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A method for diagnosing engine and exhaust aftertreatment system health, the exhaust aftertreatment system comprising a diesel particulate filter (DPF, 27), the method comprising: measuring a pressure drop (ΔP) across the DPF and using the measured pressure drop (ΔP) to calculate a pressure drop based soot load estimate (SLp); calculating soot output from an engine model and using the calculated soot output to calculate an emissions based soot load estimate (SLc); characterized in that the method further comprises: comparing said pressure drop based soot load estimate (SLp) with said emissions based soot load estimate (SLc) when one of the pressure drop based soot load estimate (SLp) and the emissions based soot load estimate (SLc) reaches a predetermined soot load limit (SLlim); and if a difference in time between a time at which one of the pressure drop based soot load estimate (SLp) and the emissions based soot load estimate (SLc) reaches the predetermined soot load limit (SLlim) and a time at which the other one of the pressure drop based soot load estimate (SLp) and the emissions based soot load estimate (SLc) is expected to reach the predetermined soot load limit (SLlim) exceeds a predetermined time period, providing a warning of abnormally frequent DPF regeneration,. measuring a pressure drop (ΔP) across the DPF and using the measured pressure drop (ΔP) to calculate a pressure drop based soot load estimate (SLp); calculating soot output from an engine model and using the calculated soot output to calculate an emissions based soot load estimate (SLc); characterized in that the method further comprises: comparing said pressure drop based soot load estimate (SLp) with said emissions based soot load estimate (SLc) when one of the pressure drop based soot load estimate (SLp) and the emissions based soot load estimate (SLc) reaches a predetermined soot load limit (SLlim); and if a difference in time between a time at which one of the pressure drop based soot load estimate (SLp) and the emissions based soot load estimate (SLc) reaches the predetermined soot load limit (SLlim) and a time at which the other one of the pressure drop based soot load estimate (SLp) and the emissions based soot load estimate (SLc) is expected to reach the predetermined soot load limit (SLlim) exceeds a predetermined time period, providing a warning of abnormally frequent DPF regeneration,. comparing said pressure drop based soot load estimate (SLp) with said emissions based soot load estimate (SLc) when one of the pressure drop based soot load estimate (SLp) and the emissions based soot load estimate (SLc) reaches a predetermined soot load limit (SLlim); and if a difference in time between a time at which one of the pressure drop based soot load estimate (SLp) and the emissions based soot load estimate (SLc) reaches the predetermined soot load limit (SLlim) and a time at which the other one of the pressure drop based soot load estimate (SLp) and the emissions based soot load estimate (SLc) is expected to reach the predetermined soot load limit (SLlim) exceeds a predetermined time period, providing a warning of abnormally frequent DPF regeneration,.
A process for making a porous cross-linked charged cellulosic polymeric membrane comprising i) adding a base to a porous cellulosic polymeric membrane in the presence of a solution of a bifunctional reagent to cross-link the cellulosic polymer therein, ii) reacting said membrane with a second reagent that introduces a ligand, said ligand comprising a positively charged group, wherein the membrane comprises a plurality of cellulose acetate groups, the base is sodium hydroxide, the bifunctional reagent is epichlorohydrin, characterized in that the second reagent is glycidyl trimethyl ammonium chloride (GMAC) and step i) is carried out in the presence of sodium sulphate, characterised in that the resulting porous cross-linked charged cellulosic polymeric membrane swells from 40% to 250% by volume in a solution of water. i) adding a base to a porous cellulosic polymeric membrane in the presence of a solution of a bifunctional reagent to cross-link the cellulosic polymer therein, ii) reacting said membrane with a second reagent that introduces a ligand, said ligand comprising a positively charged group,
A safety cut-off device for a mechatronic apparatus to ensure a safe emergency stop function, - wherein the safety cut-off device is a supply cable or a cable harness and an electronic assembly, - wherein the electronic assembly is integrated in the supply cable or in the cable harness or is arranged on the mechatronic apparatus, - wherein at least one master cable (13; 15) is connected to an input side of the electronic assembly, and an apparatus cable is connected to an output side, wherein the supply cable or the cable harness comprises the at least one master cable and the apparatus cable, - wherein the master cable (13; 15) can be connected to an IO link master, and the apparatus cable can be connected to the mechatronic apparatus, - wherein the master cable (13; 15) and the apparatus cable comprise two load lines (23, 24) and two signal lines (27, 28), that is, a positive signal line and a GND signal line, and - wherein the safety cut-off device has at least one current-limiting module (50, 60; 80) of the electronic assembly, said current-limiting module being arranged in the positive signal line, - so that the mechatronic apparatus cannot start in an uncontrolled manner. - wherein the safety cut-off device is a supply cable or a cable harness and an electronic assembly, - wherein the electronic assembly is integrated in the supply cable or in the cable harness or is arranged on the mechatronic apparatus, - wherein at least one master cable (13; 15) is connected to an input side of the electronic assembly, and an apparatus cable is connected to an output side, wherein the supply cable or the cable harness comprises the at least one master cable and the apparatus cable, - wherein the master cable (13; 15) can be connected to an IO link master, and the apparatus cable can be connected to the mechatronic apparatus, - wherein the master cable (13; 15) and the apparatus cable comprise two load lines (23, 24) and two signal lines (27, 28), that is, a positive signal line and a GND signal line, and - wherein the safety cut-off device has at least one current-limiting module (50, 60; 80) of the electronic assembly, said current-limiting module being arranged in the positive signal line, - so that the mechatronic apparatus cannot start in an uncontrolled manner.
Vehicle comprising an engine, an electric power supply circuit and a chassis, the chassis representing the electric mass of the vehicle, the electric power supply circuit including: - at least a first alternator and a second alternator, - at least one battery set (30; 30, 32), - at least two electric loads (L1, L2), the alternators (14, 15) being connected in series by an electric link between the negative pole of the first alternator and the positive pole of the second alternator, the vehicle chassis being electrically connected to the electric link, the positive pole of the first alternator being connected to the first electric load, the negative pole of the second alternator being connected to the second electric load; characterized in that said first alternator is configured to be driven by a motor driven shaft of the engine such that the motor driven shaft rotates at a first frequency depending on a speed of the engine and in that a set of pulleys is mounted between the motor driven shaft and a driven shaft of the second alternator in order to drive the second alternator at a frequency different from said first frequency. - at least a first alternator and a second alternator, - at least one battery set (30; 30, 32), - at least two electric loads (L1, L2),
A pre-moulding station for a fibre moulding system for the pre-moulding of a moulded part out of environmentally degradable fibrous material for a subsequent hot pressing in a hot-pressing station in a fibre moulding process comprising - a reservoir having a pulp as liquid solution with the environmentally degradable fibrous material for a partial-moulding of the moulded part, preferably arranged as a horizontal reservoir open to the top; and - a pre-pressing station for the pre-moulding of the moulded part partial-moulded by means of a partial-moulding station by means of a suction tool with a pre-pressing pressure for reducing a proportion of the liquid solution in the moulded part and for stabilizing the shape of the moulded part, wherein the pre-pressing station is implemented as a multi-tool with a plurality of lower pre-pressing tools adapted to the suction tool as a multi-tool, wherein the suction tool is pressed onto a stationary lower pre-pressing tool, and wherein the pre-moulding station is arrangeable separate from the subsequent hot-pressing station. - a reservoir having a pulp as liquid solution with the environmentally degradable fibrous material for a partial-moulding of the moulded part, preferably arranged as a horizontal reservoir open to the top; and - a pre-pressing station for the pre-moulding of the moulded part partial-moulded by means of a partial-moulding station by means of a suction tool with a pre-pressing pressure for reducing a proportion of the liquid solution in the moulded part and for stabilizing the shape of the moulded part, wherein the pre-pressing station is implemented as a multi-tool with a plurality of lower pre-pressing tools adapted to the suction tool as a multi-tool, wherein the suction tool is pressed onto a stationary lower pre-pressing tool, and
A fiber composite material comprising the following components: a) a polyurethane obtained or obtainable by reaction of at least the components: i) a polyisocyanate composition; ii) a polyol composition comprising at least 15% by weight of an at least trifunctional alcohol (ii.1), which exhibits at least two primary hydroxyl groups, and less than 10% by weight of polyols which exhibit an end group based on propylene oxide and/or butylene oxide; b) fibers which are at least partially embedded in the compact polyurethane; wherein polyisocyanate composition (i) and polyol composition (ii) are used in such a ratio that the isocyanate index is between 99 and 400. a) a polyurethane obtained or obtainable by reaction of at least the components: i) a polyisocyanate composition; ii) a polyol composition comprising at least 15% by weight of an at least trifunctional alcohol (ii.1), which exhibits at least two primary hydroxyl groups, and less than 10% by weight of polyols which exhibit an end group based on propylene oxide and/or butylene oxide; i) a polyisocyanate composition; ii) a polyol composition comprising at least 15% by weight of an at least trifunctional alcohol (ii.1), which exhibits at least two primary hydroxyl groups, and less than 10% by weight of polyols which exhibit an end group based on propylene oxide and/or butylene oxide; b) fibers which are at least partially embedded in the compact polyurethane;
An expansion carrier with active ingredients for intravaginal administration, characterized in that, the expansion carrier is made of one disappearing fiber, one natural fiber and one synthetic fiber in a ratio of 4-7:1 -3:1, the active ingredients are substances acting as therapeutics, health care, disinfectant, cosmetics, or cleansing products, and immerse into the carrier, dissolve or disperse into the surrounding compound of the carrier wherein the weight ratio of the active ingredients and the expansion carrier is between 0.1:50 and 50:1, the swelling value of the expansion carrier obtained by melt time assay in the appendix of the Chinese Pharmacopoeia 2010 ed. is from 1-30 when it saturable absorbs water and on the surface of the carrier with active ingredients several ridges are deposed axially or radially or the expansion carrier is coated with a protective layer.
A method for processing a digital audio signal, wherein the method comprises: receiving a block of real-valued transform coefficients, wherein the block has a quantity K of real-valued transform coefficients of which only a number L of the real-valued transform coefficients represent spectral components of a limited-bandwidth audio signal, 1⁄2 L < M < K, and M is a power of two; applying a first-transform of length R to either the L real-valued transform coefficients representing spectral components of the limited-bandwidth audio signal or complex-valued coefficients derived from the L real-valued transform coefficients representing spectral components of the limited-bandwidth audio signal, wherein R = M P and P is a power of two; applying a bank of Q second transforms of length P to outputs of the first transform; and deriving a sequence of N real-valued signal samples from outputs of the bank of second transforms, wherein N = 2· K and the real-valued signal samples represent temporal components of the limited-bandwidth audio signal. receiving a block of real-valued transform coefficients, wherein the block has a quantity K of real-valued transform coefficients of which only a number L of the real-valued transform coefficients represent spectral components of a limited-bandwidth audio signal, 1⁄2 L < M < K, and M is a power of two; applying a first-transform of length R to either the L real-valued transform coefficients representing spectral components of the limited-bandwidth audio signal or complex-valued coefficients derived from the L real-valued transform coefficients representing spectral components of the limited-bandwidth audio signal, wherein R = M P and P is a power of two; applying a bank of Q second transforms of length P to outputs of the first transform; and deriving a sequence of N real-valued signal samples from outputs of the bank of second transforms, wherein N = 2· K and the real-valued signal samples represent temporal components of the limited-bandwidth audio signal.
Interdental cleaner comprising a rod-shaped support made of plastics material, which has a cleaning device in an axial end region, which cleaning device has a covering for the support made of a soft-elastic plastics material and a bristle set comprising a plurality of bristle bundles protruding, with a radial component, from the covering, the bristle bundles extending through the support and being embedded and held therein, wherein the covering has at least one recess in its outer surface, and in that at least one of the bristle bundles is arranged within the recess, characterized in that the bristle bundle is arranged at a distance from an edge of the recess.
A geographical data collecting device, comprising a distance measuring unit adapted to project a distance measuring light and adapted to measure a distance to an object to be measured, an image pickup unit adapted to take an image in a measuring direction, a display unit adapted to display an image picked up and designed as a touch panel installed to match a position of screen of said display unit, a tilt sensor adapted to detect a tilting of said geographical data collecting device, an azimuth sensor adapted to detect a horizontal angle in the measuring direction of said geographical data collecting device, and a control arithmetic unit, wherein said image pickup unit is adapted to take one image of a measurement range from one reference point of measurement as one reference image, said distance measuring unit is adapted to be directed to at least one selected measuring point within a range included in said reference image, said distance measuring unit is adapted to measure a distance of said selected measuring point from said reference point, is adapted to measure a vertical angle by said tilt sensor and is adapted to measure a horizontal angle by said azimuth sensor at the time of distance measurement, and said image pickup unit is adapted to acquire one measured image for matching with said measuring point measured as a center, wherein said measured image includes the measuring points and is a part of said reference image taken by said image pickup unit, and characterized in that said control arithmetic unit is adapted to set up a searching range for the purpose of matching in said reference image and a center of said searching range is set up according to a vertical angle and a horizontal angle obtained by said tilt sensor and said azimuth sensor at the time when said measured image is acquired, and wherein said control arithmetic unit is adapted to set said searching range to such a range as to include an extent of measurement errors of said tilt sensor and said azimuth sensor with respect of said measured image for image-matching around a point acquired by the horizontal angle and the vertical angle measured with respect to said measuring point, is adapted to calculate a position of said measuring point in said reference image through an image matching and is adapted to display said measuring point on said reference image, and further wherein said control arithmetic unit is adapted to additionally display the already measured measuring points on said reference image sequentially as the measurement operation proceeds.
Microfluidic component, at least comprising a layer structure composed of a fluidic substrate, a drive substrate, and an elastic membrane arranged therebetween, wherein • the fluidic substrate, on the side thereof adjoining the elastic membrane, has a fluid chamber, • the drive substrate, at least on the side thereof adjoining the elastic membrane, has at least two actuating components, which are separate from each other and which are each arranged at least partially opposite the fluid chamber and are able to act on the elastic membrane, and • the actuating components can be actuated independently of each other, if appropriate by one or more actuators, characterized in that the fluid chamber has phase conductors arranged on its base. • the fluidic substrate, on the side thereof adjoining the elastic membrane, has a fluid chamber, • the drive substrate, at least on the side thereof adjoining the elastic membrane, has at least two actuating components, which are separate from each other and which are each arranged at least partially opposite the fluid chamber and are able to act on the elastic membrane, and • the actuating components can be actuated independently of each other, if appropriate by one or more actuators,
A heat insulation plate for a heat insulation system, in particular a compound heat insulation system, having two parallel surfaces which are connected via two side surfaces and which form a rear side, which can be connected to an on-site base, and a front side of the heat insulation plate, wherein the heat insulation plate comprises a first heat insulation material (1.1) and, in the area of at least one side surface and an surface, at least one further heat insulation material (1.2, 1.3) which non-flammable or at least hardly flammable, characterized in that the heat insulation plate comprises two further heat insulation materials (1.2, 1.3) which are non-flammable or at least hardly flammable, wherein the two further heat insulation materials (1.2, 1.3) are formed and arranged in such a manner that an edge area formed from the first heat insulation material (1.1) is enclosed by the further heat insulation materials (1.2, 1.3) in an L-shaped or U-shaped manner.
An apparatus comprising: a body portion having a surface; at least one feedback electrode configured to provide to a digit of a user a time varying touch stimulus when the digit of the user contacts the surface and is traced across the feedback electrode; a touch sensor arrangement for discriminating different user contacts on the surface; and a controller configured to apply a time varying potential difference to the feedback electrode to control the time varying touch stimulus by modulating a frictional force applied to the digit of the user when the digit, contacting the surface, is traced across the surface, wherein the touch sensor arrangement comprises as an electrode the at least one feedback electrode, and wherein the touch sensor arrangement is configured to operate as a proximity detector and/or is configured to operate as a contact impedance detector. a body portion having a surface; at least one feedback electrode configured to provide to a digit of a user a time varying touch stimulus when the digit of the user contacts the surface and is traced across the feedback electrode; a touch sensor arrangement for discriminating different user contacts on the surface; and a controller configured to apply a time varying potential difference to the feedback electrode to control the time varying touch stimulus by modulating a frictional force applied to the digit of the user when the digit, contacting the surface, is traced across the surface, wherein the touch sensor arrangement comprises as an electrode the at least one feedback electrode, and wherein the touch sensor arrangement is configured to operate as a proximity detector and/or is configured to operate as a contact impedance detector.
A method for cleaning, by means of a cleaning fluid, a surgical instrument having at least one channel, in particular an endoscope, wherein the channel is of a flexible material, comprising the following procedural steps: - Apply pressure to the cleaning fluid, - Flush the channel with the cleaning fluid, and - Vary the pressure while flushing to cause a deformation of the channel, wherein contaminants, i.e., a biofilm, adhering to the inner wall of the channel are released and rinsed out by the deformation of the channel, wherein the pressure is repeatedly varied at regular intervals over time during flushing, wherein cleaning fluid is subject to pressure using a pump device (24; 26; 70) that comprises at least two pump apparatuses (24; 26; 70), wherein one of the pump apparatuses (24; 26; 70) is designed as a cyclical pump apparatus (24; 70), in particular as a diaphragm pump, and another of the pump apparatuses (24; 26; 70) is designed as a continuous pump apparatus. - Apply pressure to the cleaning fluid, - Flush the channel with the cleaning fluid, and - Vary the pressure while flushing to cause a deformation of the channel, wherein contaminants, i.e., a biofilm, adhering to the inner wall of the channel are released and rinsed out by the deformation of the channel, wherein the pressure is repeatedly varied at regular intervals over time during flushing, wherein cleaning fluid is subject to pressure using a pump device (24; 26; 70) that comprises at least two pump apparatuses (24; 26; 70), wherein one of the pump apparatuses (24; 26; 70) is designed as a cyclical pump apparatus (24; 70), in particular as a diaphragm pump, and another of the pump apparatuses (24; 26; 70) is designed as a continuous pump apparatus.
A particulate precursor compound for manufacturing a lithium transition metal -oxide powder usable as an active positive electrode material in lithium-ion batteries, each particle of said precursor compound comprising: a transition metal -oxide core; and a crystalline aluminum oxide A1 2 0 3 coating layer covering said core, characterized in that said coating layer contains crystalline alumina nanoparticles, and in that said precursor compound has a general formula (M-oxide) a.(Al 2 O 3) b, wherein a+(2*b)=1 with b being inferior or equal to 0.4, wherein said transition metal is Ni x Mn y Co z, with 0.3≤x≤0.9, 0≤y≤0.45, and 0<z≤0.4, and x+y+z=1. a transition metal -oxide core; and a crystalline aluminum oxide A1 2 0 3 coating layer covering said core, characterized in that said coating layer contains crystalline alumina nanoparticles, and in that said precursor compound has a general formula (M-oxide) a.(Al 2 O 3) b, wherein a+(2*b)=1 with b being inferior or equal to 0.4, wherein said transition metal is Ni x Mn y Co z, with 0.3≤x≤0.9, 0≤y≤0.45, and 0<z≤0.4, and x+y+z=1.