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A method for operating an engine , the method comprising: operating the engine at low power by supplying fuel to a combustor through a first set of fuel nozzles of at least one first manifold and without supplying fuel to the combustor through a second set of fuel nozzles of at least one second manifold , characterized in that the method further comprises: determining an amount of fuel to at least in part fill the at least one second manifold to impede fuel coking of the second set of fuel nozzles ; and supplying the amount of fuel periodically to the at least one second manifold . operating the engine at low power by supplying fuel to a combustor through a first set of fuel nozzles of at least one first manifold and without supplying fuel to the combustor through a second set of fuel nozzles of at least one second manifold , characterized in that the method further comprises: determining an amount of fuel to at least in part fill the at least one second manifold to impede fuel coking of the second set of fuel nozzles ; and supplying the amount of fuel periodically to the at least one second manifold . determining an amount of fuel to at least in part fill the at least one second manifold to impede fuel coking of the second set of fuel nozzles ; and supplying the amount of fuel periodically to the at least one second manifold .
A method for the recycling of polyesters and/or polyamides via depolymerization process, comprising a depolymerization reaction of the material to treat with a solvolytic mixture; the method being characterized in that the depolymerization reaction comprises the steps of: providing a microwave depolymerization reactor extending substantially along an axis (A); feeding the material to treat and the solvolytic mixture, defining the reactants of the depolymerization reaction and constituting a solid phase and a liquid phase respectively, to the reactor via respective feed lines ; moving the reactants of the depolymerization reaction through the reactor via an Archimedean screw moving system that moves the reactants substantially along the axis (A) and mixes the reactants with each other to form a heterogeneous reaction mixture; radiating the reactants, while passing through a reaction chamber of the reactor , with microwave radiation to carry out the depolymerization reaction; the reaction chamber being defined inside a tubular casing of the reactor having a lateral wall transparent to microwave radiation and housed inside a microwave chamber , which is arranged coaxial and radially external to and around the casing so as to surround the reaction chamber ; the reactants being moved by means of an endless screw that extends along the axis (A) through the reaction chamber and rotates about the axis (A).
Assembly formed by a connector and an adaptor for a windscreen wiper, notably of a motor vehicle, the connector being secured to the wiper and the adaptor being intended to be inserted into the terminal part of a drive arm of said wiper , said connector and said adaptor being configured to allow an articulation of said wiper relative to the arm, by a rotational movement about an axis of rotation, said connector comprising several protruding forms , configured to be guided in rotation by the adaptor in different angularly distant zones about said axis of rotation, so as to allow said rotational movement, said protruding forms being configured to be guided by a circumferential wall of an orifice of said adaptor , said axis of rotation being intended to pass through said orifice , characterized in that the circumferential wall forms a closed outline.
An encoding method, the method comprising: partitioning , by a processor of an encoder, a picture into a plurality of tiles; including , by the processor, a number of the tiles into at least one tile group of a tile group type; characterized in that exactly two tile group types are supported, wherein the supported tile group types are raster scan tile groups and rectangular tile groups, a raster scan tile group containing tiles consecutive in raster scan order of the picture and a rectangular tile group containing tiles collectively forming a rectangular region of the picture, and in that the method further comprises encoding , by the processor, a flag set to a first value when the at least one tile group is a raster scan tile group and a second value when the at least one tile group is a rectangular tile group, wherein the flag is encoded into a picture parameter set of a bitstream; encoding , by the processor, the tiles into the bitstream based on the at least one tile group. partitioning , by a processor of an encoder, a picture into a plurality of tiles; including , by the processor, a number of the tiles into at least one tile group of a tile group type; characterized in that exactly two tile group types are supported, wherein the supported tile group types are raster scan tile groups and rectangular tile groups, a raster scan tile group containing tiles consecutive in raster scan order of the picture and a rectangular tile group containing tiles collectively forming a rectangular region of the picture, and in that the method further comprises encoding , by the processor, a flag set to a first value when the at least one tile group is a raster scan tile group and a second value when the at least one tile group is a rectangular tile group, wherein the flag is encoded into a picture parameter set of a bitstream; encoding , by the processor, the tiles into the bitstream based on the at least one tile group. exactly two tile group types are supported, wherein the supported tile group types are raster scan tile groups and rectangular tile groups, a raster scan tile group containing tiles consecutive in raster scan order of the picture and a rectangular tile group containing tiles collectively forming a rectangular region of the picture, and in that the method further comprises encoding , by the processor, a flag set to a first value when the at least one tile group is a raster scan tile group and a second value when the at least one tile group is a rectangular tile group, wherein the flag is encoded into a picture parameter set of a bitstream; encoding , by the processor, the tiles into the bitstream based on the at least one tile group.
A method comprising: establishing a data connection with a base station by a user equipment (UE) over a dedicated beam, wherein the dedicated beam has a fine resolution with narrower beamwidth; monitoring the dedicated beam and determining a first beam quality; monitoring a reference beam and determining a second beam quality, wherein the reference beam has a coarse resolution with wider beamwidth, and wherein the dedicated beam and the reference beam have overlapping spatial coverage; and determining a beam alignment status of the dedicated beam by comparing the first beam quality and the second beam quality, characterized in that each beam quality is associated with a signal to interference plus noise ratio, SINR, or a channel quality indicator, CQI, of the corresponding beam channel, wherein the first beam quality is estimated by applying a first filtering window and the second beam quality is estimated by applying a second filtering window, and in that the first filtering window is equal or smaller than the second filtering window. establishing a data connection with a base station by a user equipment (UE) over a dedicated beam, wherein the dedicated beam has a fine resolution with narrower beamwidth; monitoring the dedicated beam and determining a first beam quality; monitoring a reference beam and determining a second beam quality, wherein the reference beam has a coarse resolution with wider beamwidth, and wherein the dedicated beam and the reference beam have overlapping spatial coverage; and determining a beam alignment status of the dedicated beam by comparing the first beam quality and the second beam quality, characterized in that each beam quality is associated with a signal to interference plus noise ratio, SINR, or a channel quality indicator, CQI, of the corresponding beam channel, wherein the first beam quality is estimated by applying a first filtering window and the second beam quality is estimated by applying a second filtering window, and in that the first filtering window is equal or smaller than the second filtering window.
A power conversion device comprising: - a power conversion unit including M number of DC/DC converters between a first pair of DC terminals and a second pair of DC terminals each pair of which is composed of a positive terminal and a negative terminal, where M is two or greater, the power conversion unit arranged to perform power transmission between the first pair of DC terminals and the second pair of DC terminals ; and - a controller for controlling the power conversion unit, wherein the power conversion unit further includes one or more balancing circuits each connected between two of the DC/DC converters and arranged to balance powers converted by the two DC/DC converters , wherein in the M number of DC/DC converters , one of input and output thereof is defined as a first side and the other one is defined as a second side, first-side terminals of the DC/DC converters are connected so that a common current flows between the positive and negative terminals of the first pair of DC terminals , and second-side terminals of the DC/DC converters are connected so that a common current flows between the positive and negative terminals of the second pair of DC terminals , and wherein each balancing circuit is connected between two pairs of the first-side terminals of the two DC/DC converters , and configured to receive and pass power between the two pairs of first-side terminals , wherein the balancing circuits are auxiliary converters which are configured to perform DC/DC conversion, and wherein the power conversion device is configured to control each auxiliary converter such that the DC voltages of said two pairs of the first-side terminals of the two DC/DC converters are equalized. - a power conversion unit including M number of DC/DC converters between a first pair of DC terminals and a second pair of DC terminals each pair of which is composed of a positive terminal and a negative terminal, where M is two or greater, the power conversion unit arranged to perform power transmission between the first pair of DC terminals and the second pair of DC terminals ; and - a controller for controlling the power conversion unit, wherein the power conversion unit further includes one or more balancing circuits each connected between two of the DC/DC converters and arranged to balance powers converted by the two DC/DC converters ,
A pellet burner comprising a steel body constituting a fixed housing with an inlet hole for pellets, and a rotary combustion chamber surrounded with a cylindrical fixed cover permanently connected with the body , wherein the space between the rotary combustion chamber and the cover is a ring shaped duct supplying air into the rotary combustion chamber through inlet holes and / or nozzles placed on each side wall of the rotary combustion chamber , said burner further comprising an aeration mechanism, characterised in that said aeration mechanism has a series of longitudinal obstructing strips , swingably mounted on the outer surface of each side wall of the rotary combustion chamber , such strips selectively opening and obscuring said air inlet holes and/or inflating nozzles, said obstructing strips being placed in twos on the outer surface of each side wall of the combustion chamber , wherein the air supplied into the rotary combustion chamber is controlled with a control ring having an inner surface functioning as a cam operating on said obstructing strips for selectively opening and obscuring said air inlet holes and/or inflating nozzles.
A method of assessing whether a subject is afflicted with ovarian cancer, the method comprising determining the level of folate receptor alpha (FRα) which is not bound to a cell, in a serum or plasma sample derived from said subject by performing an electrochemiluminescence immunoassay (ECLIA) or an enzyme immunoassay (EIA); and comparing the level of folate receptor alpha (FRα) which is not bound to a cell with the level of FRa in a control sample, identifying an increase in the level of FRα in the serum or plasma sample derived from said subject as compared to the level of FRα in the control sample; and determining that the subject is afflected with ovarian cancer based upon said increase .
An audio amplifier , including: - an input for an audio signal to be amplified (V in ) and an output for powering a load on the basis of the amplified audio signal; - a generator of reference voltage of high linearity and low output impedance, able to receive, as input, the audio signal to be amplified (V in ); - a power current generator including a power voltage generator whose output is connected to the output of the reference voltage generator through a coupling impedance ; the coupling impedance including two coupling inductances mounted in series between the output of the reference generator and the output of the power voltage generator and an attenuation impedance linking a mid-point between the two coupling inductances and a reference potential, characterized in that the attenuation impedance , associated with the two inductances in series, behaves like an inductive attenuator and in that the attenuation impedance includes an attenuation inductance , the value of which is less than 1/10 th of the individual value of the coupling inductances . - an input for an audio signal to be amplified (V in ) and an output for powering a load on the basis of the amplified audio signal; - a generator of reference voltage of high linearity and low output impedance, able to receive, as input, the audio signal to be amplified (V in ); - a power current generator including a power voltage generator whose output is connected to the output of the reference voltage generator through a coupling impedance ;
Spike pin , which can be inserted into a spike body of a spike for a tread of a pneumatic vehicle tyre, wherein the spike pin has a main axis (a 1 ) and, in the state in which it is inserted in the spike body , an outer portion , which projects out of the body and has an upper side , wherein at least this portion has a hexagonal cross section and its upper side is delimited by grip edges , characterized in that on the upper side of the spike pin there are formed exactly two planar main surfaces , which in plan view are in the form of an isosceles trapezoid and are inclined at an angle (a) of 5° to 20° relative to a cross-sectional plane (E 1 ) of the outer portion , to which the main axis (a 1 ) of the spike pin is aligned perpendicularly, wherein the upper side is of a rotationally symmetrical design such that it is projected onto itself just by means of a rotation through 180° about the main axis (a 1 ) of the spike pin .
A row unit for a header of an agricultural harvester comprising a frame , a first deck plate assembly mounted to the frame , and a second deck plate assembly mounted to the frame , wherein: the first deck plate assembly includes a first moveable deck plate , the second deck plate assembly includes a second moveable deck plate , characterized in that : the first deck plate assembly further includes a plurality of first deck plate segments mounted to the first moveable deck plate and moveable between a first position and a second position relative to the first moveable deck plate , and a plurality of biasing members for biasing each respective first deck plate segment; and in that the second deck plate assembly further includes a plurality of second deck plate segments mounted to the second moveable deck plate and moveable between a first position and a second position relative to the second moveable deck plate , and a plurality of biasing members for biasing each respective second deck plate segment. the first deck plate assembly includes a first moveable deck plate , the second deck plate assembly includes a second moveable deck plate , characterized in that : the first deck plate assembly further includes a plurality of first deck plate segments mounted to the first moveable deck plate and moveable between a first position and a second position relative to the first moveable deck plate , and a plurality of biasing members for biasing each respective first deck plate segment; and in that the second deck plate assembly further includes a plurality of second deck plate segments mounted to the second moveable deck plate and moveable between a first position and a second position relative to the second moveable deck plate , and a plurality of biasing members for biasing each respective second deck plate segment. the first deck plate assembly further includes a plurality of first deck plate segments mounted to the first moveable deck plate and moveable between a first position and a second position relative to the first moveable deck plate , and a plurality of biasing members for biasing each respective first deck plate segment; and in that the second deck plate assembly further includes a plurality of second deck plate segments mounted to the second moveable deck plate and moveable between a first position and a second position relative to the second moveable deck plate , and a plurality of biasing members for biasing each respective second deck plate segment.
A method for analyzing an engineering component , comprising: analyzing the engineering component to obtain a production profile ; manufacturing a test component having a known defect, the known defect being a flaw that is intentionally included in the test component ; analyzing the test component to obtain a test profile of the defect; comparing the production profile and the test profile to determine whether the engineering component has a defect that corresponds to the known defect; applying a structural test to the test component until an operational failure of the test component is achieved; and estimating, based on the structural test, an impact of the defect on a remaining life of the engineering component . analyzing the engineering component to obtain a production profile ; manufacturing a test component having a known defect, the known defect being a flaw that is intentionally included in the test component ; analyzing the test component to obtain a test profile of the defect; comparing the production profile and the test profile to determine whether the engineering component has a defect that corresponds to the known defect; applying a structural test to the test component until an operational failure of the test component is achieved; and estimating, based on the structural test, an impact of the defect on a remaining life of the engineering component .
A method for monitoring a gear unit having a temperature sensor, wherein in a first method step the gear unit is at least partially filled with lubricating oil, such that the temperature sensor is arranged in the lubricating oil, wherein, in the interior of the gear unit which is surrounded by a housing of the gear unit, the temperature sensor is arranged within the lubricating oil, namely below the oil level of the lubricating oil, wherein a constant power is supplied to the gear unit, in particular the input shaft of the gear unit, wherein a first profile of the temperature is acquired and stored, in particular over a time interval, in particular one which corresponds to at least three times the time constant related to the heating of the gear unit, wherein in a second method step, in particular one which chronologically succeeds the first method step, a second profile of the temperature is acquired and stored, in particular over a time interval of the same length, wherein in a third method step, in particular which chronologically succeeds the second method step, it being determined whether the second profile exceeds a permissible extent of deviation from the first profile , characterised in that it is concluded from a changed temperature profile that there has been an oil loss, the changed temperature profile being detectable as soon as the oil loss is so great that the sensor is arranged above the oil level. wherein in a first method step the gear unit is at least partially filled with lubricating oil, such that the temperature sensor is arranged in the lubricating oil, wherein, in the interior of the gear unit which is surrounded by a housing of the gear unit, the temperature sensor is arranged within the lubricating oil, namely below the oil level of the lubricating oil, wherein a constant power is supplied to the gear unit, in particular the input shaft of the gear unit, wherein a first profile of the temperature is acquired and stored, in particular over a time interval, in particular one which corresponds to at least three times the time constant related to the heating of the gear unit, wherein in a second method step, in particular one which chronologically succeeds the first method step, a second profile of the temperature is acquired and stored, in particular over a time interval of the same length, wherein in a third method step, in particular which chronologically succeeds the second method step, it being determined whether the second profile exceeds a permissible extent of deviation from the first profile , characterised in that it is concluded from a changed temperature profile that there has been an oil loss, the changed temperature profile being detectable as soon as the oil loss is so great that the sensor is arranged above the oil level.
A fuel system for an aircraft , the fuel system comprising: a first fuel tank ; a second fuel tank ; a conduit permitting fuel transfer from the first fuel tank to the second fuel tank , the conduit including a first conduit portion disposed inside the first fuel tank and an inlet for receiving fuel in the first fuel tank , the first conduit portion including an orifice through a wall of the conduit , the orifice permitting venting of an interior of the conduit to an interior of the fuel tank; and a deflector disposed outside of the conduit and adjacent the orifice to deflect a stream of fuel discharged from the conduit via the orifice during fuel transfer, characterised in that the deflector at least partially surrounds the conduit . a first fuel tank ; a second fuel tank ; a conduit permitting fuel transfer from the first fuel tank to the second fuel tank , the conduit including a first conduit portion disposed inside the first fuel tank and an inlet for receiving fuel in the first fuel tank , the first conduit portion including an orifice through a wall of the conduit , the orifice permitting venting of an interior of the conduit to an interior of the fuel tank; and a deflector disposed outside of the conduit and adjacent the orifice to deflect a stream of fuel discharged from the conduit via the orifice during fuel transfer, characterised in that the deflector at least partially surrounds the conduit .