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A method of exchanging heat in a core-in-shell heat exchanger disposed on a slosh-inducing moving platform, the method comprising: introducing a shell-side liquid into a shell of the core-in-shell heat exchanger; introducing a fluid to be cooled into each of a plurality of cores of the core-in-shell heat exchanger, the cores being arranged along an axial length of the shell with a plurality of baffles, at least one baffle being disposed on either side of each core along the axial length of the shell to reduce slosh of the shell-side liquid; characterised by draining excess shell-side liquid using a plurality of drains, at least two of the plurality of drains being disposed on opposite sides of one of the plurality of baffles, wherein the step of draining the excess shell-side liquid includes the plurality of drains, positioned at a height within the shell, and being disposed at an end of a corresponding drain pipe, each drain pipe protruding into the shell from a bottom of the shell and coupled to an outlet drain line outside the shell. introducing a shell-side liquid into a shell of the core-in-shell heat exchanger; introducing a fluid to be cooled into each of a plurality of cores of the core-in-shell heat exchanger, the cores being arranged along an axial length of the shell with a plurality of baffles, at least one baffle being disposed on either side of each core along the axial length of the shell to reduce slosh of the shell-side liquid; characterised by draining excess shell-side liquid using a plurality of drains, at least two of the plurality of drains being disposed on opposite sides of one of the plurality of baffles, wherein the step of draining the excess shell-side liquid includes the plurality of drains, positioned at a height within the shell, and being disposed at an end of a corresponding drain pipe, each drain pipe protruding into the shell from a bottom of the shell and coupled to an outlet drain line outside the shell.
A high-pressure cylinder containing an outlet neck, at least in one of bottoms, a thin-walled sealing liner from a thin-walled stainless steel and an external power shell of a composite material, formed by a combination of layers-shells with grouped tapes being oriented on the surface of the liner in geodesic directions with different angles and different linear density, respectively located reinforcement material-made threads, thus the meridian profile, forming the surface of liner's bottom, has the shape of a smooth curve, fitted on the forming meridians of parts of layer-shells nested one into the other, characterized by the fact that the first of layer shell is from the neck to the second layer shells being as the surface of a geodesic isotensoid, and further coincide with the surface of the liner in the sections of their polar apertures and satisfy a condition sin γ = πp r 2 2 ∑ i = 1 k T n i cos φ i where γ is an angle between the rotation axis and the perpendicular to the surface in the evaluated cross-section, T - efforts for breaking the reinforcing threads, n - a reinforcement power, a number of threads, in the i - the layer of the shell, φi - reinforcement angle in an examining cross-section, r is a radius of the considered cross-section, p is a pressure in the cylinder, k is a number of inserted layers-shells.
Organic ammonium salt of the formula where the symbols have the following definitions: A - is an anionic pesticide, R 1 is CH 3, R is H, characterized in that A is selected from the group consisting of: aminocyclopyrachlor, aminopyralid, benazolin, clopyralid, 2,4-D, 2,4-DB, 2,4,5-T, dicamba, dichlorprop, dichlorprop-P, diflufenzopyr, fluroxypyr, MCPA, MCPB, mecoprop, mecoprop-P, picloram, quinclorac, quinmerac, tricamba, triclopyr, indole-3-acetic acid, 1-naphthylacetic acid, 2-naphthylacetic acid and salicylic acid. A - is an anionic pesticide, R 1 is CH 3, R is H,
A computer-implemented method for managing display-related resources, the method comprising the steps of: • receiving an input sequence of images at a server; the method being characterized in that it further comprises the steps of: • analyzing presence of input activity at the server; • in case of input activity presence at the server, adding, to an output data stream, a signal indicative of input activity presence; • adding, to the output data stream, the input sequence of images; • transmitting the output data stream to a client device for the purpose of managing display-related resources of the client device, by prohibiting invoking a resources saving action, based on the signal indicative of input activity presence. • receiving an input sequence of images at a server; • analyzing presence of input activity at the server; • in case of input activity presence at the server, adding, to an output data stream, a signal indicative of input activity presence; • adding, to the output data stream, the input sequence of images; • transmitting the output data stream to a client device for the purpose of managing display-related resources of the client device, by prohibiting invoking a resources saving action, based on the signal indicative of input activity presence.
Stereolithography machine comprising: - a container for a fluid substance in the liquid or paste state suited to be solidified through exposure to predefined radiation; - means for emitting said predefined radiation, suited to selectively irradiate a layer of said fluid substance having a predefined thickness and arranged adjacent to the bottom of said container in order to solidify it; - a modelling plate suited to support said solidified layer; - actuator means suited to move said modelling plate with respect to said bottom at least according to a modelling direction that is perpendicular to said bottom; - levelling means associated with power means configured so as to move said levelling means with respect to said bottom of said container in contact with said fluid substance so as to cause said fluid substance to be redistributed in said container; said power means being configured so as to move said container in each one of the two opposite senses of a direction of movement; wherein said levelling means comprise at least two paddles (9, 10) mainly developed according to a longitudinal direction perpendicular to said direction of movement, characterized in that said at least two paddles (9, 10) are arranged on two corresponding opposite sides with respect to said modelling plate. - a container for a fluid substance in the liquid or paste state suited to be solidified through exposure to predefined radiation; - means for emitting said predefined radiation, suited to selectively irradiate a layer of said fluid substance having a predefined thickness and arranged adjacent to the bottom of said container in order to solidify it; - a modelling plate suited to support said solidified layer; - actuator means suited to move said modelling plate with respect to said bottom at least according to a modelling direction that is perpendicular to said bottom; - levelling means associated with power means configured so as to move said levelling means with respect to said bottom of said container in contact with said fluid substance so as to cause said fluid substance to be redistributed in said container; said power means being configured so as to move said container in each one of the two opposite senses of a direction of movement; wherein said levelling means comprise at least two paddles (9, 10) mainly developed according to a longitudinal direction perpendicular to said direction of movement, characterized in that said at least two paddles (9, 10) are arranged on two corresponding opposite sides with respect to said modelling plate.
A flowpath component of a gas turbine comprising: a body including at least one internal cooling passage; and the internal cooling passage being defined by a surface layer comprising a first material, and an interior layer comprising a second material distinct from the first material, wherein the surface layer and the internal layer are additively manufactured as a single unitary structure; characterised in that: the internal cooling passage includes at least one altered cooling region, wherein the surface layer comprises a third material at the at least one altered cooling region; and the surface layer at the at least one altered cooling region has a first thickness distinct from a remainder of the surface layer, wherein the thickness of the surface layer has a gradient as the surface layer approaches the at least one altered cooling region. a body including at least one internal cooling passage; and the internal cooling passage being defined by a surface layer comprising a first material, and an interior layer comprising a second material distinct from the first material, wherein the surface layer and the internal layer are additively manufactured as a single unitary structure; the internal cooling passage includes at least one altered cooling region, wherein the surface layer comprises a third material at the at least one altered cooling region; and the surface layer at the at least one altered cooling region has a first thickness distinct from a remainder of the surface layer, wherein the thickness of the surface layer has a gradient as the surface layer approaches the at least one altered cooling region.
Filtration method by means of a membrane filter press comprised of an assembly of elements forming filtration chambers, collecting chambers and compression chambers; a flexible membrane separating a filtration chamber from the next compression chamber so that each compression chamber is delimited on one side by the flexible membrane and on the other side by the wall of the element it is attached to; each filtration chamber being delimited by the flexible membrane on one side and by a filter medium on the other side; wherein the method comprises one or more filtration cycles; each cycle comprising at least following steps: a) suction of the gas contained in each compression chamber so as to position the flexible membrane against the wall of the element it is attached to; b) progressive feeding of each filtration chamber with the suspension to be filtered; c) gradual filtration through the filter medium, formation of a filter cake and collecting the filtrate in the collecting chamber; d) filling the filtration chambers with a sparging liquid; e) sparging the filter cake with the sparging fluid; f) filling the compression chambers with a compression gas in such a way that the membranes are pressed against the filter cakes; g) discharging and removal of the sparged filter cakes. a) suction of the gas contained in each compression chamber so as to position the flexible membrane against the wall of the element it is attached to; b) progressive feeding of each filtration chamber with the suspension to be filtered; c) gradual filtration through the filter medium, formation of a filter cake and collecting the filtrate in the collecting chamber; d) filling the filtration chambers with a sparging liquid; e) sparging the filter cake with the sparging fluid; f) filling the compression chambers with a compression gas in such a way that the membranes are pressed against the filter cakes; g) discharging and removal of the sparged filter cakes.
A liquefied gas treatment system for a vessel, which includes a cargo tank (1;11) storing liquefied natural gas, and an engine using the LNG as fuel, the liquefied gas treatment system comprising: a compressor line (140;L1) configured to compress boil-off gas generated in the cargo tank by a compressor (150;13) and supply the compressed BOG to the engine as fuel; a pump line (110;L1) configured to compress the LNG stored in the cargo tank by a pump (2,120;12,43) and supply the compressed LNG to the engine as fuel; characterized in that it comprises a heat exchanger configured to liquefy at least a part of BOG, which is compressed by the compressor, by exchanging heat with BOG that is discharged from the cargo tank and transferred to the compressor, and decompressing means configured to decompress the BOG liquefied by the heat exchanger, wherein the BOG discharged from the cargo tank is compressed at about 150 to 400 bara by the compressor, and wherein at least the part of BOG which is compressed by the compressor is liquefied by passing through the heat exchanger and the decompressing means, so that at least the part of BOG is treated without employing a reliquefaction apparatus using a separate refrigerant. a compressor line (140;L1) configured to compress boil-off gas generated in the cargo tank by a compressor (150;13) and supply the compressed BOG to the engine as fuel; a pump line (110;L1) configured to compress the LNG stored in the cargo tank by a pump (2,120;12,43) and supply the compressed LNG to the engine as fuel; characterized in that it comprises a heat exchanger configured to liquefy at least a part of BOG, which is compressed by the compressor, by exchanging heat with BOG that is discharged from the cargo tank and transferred to the compressor, and decompressing means configured to decompress the BOG liquefied by the heat exchanger, wherein the BOG discharged from the cargo tank is compressed at about 150 to 400 bara by the compressor, and wherein at least the part of BOG which is compressed by the compressor is liquefied by passing through the heat exchanger and the decompressing means, so that at least the part of BOG is treated without employing a reliquefaction apparatus using a separate refrigerant.
A method for determining binding constants for a molecular interaction between a first binding partner A and a second binding partner B, wherein said first binding partner and said second binding partner form complex AB, wherein said method comprises the following steps: the step of providing at least a first solution comprising molecule B and at least a second solution comprising molecule B; the step of adding a known amount of molecule A to said first solution and adding a known amount of molecule A to said second solution and incubating said first solutions and said second solution after adding said molecule A; the step of measuring the signal of free molecule B in said first solution and said second solution after allowing said first solutions and said second solutions to incubate; and the step of calculating the binding constants for the molecular interaction between said molecule A and said molecule B using the equation K d = / to obtain the binding constants of best fit in said calculation; the method being characterized in that it further comprises: the step of providing a first NSB (non specific binding) solution, wherein said first NSB solution is free of molecule B; the step of measuring the signal of free molecule B in said first NSB solution; wherein the step of calculating the binding constants for the molecular interaction between said molecule A and said molecule B further comprises utilizing the signal measured for free or bound molecule B in said first NSB solution to define the signal from solutions 1 and 2 in the presence of saturating quantity of molecule A. the step of providing at least a first solution comprising molecule B and at least a second solution comprising molecule B; the step of adding a known amount of molecule A to said first solution and adding a known amount of molecule A to said second solution and incubating said first solutions and said second solution after adding said molecule A; the step of measuring the signal of free molecule B in said first solution and said second solution after allowing said first solutions and said second solutions to incubate; and the step of calculating the binding constants for the molecular interaction between said molecule A and said molecule B using the equation K d = / to obtain the binding constants of best fit in said calculation; the method being characterized in that it further comprises: the step of providing a first NSB (non specific binding) solution, wherein said first NSB solution is free of molecule B; the step of measuring the signal of free molecule B in said first NSB solution; wherein the step of calculating the binding constants for the molecular interaction between said molecule A and said molecule B further comprises utilizing the signal measured for free or bound molecule B in said first NSB solution to define the signal from solutions 1 and 2 in the presence of saturating quantity of molecule A.
A system configured to produce a custom flexible polymeric prosthetic liner for a prosthetic socket, either of a generic size or already in use by an amputee, comprising: a shape capture apparatus (15; 210) configured to capture (15, 80, 105) a 3-dimensional shape of the amputee's residual limb and thereby create a 3-dimensional electronic residual limb model; a processing device, the processing device running a computer program configured to generate (45; 95; 120) a 3-dimensional electronic liner model using said 3-dimensional electronic residual limb model; an optional interface for allowing a user of the system to operate the computer program to view and modify said 3-dimensional electronic residual limb model; a means configured to provide data associated with the 3-dimensional electronic liner model, the 3-dimensional electronic residual limb model, or both, to a manufacturing facility equipped to produce the custom flexible polymeric prosthetic liner; an apparatus (55, 75) configured to create a least one custom mold component from the data; and a molding machine configured to produce the custom flexible polymeric prosthetic liner from a mold incorporating the at least one custom mold component. a shape capture apparatus (15; 210) configured to capture (15, 80, 105) a 3-dimensional shape of the amputee's residual limb and thereby create a 3-dimensional electronic residual limb model; a processing device, the processing device running a computer program configured to generate (45; 95; 120) a 3-dimensional electronic liner model using said 3-dimensional electronic residual limb model; an optional interface for allowing a user of the system to operate the computer program to view and modify said 3-dimensional electronic residual limb model; a means configured to provide data associated with the 3-dimensional electronic liner model, the 3-dimensional electronic residual limb model, or both, to a manufacturing facility equipped to produce the custom flexible polymeric prosthetic liner; an apparatus (55, 75) configured to create a least one custom mold component from the data; and a molding machine configured to produce the custom flexible polymeric prosthetic liner from a mold incorporating the at least one custom mold component.
A seat device for a vehicle, comprising a dynamic damper attached to a frame (6, 10, 12) of a seat installed in the vehicle, the dynamic damper comprising a damper case that is formed from first and second case halves (17A, 17B) joined together so as to be capable of separating from each other to define a damper chamber therebetween, a weight that is housed in the damper chamber, and an elastic member that is disposed between the weight and an inner face of the damper chamber so as to allow vibration of the weight, the damper case being provided with a mounting part (24A, 24B, 24C, 50, 124) that is mounted on the frame (6, 10, 12), wherein a headrest of the seat comprises a headrest frame supported on an upper end part of a seat back and a cushion member formed from a foam material in which is embedded an upper part of the headrest frame, characterized in that the damper case is retained on the headrest frame via the mounting part (24A, 24B, 24C, 50) and embedded in the cushion member, and the elastic member supporting the weight, so as to be capable of vibrating within the damper case, is separate and different from the cushion member.
A circuit for receiving an output signal from a transformer, the circuit comprising a filter and a switch characteristised in that the switch, in the case of the transformer being a magnetic transformer, places the filter in an activated mode and for, in the case of the transformer being an electronic transformer, places the filter in a deactivated mode.
Method for switching a vehicle lighting system having a light control unit with signal inputs (5.1, 5.2, 5.3) for driver-side switching signals at the level of the vehicle supply voltage and with a further input for the vehicle supply voltage, having a signal output which is part of a bidirectional data bus connection (7A, 8A) to the vehicle lights (L1, L2, L3), and having a test routine which is preferably implemented in the light control unit and is intended to check the signal processing in the light control unit, the voltage at the further input being monitored and the test routine starting as soon as a general vehicle supply voltage is applied to the further input for the first time after each operational start of the vehicle with switching-on of the vehicle electrical system, characterized in that the test routine does not start when a driver-side switching signal is present at one of the signal inputs (5.1, 5.2, 5.3).
A direct current, DC, power transmission device comprising: a power supply request acquisition unit configured to acquire a power supply request from a DC power reception device, the DC power reception device being configured to receive DC power from a DC bus line; and a transmission power decision unit configured to calculate a parameter of DC power to be output to the DC power reception device via the DC bus line based on the power supply request and a characteristic of a power storage device, the power storage device being configured to supply DC power to the DC bus line, wherein the DC power transmission device further comprises a power transmission status acquisition unit configured to acquire a power transmission status of another device that is transmitting DC power to the DC bus line, wherein the transmission power decision unit is configured to decide the parameter of DC power to be output to the DC bus line also based on the power transmission status of the other device, characterized in that, the parameter includes a power transmission time required for transmitting a requested total amount of DC power from the DC power transmission device to the DC power reception device, wherein the power transmission time is calculated to consider a power transmission loss occurring until the requested total amount of DC power reaches the DC power reception device. a power supply request acquisition unit configured to acquire a power supply request from a DC power reception device, the DC power reception device being configured to receive DC power from a DC bus line; and a transmission power decision unit configured to calculate a parameter of DC power to be output to the DC power reception device via the DC bus line based on the power supply request and a characteristic of a power storage device, the power storage device being configured to supply DC power to the DC bus line, wherein the DC power transmission device further comprises a power transmission status acquisition unit configured to acquire a power transmission status of another device that is transmitting DC power to the DC bus line, wherein the transmission power decision unit is configured to decide the parameter of DC power to be output to the DC bus line also based on the power transmission status of the other device, characterized in that, the parameter includes a power transmission time required for transmitting a requested total amount of DC power from the DC power transmission device to the DC power reception device, wherein the power transmission time is calculated to consider a power transmission loss occurring until the requested total amount of DC power reaches the DC power reception device.