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A method for automatically adjusting the operation of a fan, of the type which comprises: - determining the actual rotational speed (Vel) value of the fan; - measuring the electric current consumed by the fan; - establishing the new rotational speed (Vaj) value for the fan, calculating it based on a selected operating criterion, using at least the determined actual rotational speed (Vel) value and the measured value of the electric current consumed by the fan; wherein the method further comprises determining the actual electrical power (Pot) consumed by the fan motor from said measured value of the electric current consumed by the fan, calculating the actual working point (x) of the fan from several characteristic curves of the fan and based on said actual speed (Vel) value and actual electrical power (Pot) value, and using said calculated actual working point (x) for establishing the new rotational speed (Vaj) value for the fan; the method being characterized in that: when there is no point in said characteristic curves of the fan linking said actual rotational speed (Vel) value of the fan with said actual electrical power (Pot) value, the method comprises calculating an estimated intersecting point, which is said working point (x), by means of the following steps: - determining two points (x1, x2) in two characteristic curves of two different rotational speeds linking electrical power with flow rate, one point per curve, where said two rotational speeds are a first rotational speed with a value less than that of the actual rotational speed (Vel), and a second rotational speed with a value greater than that of the actual rotational speed (Vel), and - interpolating said two points (x1, x2), the result of said interpolation being the actual working point (x). - determining the actual rotational speed (Vel) value of the fan; - measuring the electric current consumed by the fan; - establishing the new rotational speed (Vaj) value for the fan, calculating it based on a selected operating criterion, using at least the determined actual rotational speed (Vel) value and the measured value of the electric current consumed by the fan; - determining two points (x1, x2) in two characteristic curves of two different rotational speeds linking electrical power with flow rate, one point per curve, where said two rotational speeds are a first rotational speed with a value less than that of the actual rotational speed (Vel), and a second rotational speed with a value greater than that of the actual rotational speed (Vel), and - interpolating said two points (x1, x2), the result of said interpolation being the actual working point (x).
A method for testing an electrical fault detection device having a microprocessor and analog processing circuitry, (130, 131) the analog processing circuitry configured to detect a high-frequency component of a sinusoidal electrical power signal, identify a broadband portion of the high frequency component, and generate digital signals indicative of at least one characteristic of the broadband portion, the microprocessor configured to store a fault count value representing a propensity of the high-frequency component to be an arc fault, adjust the fault count value based on the at least one characteristic of the broadband portion, and generate a trip signal if the fault count value exceeds a fault count threshold, the method comprising: providing a test command signal to an RF noise generator, the RF noise generator configured to generate, in response to the test command signal, a high-frequency broadband noise signal (RFNout) and deliver the high-frequency broadband noise signal to an input of the analog processing circuitry; monitoring, by the microprocessor, the high-frequency broadband noise signal to determine whether the digital signals generated by the analog processing circuitry are consistent with the high-frequency broadband noise signal; and generating a test failure trip signal if the digital signals generated by the analog processing circuitry are not consistent with the high-frequency broadband noise signal. providing a test command signal to an RF noise generator, the RF noise generator configured to generate, in response to the test command signal, a high-frequency broadband noise signal (RFNout) and deliver the high-frequency broadband noise signal to an input of the analog processing circuitry; monitoring, by the microprocessor, the high-frequency broadband noise signal to determine whether the digital signals generated by the analog processing circuitry are consistent with the high-frequency broadband noise signal; and generating a test failure trip signal if the digital signals generated by the analog processing circuitry are not consistent with the high-frequency broadband noise signal.
A combustion control system for controlling combustion of fuel in a boiler, the combustion control system comprising: an excess air ratio setting unit configured to set an excess air ratio which is a ratio of an amount of air to be input to the boiler relative to an amount of theoretical combustion air, based on a main steam flow rate from the boiler; an excess air ratio correction amount calculation unit configured to calculate a correction amount of the excess air ratio to make a heat loss caused by excess air and a heat loss caused by incomplete combustion be substantially equal to each other, based on oxygen concentration and carbon monoxide concentration in an exhaust gas from the boiler; and an oxygen control unit configured to generate an air setting correction signal for correcting a setting value of the air amount, based on an excess air ratio corrected using the correction amount and the oxygen concentration in the exhaust gas; characterized in that the combustion control system further comprises an air-rich control unit configured to: perform control to increase a setting value of fuel to be supplied to the boiler after increasing a setting value of an amount of air to be supplied to the boiler first at time of increasing a load of the boiler; and perform control to decrease the setting value of the amount of air supplied to the boiler after decreasing the setting value of the fuel to be supplied to the boiler first at time of decreasing the load of the boiler. an excess air ratio setting unit configured to set an excess air ratio which is a ratio of an amount of air to be input to the boiler relative to an amount of theoretical combustion air, based on a main steam flow rate from the boiler; an excess air ratio correction amount calculation unit configured to calculate a correction amount of the excess air ratio to make a heat loss caused by excess air and a heat loss caused by incomplete combustion be substantially equal to each other, based on oxygen concentration and carbon monoxide concentration in an exhaust gas from the boiler; and an oxygen control unit configured to generate an air setting correction signal for correcting a setting value of the air amount, based on an excess air ratio corrected using the correction amount and the oxygen concentration in the exhaust gas; perform control to increase a setting value of fuel to be supplied to the boiler after increasing a setting value of an amount of air to be supplied to the boiler first at time of increasing a load of the boiler; and perform control to decrease the setting value of the amount of air supplied to the boiler after decreasing the setting value of the fuel to be supplied to the boiler first at time of decreasing the load of the boiler.
Process for reducing thermally induced discoloration of melt-processible fluoropolymer resin, said fluoropolymer resin produced by polymerizing fluoromonomer in an aqueous dispersion medium to form aqueous fluoropolymer dispersion and isolating said fluoropolymer from said aqueous medium to obtain said fluoropolymer resin, said process comprising: melt extruding said fluoropolymer resin to produce molten fluoropolymer resin; and exposing said molten fluoropolymer resin to an oxygen source during said melt extruding; wherein said aqueous fluoropolymer dispersion contains hydrocarbon surfactant which causes said thermally induced discoloration; and wherein oxygen source means any chemical source of oxygen capable of reacting as an oxidizing agent. melt extruding said fluoropolymer resin to produce molten fluoropolymer resin; and exposing said molten fluoropolymer resin to an oxygen source during said melt extruding; wherein said aqueous fluoropolymer dispersion contains hydrocarbon surfactant which causes said thermally induced discoloration; and wherein oxygen source means any chemical source of oxygen capable of reacting as an oxidizing agent.
An object detection apparatus, comprising: an image input unit configured to receive an image; an image feature quantity extraction unit configured to extract a predetermined image feature quantity from the image to generate a feature-quantity extraction image; and a symmetry evaluation unit configured to set, for every processing target pixel in the feature-quantity extraction image, a symmetry evaluation area for evaluating symmetry in a first direction in the image in such a manner that the symmetry evaluation area is symmetrical with respect to a central axis that is a predetermined axis in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, characterized in that the symmetry evaluation unit is configured to, for every processing target pixel, calculate a weighted value resulting from weighting a value indicating a correlation value based on a distance of a group of pixels included in the symmetry evaluation area and located symmetrical with respect to the central axis from the central axis, the distance being a distance from the central axis, the correlation value indicating a correlation between image feature quantities of the group of pixels, while varying a size of the symmetry evaluation area to obtain, for each symmetry evaluation area of varied size, a symmetry evaluation value indicating a degree of the symmetry in the first direction. an image input unit configured to receive an image; an image feature quantity extraction unit configured to extract a predetermined image feature quantity from the image to generate a feature-quantity extraction image; and a symmetry evaluation unit configured to set, for every processing target pixel in the feature-quantity extraction image, a symmetry evaluation area for evaluating symmetry in a first direction in the image in such a manner that the symmetry evaluation area is symmetrical with respect to a central axis that is a predetermined axis in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, characterized in that the symmetry evaluation unit is configured to, for every processing target pixel, calculate a weighted value resulting from weighting a value indicating a correlation value based on a distance of a group of pixels included in the symmetry evaluation area and located symmetrical with respect to the central axis from the central axis, the distance being a distance from the central axis, the correlation value indicating a correlation between image feature quantities of the group of pixels, while varying a size of the symmetry evaluation area to obtain, for each symmetry evaluation area of varied size, a symmetry evaluation value indicating a degree of the symmetry in the first direction.
A method of transforming starting bulk materials comprising: providing a bulk material comprising carbonaceous particles comprising a gas, a liquid, or mixtures thereof within void spaces in the particles.; comminuting the bulk material to form a comminuted bulk material; compacting the comminuted bulk material to destroy internal voids in the comminuted bulk material to release gas and liquids and prevent their recapture by sorption by subjecting the comminuted bulk material to a pressure of between about 206.8 MPa (30,000 psi) and about 551.6 MPa (80,000 psi) by feeding the comminuted bulk material between two counter-rotating rolls for between about 0.001 seconds and about 10 seconds to form a ribbon that fractures into large compacts comminuting ribbon to form pieces of ribbon. providing a bulk material comprising carbonaceous particles comprising a gas, a liquid, or mixtures thereof within void spaces in the particles.; comminuting the bulk material to form a comminuted bulk material; compacting the comminuted bulk material to destroy internal voids in the comminuted bulk material to release gas and liquids and prevent their recapture by sorption by subjecting the comminuted bulk material to a pressure of between about 206.8 MPa (30,000 psi) and about 551.6 MPa (80,000 psi) by feeding the comminuted bulk material between two counter-rotating rolls for between about 0.001 seconds and about 10 seconds to form a ribbon that fractures into large compacts comminuting ribbon to form pieces of ribbon.
Timepiece mechanism comprising: - a first source of energy, - a regulating member arranged to regulate the first source of energy, - a second source of energy independent of the first source of energy, - a control member arranged to be driven by the second source of energy, - a blocking device arranged to be controlled by the first source of energy to block the second source of energy and to release it at determined times in order to allow the control member to be displaced by jumps under the action of the second source of energy, the blocking device comprising: - first and second mobile parts (8a', 8a"; 8s, 8t) kinematically connected to one another, the first mobile part (8a'; 8s) comprising a drive device (8h; 8d'), the second mobile part (8a"; 8t) comprising a stopping device, and characterised in that it further comprises: - a rotating drive member kinematically connected to the first source of energy and arranged to co-operate with the drive device (8h; 8d') to displace the first mobile part (8a'; 8s), and thus the second mobile part (8a"; 8t), alternately in opposite directions, and - a rotating blocking member kinematically connected to the second source of energy and arranged to co-operate with the stopping device to be blocked by the second mobile part (8a"; 8t) and released at said determined times by said displacements of the second mobile part (8a"; 8t). - a first source of energy, - a regulating member arranged to regulate the first source of energy, - a second source of energy independent of the first source of energy, - a control member arranged to be driven by the second source of energy, - a blocking device arranged to be controlled by the first source of energy to block the second source of energy and to release it at determined times in order to allow the control member to be displaced by jumps under the action of the second source of energy, - first and second mobile parts (8a', 8a"; 8s, 8t) kinematically connected to one another, the first mobile part (8a'; 8s) comprising a drive device (8h; 8d'), the second mobile part (8a"; 8t) comprising a stopping device, and characterised in that it further comprises: - a rotating drive member kinematically connected to the first source of energy and arranged to co-operate with the drive device (8h; 8d') to displace the first mobile part (8a'; 8s), and thus the second mobile part (8a"; 8t), alternately in opposite directions, and - a rotating blocking member kinematically connected to the second source of energy and arranged to co-operate with the stopping device to be blocked by the second mobile part (8a"; 8t) and released at said determined times by said displacements of the second mobile part (8a"; 8t).
A device for communicating wirelessly with another device in a wireless communication system, the device being arranged to receive configuring information defining a detach configuration including an implicit detach mode and, by using the detach configuration, autonomously perform an implicit detach operation serving to terminate a communication link between the device and the other device; wherein the device is arranged to wirelessly receive a non-access stratum, NAS, configuring signal comprising the configuring information defining the detach configuration including the implicit detach mode.
A hard coating laminate having an internal bending property and an external bending property comprising: a supporting substrate layer; and a hard coating layer which is formed on the supporting substrate layer and which has a thickness of 50 to 240 μ m, wherein the hard coating layer includes a cured product of a resin composition including a siloxane resin and an elastomeric polymer, wherein the elastomeric polymer is contained in an amount of 20 to 80 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the siloxane resin, wherein the siloxane resin comprises 70 mol% or more of a repeating unit represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 based on based on 100 mol % (total molar content ratio) of repeating units constituting the total siloxane resin, [Chemical Formula 1] -(R 1 SiO 3/2)a- wherein in Chemical Formula 1, R 1 is a functional group represented by the following Chemical formula a, and a is a positive number, wherein in Chemical Formula a, R a is a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or -R b OR c - where R b and R c are each independently a single bond or a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms); wherein the elastomeric polymer comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of alkanediol, polyolefin polyol, polyester polyol, polycaprolactone polyol, polyether polyol and polycarbonate polyol; wherein the siloxane resin has a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 to 10,000 g/mol in terms of polystyrene measured by GPC method measured as set forth in the description. a supporting substrate layer; and a hard coating layer which is formed on the supporting substrate layer and which has a thickness of 50 to 240 μ m, wherein the hard coating layer includes a cured product of a resin composition including a siloxane resin and an elastomeric polymer, wherein the elastomeric polymer is contained in an amount of 20 to 80 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the siloxane resin, wherein the siloxane resin comprises 70 mol% or more of a repeating unit represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 based on based on 100 mol % (total molar content ratio) of repeating units constituting the total siloxane resin, [Chemical Formula 1] -(R 1 SiO 3/2)a- R a is a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or -R b OR c - where R b and R c are each independently a single bond or a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms); wherein the elastomeric polymer comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of alkanediol, polyolefin polyol, polyester polyol, polycaprolactone polyol, polyether polyol and polycarbonate polyol; wherein the siloxane resin has a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 to 10,000 g/mol in terms of polystyrene measured by GPC method measured as set forth in the description.
A method of eluting biomolecules from a biological sample, comprising: loading the biological sample to a device comprising a housing, at least two conductive redox polymer electrodes operationally coupled to the housing and a biomolecule impermeable layer disposed on at least one of the electrodes; initiating an electrical connection to generate an electric field strength sufficient to elute biomolecules from the biological sample; and eluting the biomolecules from the biological sample wherein eluting the biomolecules comprises electrophoretically eluting the biomolecules from the biological sample, wherein the at least two conductive redox polymer electrodes comprise conductive redox polymers of 0.05 μg-0.5 mg per mm 2 of electrode surface and the conductive redox polymer is cross-linked. loading the biological sample to a device comprising a housing, at least two conductive redox polymer electrodes operationally coupled to the housing and a biomolecule impermeable layer disposed on at least one of the electrodes; initiating an electrical connection to generate an electric field strength sufficient to elute biomolecules from the biological sample; and eluting the biomolecules from the biological sample wherein eluting the biomolecules comprises electrophoretically eluting the biomolecules from the biological sample, wherein the at least two conductive redox polymer electrodes comprise conductive redox polymers of 0.05 μg-0.5 mg per mm 2 of electrode surface and the conductive redox polymer is cross-linked.
Surgical device, of the implant type, destined to be coupled to at least one support, said device including: - a fixing element including a head and a pin destined to be anchored in the support, - an assembly part including at least one through hole, - a ring housed in a manner that can be oriented within said through hole, said ring being equipped with a passage shaped on the one hand to allow passage of pin and on the other hand to realise a means of stoppage for head, characterised in that ring is expandable according to substantially its axial direction (X-X') between an initial configuration wherein ring can be oriented relative to hole and an expanded configuration wherein ring is blocked relative to hole. - a fixing element including a head and a pin destined to be anchored in the support, - an assembly part including at least one through hole, - a ring housed in a manner that can be oriented within said through hole, said ring being equipped with a passage shaped on the one hand to allow passage of pin and on the other hand to realise a means of stoppage for head,
Bacteriophage strains specific against bacteria belonging to the species Proteus mirabilis, deposited with the Polish Collection of Microorganisms under the access numbers: F/00084 (72APm5211), F/00085 (39APmC32), F/00086 (65APm2833), for use in therapy.
A method for an assistance system which is used for performing an autonomous or semi-autonomous driving manoeuvre of a vehicle, in particular getting into and out of parking spaces, and in which image data is captured from the surroundings of a vehicle by means of a camera system and processed in order to perform the driving manoeuvre, wherein by means of at least one light signal device at least one direction is displayed into which the vehicle is moved during the driving manoeuvre, characterised in that the at least one direction is only displayed if at least one other road user has been identified by the camera system in an overall view of the vehicle's surroundings.
An actuator for a pump, the actuator comprising: a wedge shaped member arranged to move in substantially linear reciprocating motion, a drive member operatively coupled to the wedge shaped member, the wedge shaped member being arranged to deflect the drive member as the wedge shaped member moves, a shape memory material having a first end and a second end, the first end is electrically connected to a first electrical connection terminal and is fixed with respect to the first electrical connection terminal, characterised in that the wedge shaped member is electrically conductive, the second end is electrically connected to the wedge shaped member and is fixed with respect to the wedge shaped member, and the wedge shaped member is electrically connected to a second electrical connection terminal.
An inhibitor of miR-132 for use in the treatment or prevention of cardiac hypertrophy, cardiac hypertrophy-associated or autophagic disorders, and/or cardiac dysfunction, wherein the inhibitor is an isolated nucleic acid molecule which has sufficient complementarity to miR-132 to form a hybrid under physiological conditions.