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Power plant for generating electrical energy and process steam comprising • a gas turbine for driving a first generator for generating electrical energy by burning a fuel to form flue gas, • a steam turbine for driving a second generator for generating electrical energy comprising a first stage for converting fresh steam to form residual steam, which represents at least a portion of the process steam, and • a heat recovery steam generator for producing the fresh steam from fresh water by means of waste heat of the flue gas, • wherein the residual steam has a residual steam pressure which is lower than a fresh steam pressure of the fresh steam, • wherein the heat recovery steam generator comprises a preheater for preheating the fresh water to form feed water and an evaporator for evaporating the feed water to form the fresh steam, and • wherein the feed water has a feed water pressure which is higher than the residual steam pressure, and • wherein a throttle valve (9, 14) is provided for depressurizing a portion of the feed water either to the residual steam pressure in order to generate an additional steam or to a drive steam pressure, which is lower than the residual steam pressure, in order to generate a drive steam for operating a second stage of the steam turbine. • a gas turbine for driving a first generator for generating electrical energy by burning a fuel to form flue gas, • a steam turbine for driving a second generator for generating electrical energy comprising a first stage for converting fresh steam to form residual steam, which represents at least a portion of the process steam, and • a heat recovery steam generator for producing the fresh steam from fresh water by means of waste heat of the flue gas, • wherein the residual steam has a residual steam pressure which is lower than a fresh steam pressure of the fresh steam, • wherein the heat recovery steam generator comprises a preheater for preheating the fresh water to form feed water and an evaporator for evaporating the feed water to form the fresh steam, and • wherein the feed water has a feed water pressure which is higher than the residual steam pressure, and • wherein a throttle valve (9, 14) is provided for depressurizing a portion of the feed water either to the residual steam pressure in order to generate an additional steam or to a drive steam pressure, which is lower than the residual steam pressure, in order to generate a drive steam for operating a second stage of the steam turbine.
A control method for a variable frequency wind farm, the wind farm comprising a plurality of variable frequency operation wind turbine generators (310, 312, 314) at least some having output boosting capabilities, comprising: determining whether the wind farm output is less than a desirable amount; querying each of the wind turbine generators to determine their individual output boost capabilities; commanding at least one of the wind turbine generators to boost their output to make up at least a portion of the difference between the current wind farm output and the desired output; providing weather forecast information to at least some of the plurality of wind turbine generators (310, 312, 314), wherein a wind turbine generator control circuit (320, 322, 324) is configured to forecast boost capabilities based on the weather forecast information; and providing the forecasted boost capabilities in response to the query. determining whether the wind farm output is less than a desirable amount; querying each of the wind turbine generators to determine their individual output boost capabilities; commanding at least one of the wind turbine generators to boost their output to make up at least a portion of the difference between the current wind farm output and the desired output; providing weather forecast information to at least some of the plurality of wind turbine generators (310, 312, 314), wherein a wind turbine generator control circuit (320, 322, 324) is configured to forecast boost capabilities based on the weather forecast information; and providing the forecasted boost capabilities in response to the query.
A method for wireless communication at a first communication device, comprising: receiving an alert broadcast over a first communication network (502; 532) in a first format, wherein the method is characterized by: converting the alert to a second format compatible with transmission over a sidelink interface in a second communication network; and forwarding the alert in the second format over the sidelink interface to a second communication device (515; 520) in the second communication network; wherein the second communication network is different from the first communication network and comprises a vehicle-to-vehicle communication network, and further wherein the second communication device (515; 520) is incapable of receiving the alert over the first communication network (502; 532) in the first format. converting the alert to a second format compatible with transmission over a sidelink interface in a second communication network; and forwarding the alert in the second format over the sidelink interface to a second communication device (515; 520) in the second communication network; wherein the second communication network is different from the first communication network and comprises a vehicle-to-vehicle communication network, and further wherein the second communication device (515; 520) is incapable of receiving the alert over the first communication network (502; 532) in the first format.
Monitoring device (106, 206) for monitoring liquid overflow in a cooking vessel on a cooking hob (102, 103, 104, 105) of a cooker, the monitoring device (106, 206) comprising: a distance sensor (107, 207, 215, 216, 217, 307) that is arrangeable over the cooking hob (102, 103, 104, 105) and that is configured to measure a content distance between the distance sensor (107, 207, 215, 216, 217, 307) and a content of the cooking vessel, a control unit (109, 209) that is coupled to the distance sensor (107, 207, 215, 216, 217, 307) and that is configured to compare the measured content distance to a threshold distance (110, 210) and to output a warning signal (111, 211) if the measured content distance is smaller than the threshold distance (110, 210), characterized by a mechanical sensor movement device that carries the distance sensor (107, 207, 215, 216, 217, 307) and is configured to translationally move the distance sensor (107, 207, 215, 216, 217, 307) parallel to a surface of the cooking hob (102, 103, 104, 105), wherein the control unit (109, 209) is configured to determine the threshold distance (110, 210) based at least on a minimum measured distance measured during a movement of the distance sensor (107, 207, 215, 216, 217, 307) over the surface of the cooking hob (102, 103, 104, 105). a distance sensor (107, 207, 215, 216, 217, 307) that is arrangeable over the cooking hob (102, 103, 104, 105) and that is configured to measure a content distance between the distance sensor (107, 207, 215, 216, 217, 307) and a content of the cooking vessel, a control unit (109, 209) that is coupled to the distance sensor (107, 207, 215, 216, 217, 307) and that is configured to compare the measured content distance to a threshold distance (110, 210) and to output a warning signal (111, 211) if the measured content distance is smaller than the threshold distance (110, 210), characterized by a mechanical sensor movement device that carries the distance sensor (107, 207, 215, 216, 217, 307) and is configured to translationally move the distance sensor (107, 207, 215, 216, 217, 307) parallel to a surface of the cooking hob (102, 103, 104, 105), wherein the control unit (109, 209) is configured to determine the threshold distance (110, 210) based at least on a minimum measured distance measured during a movement of the distance sensor (107, 207, 215, 216, 217, 307) over the surface of the cooking hob (102, 103, 104, 105).
A net cage for farming fish, the net cage including a fish enclosure which is provided with a net which is capable of water throughput, and a first floating means on a water surface for keeping the net cage in a vertical position in a water column, the fish enclosure further being provided with a submerged, fish-dismissing ceiling, the fish-dismissing ceiling being provided with at least one opening which is connected to a connection channel which extends from the fish-dismissing ceiling to the water surface and is connected to a second floating means (42; 91, 91'), wherein the connection channel is arranged for a fish in the fish enclosure to swim spontaneously up to the water surface in the connection channel and back down to the fish enclosure, characterized in that in an upper portion, a jacket of the connection channel is provided with a swash portion projecting above the water surface, and that the connection channel's jacket in an upper part of its submerged portion is constituted by one of: - a watertight, rigid material; - a watertight material in cloth form; and - a plankton-dismissing net material. - a watertight, rigid material; - a watertight material in cloth form; and - a plankton-dismissing net material.
A rotor assembly for a motor for a compressor comprising an oil sump, the rotor assembly comprising: a crankshaft; a rotor core provided with a vent hole, wherein the vent hole extends through the rotor core along an axial direction of the rotor core; a balance weight arranged at a first end of the rotor core, the first end of the rotor core configured to be close to the oil sump of the compressor; and an oil baffle shield, wherein the oil baffle shield is configured to cover the balance weight and is provided with a central opening, wherein the crankshaft extends through the central opening, wherein an accommodating space is defined between the oil baffle shield and the rotor core, and the accommodating space is in fluid communication with the vent hole, wherein the oil baffle shield comprises an oil baffle portion and a mounting portion, the oil baffle portion is in an annular shape, the mounting portion is arranged at a first end of the oil baffle portion away from the rotor core, and the mounting portion is connected to the balance weight, wherein the central opening 303 is defined by the mounting portion 305, characterized in that; an inner edge of the vent hole has a rotation diameter of d, the central opening has a diameter of e, a part of the crankshaft corresponding to the mounting portion has a diameter of f, and e≥d, and e ≥ f + 4 mm. a crankshaft; a rotor core provided with a vent hole, wherein the vent hole extends through the rotor core along an axial direction of the rotor core; a balance weight arranged at a first end of the rotor core, the first end of the rotor core configured to be close to the oil sump of the compressor; and an oil baffle shield, wherein the oil baffle shield is configured to cover the balance weight and is provided with a central opening, wherein the crankshaft extends through the central opening, wherein an accommodating space is defined between the oil baffle shield and the rotor core, and the accommodating space is in fluid communication with the vent hole, wherein the oil baffle shield comprises an oil baffle portion and a mounting portion, the oil baffle portion is in an annular shape, the mounting portion is arranged at a first end of the oil baffle portion away from the rotor core, and the mounting portion is connected to the balance weight, wherein the central opening 303 is defined by the mounting portion 305, characterized in that; an inner edge of the vent hole has a rotation diameter of d, the central opening has a diameter of e, a part of the crankshaft corresponding to the mounting portion has a diameter of f, and e≥d, and e ≥ f + 4 mm.
A method for detection of an evoked response signal in noise, the method comprising: generating, by a stimulus generator, a plurality of stimuli; receiving, by one or more sensors, a noisy signal related to an evoked response to the plurality of stimuli; dividing, by a processor, the noisy signal into a plurality of responses to the plurality of stimuli; estimating, by the processor, a statistic matrix for the plurality of responses; shrinking, by the processor, the statistic matrix to avoid amplification of errors in the statistic matrix when the statistic matrix is inverted; calculating, by the processor, weights based on an inverse of the shrunk statistic matrix; applying, by the processor, the calculated weights to the plurality of responses to generate revised responses; constructing, by the processor, a final response by weight averaging the revised responses, the final response representing the evoked response or indicative of whether or not an evoked response has been detected; and outputting, by the processor, the final response. generating, by a stimulus generator, a plurality of stimuli; receiving, by one or more sensors, a noisy signal related to an evoked response to the plurality of stimuli; dividing, by a processor, the noisy signal into a plurality of responses to the plurality of stimuli; estimating, by the processor, a statistic matrix for the plurality of responses; shrinking, by the processor, the statistic matrix to avoid amplification of errors in the statistic matrix when the statistic matrix is inverted; calculating, by the processor, weights based on an inverse of the shrunk statistic matrix; applying, by the processor, the calculated weights to the plurality of responses to generate revised responses; constructing, by the processor, a final response by weight averaging the revised responses, the final response representing the evoked response or indicative of whether or not an evoked response has been detected; and outputting, by the processor, the final response.
Component for a large structure, which component is suitable for a thermonuclear fusion reactor, characterized in that said component comprises at least one first component and one second component, which components further comprise a plurality of first components (Ai) and/or second components (Bj) and are arranged one beside the other and/or one after the other and/or one on top of the other, said component further comprising a thin inert metal encapsulating foil for sealing said component and for creating a vacuum in said component in order to prevent oxidation of the first and the second component (A, B) constituting said component during its subsequent use, and in that said component is formed by joining, by means of diffusion welding assisted by hot isostatic compaction or pressing, said first and second component (A, B) in said thin inert metal foil.
Device for collecting and vaporizing liquefied natural gas, comprising a circuit provided at one end with means for collecting a sample of said liquefied gas and conveying said sample to measuring means, said circuit also comprising and passing through means for vaporizing said collected sample being in the form of at least one vaporization chamber at the outlet of which the circuit is extended by means for heating the vaporized gas sample, said device being characterized in that said vaporization chamber comprises successively along said circuit a first portion of a converging segment and a second portion of a diverging segment shaped so as to vaporize the entirety of said gas sample under supercritical conditions under a pressure higher than 80 bar generated by the vaporization and without fractioning of said sample, and in that said vaporizing chamber comprises, at the inlet at the level of said converging segment, an orifice with varying opening, said orifice being dimensioned so as to limit the vaporizing pressure to a maximum of 90 bar in the vaporization chamber in conjunction with a fixed orifice at the outlet of the diverging segment.
A self-cleaning article comprising a substrate, and a coating layer applied on said substrate,wherein said coating layer contains a composition comprising a cohydrolysis condensate of a SiO 2 sol, silane and a TiO 2 sol, wherein said cohydrolysis condensate comprises a unit of the following Formula 1: [Formula 1] -Si-O-Ti- wherein said coating layer is one obtained by forming a layer for improving adhesion comprising a unit of [-Si-O-]; a layer for improving anticorrosion comprising a unit of [-Si-O-M-], wherein M represents a metal; and a self-cleaning layer comprising a unit of [-Si-O-Ti-] sequentially from a substrate.
A battery armoring stainless steel foil comprising: - an oxide film, having a thickness of not less than 2 nm and not more than 5 nm, which contains (i) Fe and Cr, each existing as a hydroxide, in a combined amount of not less than 35 mol percent and (ii) SiO 2 in an amount of not more than 40 mol percent, - the battery armoring stainless steel foil having an arithmetic mean roughness Ra of less than 0.1 μm but not less than 0.02 μm in a direction orthogonal to a direction in which the battery armoring stainless steel foil has been rolled. - an oxide film, having a thickness of not less than 2 nm and not more than 5 nm, which contains (i) Fe and Cr, each existing as a hydroxide, in a combined amount of not less than 35 mol percent and (ii) SiO 2 in an amount of not more than 40 mol percent, - the battery armoring stainless steel foil having an arithmetic mean roughness Ra of less than 0.1 μm but not less than 0.02 μm in a direction orthogonal to a direction in which the battery armoring stainless steel foil has been rolled.
A method for manufacturing a three-dimensional object with an additive manufacturing system, comprising: - providing a part material in the form of microparticles, comprising a polymeric component comprising: a) from 55 to 95 wt.% of at least one poly(aryl ether ketone) (PAEK) having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) ranging from 75,000 to 150,000 g/mol, as determined by gel permeation chromatography using phenol and trichlorobenzene (1:1) at 160°C, with polystyrene standards, and b) from 5 to 45 wt.% of at least one poly(aryl ether sulfone) (PAES), based on the total weight of the polymeric component of the part material, and - printing layers of the three-dimensional object from the part material. - providing a part material in the form of microparticles, comprising a polymeric component comprising: a) from 55 to 95 wt.% of at least one poly(aryl ether ketone) (PAEK) having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) ranging from 75,000 to 150,000 g/mol, as determined by gel permeation chromatography using phenol and trichlorobenzene (1:1) at 160°C, with polystyrene standards, and b) from 5 to 45 wt.% of at least one poly(aryl ether sulfone) (PAES), based on the total weight of the polymeric component of the part material, and a) from 55 to 95 wt.% of at least one poly(aryl ether ketone) (PAEK) having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) ranging from 75,000 to 150,000 g/mol, as determined by gel permeation chromatography using phenol and trichlorobenzene (1:1) at 160°C, with polystyrene standards, and b) from 5 to 45 wt.% of at least one poly(aryl ether sulfone) (PAES), based on the total weight of the polymeric component of the part material, and - printing layers of the three-dimensional object from the part material.
A temporary emboli diversion device, comprising: an elongate flexible tubular body, having a proximal end, a distal end, and at least one lumen extending therethrough; an elongate, flexible shaft, axially movably extending through the lumen; and a deflector carried by the shaft, the deflector comprising a frame defined by at least first and second transversely biased lobes (132, 134) and intersected by struts (110, 120) meeting and becoming longitudinally offset from the frame at a junction, each lobe having a medial end carried by the shaft and a lateral end; wherein the frame is configured to be transformed from a first, low-profile reduced configuration during delivery to a second, expanded configuration, and the lobes are movable between an axial orientation prior to delivery and a transverse orientation following deployment in a vessel. an elongate flexible tubular body, having a proximal end, a distal end, and at least one lumen extending therethrough; an elongate, flexible shaft, axially movably extending through the lumen; and a deflector carried by the shaft, the deflector comprising a frame defined by at least first and second transversely biased lobes (132, 134) and intersected by struts (110, 120) meeting and becoming longitudinally offset from the frame at a junction, each lobe having a medial end carried by the shaft and a lateral end; wherein the frame is configured to be transformed from a first, low-profile reduced configuration during delivery to a second, expanded configuration, and the lobes are movable between an axial orientation prior to delivery and a transverse orientation following deployment in a vessel.
An apparatus for controlling and regulating the filling level of a liquid in a tank (2;62) comprising: - an upper closure (20;64) of the tank (2;62); - detection means of the liquid level inside the tank (2;62); - a vertical vessel (3;33;35) associated with the tank (2;62), having an upper closure (6;26) and an open bottom in free communication with the interior of the tank (2;62) at a height below the level of the liquid inside the tank, a lower portion of the vessel being filled of liquid, an upper portion of the vessel being free of liquid; characterized in that it further comprises - external regulating means (4;26) of the pressure acting on the liquid contained in the lower portion of the vessel (3;33;35) for increasing/decreasing the liquid-free portion of the vessel and for consequently transfer part of the liquid from/to the vessel to/from the tank (2;62) through the open bottom of the vessel so compensating the changes in the liquid level inside the tank (2;62) as detected by the detection means. - an upper closure (20;64) of the tank (2;62); - detection means of the liquid level inside the tank (2;62); - a vertical vessel (3;33;35) associated with the tank (2;62), having an upper closure (6;26) and an open bottom in free communication with the interior of the tank (2;62) at a height below the level of the liquid inside the tank, a lower portion of the vessel being filled of liquid, an upper portion of the vessel being free of liquid; characterized in that it further comprises - external regulating means (4;26) of the pressure acting on the liquid contained in the lower portion of the vessel (3;33;35) for increasing/decreasing the liquid-free portion of the vessel and for consequently transfer part of the liquid from/to the vessel to/from the tank (2;62) through the open bottom of the vessel so compensating the changes in the liquid level inside the tank (2;62) as detected by the detection means.
An impact rotary tool, comprising: an impact mechanism that applies stroke impact to an output shaft by an output from a motor; a stroke detection unit that detects a stroke by the impact mechanism; and a control unit that stops rotation of the motor based on the detection result by the stroke detection unit, characterized in that the impact rotary tool further comprises a voltage detection unit that detects a voltage in the stroke detection unit, and the control unit determines whether the stroke detection unit has an abnormality based on the voltage detected by the voltage detection unit while the motor is not rotating. an impact mechanism that applies stroke impact to an output shaft by an output from a motor; a stroke detection unit that detects a stroke by the impact mechanism; and a control unit that stops rotation of the motor based on the detection result by the stroke detection unit, characterized in that the impact rotary tool further comprises a voltage detection unit that detects a voltage in the stroke detection unit, and the control unit determines whether the stroke detection unit has an abnormality based on the voltage detected by the voltage detection unit while the motor is not rotating.