an alert system, of alerting a set of target subscribers via mobile devices carried by the target subscribers, the method comprising: identifying the mobile devices of the set of target subscribers as targets for receiving an alert within a message-dissemination time; estimating a message-sending time to send an alert to the mobile devices via at least one point-to-point messaging channel; comparing the message-sending time to the message-dissemination time; in response to the message-sending time being greater than the message-dissemination time, begin broadcasting the alert on a broadcasting messaging channel, and in response to the message-sending time being less than the message-dissemination time, begin or continue sending the alert on the at least one point-to-point messaging channel. identifying the mobile devices of the set of target subscribers as targets for receiving an alert within a message-dissemination time; estimating a message-sending time to send an alert to the mobile devices via at least one point-to-point messaging channel; comparing the message-sending time to the message-dissemination time; in response to the message-sending time being greater than the message-dissemination time, begin broadcasting the alert on a broadcasting messaging channel, and in response to the message-sending time being less than the message-dissemination time, begin or continue sending the alert on the at least one point-to-point messaging channel.
A long term evolution, LTE, user equipment UE, for communicating with an LTE Radio Access Network that is shared by multiple operators each operator being associated with a respective Public Land Mobile Network, PLMN, the UE comprising; a receiver which receives a broadcast of ac barring per PLMN information, for each PLMN of the multiple operators, in a system information block 2, the ac barring per PLMN information comprising an ac-BarringInfo information element, IE, in association with information indicating a PLMN of an operator; wherein the UE is configured to determine whether access to a cell is barred based on said received ac barring information.
A mass spectrometer comprising an electron source for selectively providing a first stream of electrons that travels in a direction along a line to a target location within an ion volume remote from the electron source, and for selectively providing a second stream of electrons that travels in the direction along the line to the target location, the electron source including: a first electron emitter for selectively emitting electrons for the first stream; and a second electron emitter positioned in an overlying relationship to the first electron emitter for selectively emitting electrons for the second stream wherein the line defines a configured line of travel to the target location for the first and second stream that is normal to and extends through the central axes of the emission sections of the first electron emitter and the second electron emitter, characterized in that the ion volume is located inside the mass spectrometer, and further in that a distance, measured from center to center of the first and second electron emitters along the configured line of travel, is less than 5mm and the distance between their outer diameters is at least 50 μm. a first electron emitter for selectively emitting electrons for the first stream; and a second electron emitter positioned in an overlying relationship to the first electron emitter for selectively emitting electrons for the second stream wherein the line defines a configured line of travel to the target location for the first and second stream that is normal to and extends through the central axes of the emission sections of the first electron emitter and the second electron emitter, characterized in that the ion volume is located inside the mass spectrometer, and further in that a distance, measured from center to center of the first and second electron emitters along the configured line of travel, is less than 5mm and the distance between their outer diameters is at least 50 μm.
A composition comprising at least one silicone containing component, at least one hydrophilic component, a high molecular weight hydrophilic polymer, wherein the high molecular weight hydrophilic polymer has a K-value of greater than 46, and a diluent having an alpha value of between 0.05 and 1 and a Hansen solubility parameter, δp of less than 10, wherein said composition forms a clear blend at a selected reaction temperature wherein the reaction temperature is up to 75 °C, wherein the K-value, alpha value and Hansen solubility parameter are measured using the methods described in the description, characterized in that said composition does not include a silicone containing compatibilizing component, which is a reaction component that contains at least one silicone and at least one hydroxyl group.
An hydraulic system for a working machine, the system comprising: an engine, and an engine speed sensor configured to detect the engine speed; a travel pump configured to actuate a travel actuator, and a travel pump pressure sensor configured to detect the travel pump pressure; a service pump configured to actuate a service actuator, and a service pump pressure sensor configured to detect the service pump pressure; and a micro-controller unit configured to receive input values from each sensor (28,30), and configured to determine whether each input value is within a predetermined range where the engine will not stall; wherein the micro-controller unit is configured to provide an output when at least one input value is outside the predetermined range; characterised in that the system further comprises an indicator configured to alert an operator that the engine will stall; wherein the micro-controller unit output is configured to activate the indicator; and wherein, only when the operator ignores the indicator such that the at least one input value remains outside of the predetermined range, the micro-controller unit is configured to adjust one or more of engine speed, travel pump pressure and service pump pressure in response to at least one input value being outside the predetermined range, in order to prevent the engine stalling. an engine, and an engine speed sensor configured to detect the engine speed; a travel pump configured to actuate a travel actuator, and a travel pump pressure sensor configured to detect the travel pump pressure; a service pump configured to actuate a service actuator, and a service pump pressure sensor configured to detect the service pump pressure; and a micro-controller unit configured to receive input values from each sensor (28,30), and configured to determine whether each input value is within a predetermined range where the engine will not stall; wherein the micro-controller unit is configured to provide an output when at least one input value is outside the predetermined range; characterised in that the system further comprises an indicator configured to alert an operator that the engine will stall; wherein the micro-controller unit output is configured to activate the indicator; and wherein, only when the operator ignores the indicator such that the at least one input value remains outside of the predetermined range, the micro-controller unit is configured to adjust one or more of engine speed, travel pump pressure and service pump pressure in response to at least one input value being outside the predetermined range, in order to prevent the engine stalling.