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An apparatus for dispersing in the air, in the vapor state, a substance which is in the liquid state at ambient temperature, and is contained in a storage container, the apparatus comprising: - a ventilation system comprising a duct which opens out into the open air, and is configured to permit the passage of a flow of air into the duct; - at least one dispensing unit which is designed to be supplied with a liquid substance by the storage container, the dispensing unit comprising micro-ducts forming an outlet which is provided in the duct in order to constitute an area of evaporation of the substance therein; - at least one storage container which contains the substance and is connected to the dispensing unit , wherein the storage container has a discharge orifice which is connected to the dispensing unit, and - a heating unit which is provided on or in the dispensing unit, such as to control a flow of the substance through the dispensing unit, the discharge orifice is oriented downwards when the apparatus is in a position of use, the dispensing unit being below the discharge orifice in the position of use, and in that the substance has a viscosity which is variable according to the temperature, the apparatus being characterized in that said viscosity is such that the substance can not flow through the micro-ducts of the dispensing unit at an ambient temperature lower than a first temperature, the heating unit being configured to heat the dispensing unit to a second temperature higher than the first temperature, such that a flow of the substance through the micro-ducts of the dispensing unit takes place by capillarity in the position of use. - a ventilation system comprising a duct which opens out into the open air, and is configured to permit the passage of a flow of air into the duct; - at least one dispensing unit which is designed to be supplied with a liquid substance by the storage container, the dispensing unit comprising micro-ducts forming an outlet which is provided in the duct in order to constitute an area of evaporation of the substance therein; - at least one storage container which contains the substance and is connected to the dispensing unit , wherein the storage container has a discharge orifice which is connected to the dispensing unit, and - a heating unit which is provided on or in the dispensing unit, such as to control a flow of the substance through the dispensing unit, the discharge orifice is oriented downwards when the apparatus is in a position of use, the dispensing unit being below the discharge orifice in the position of use, and in that the substance has a viscosity which is variable according to the temperature, the apparatus being characterized in that said viscosity is such that the substance can not flow through the micro-ducts of the dispensing unit at an ambient temperature lower than a first temperature, the heating unit being configured to heat the dispensing unit to a second temperature higher than the first temperature, such that a flow of the substance through the micro-ducts of the dispensing unit takes place by capillarity in the position of use.
An immediate release film coating composition in powder form, comprising a polymer selected from the group consisting of hypromellose (hydroxypropyl methylcellulose), hydroxypropyl cellulose, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), copolymers based on PVA and mixtures thereof and a detackifier selected from the group consisting of medium chain glycerides, wherein the medium chain glycerides comprise ≤ 10% by weight triesters of glycerin, and wherein said immediate release film coating composition in powder form is dispersible in water at ambient temperature.
Method for electrical stunning an animal , comprising the steps of: - arranging the animal's head in a head box, wherein said head box comprises electrodes , touching the animal's head; - administering an electric pulse or electric pulse sequence to the electrodes; - releasing the animal's head from the head box; wherein the electric pulse is a direct and/or alternating current pulse or the electric pulse sequence comprises two or more direct and/or alternating current pulses, wherein each of said pulses may be positive or negative with respect to zero volts, and characterised in that the amplitude of said pulses is from 2000 to 22000 V, and wherein electrical insulation is placed between the electrodes and the head box itself. - arranging the animal's head in a head box, wherein said head box comprises electrodes , touching the animal's head; - administering an electric pulse or electric pulse sequence to the electrodes; - releasing the animal's head from the head box;
Household refrigeration appliance, having a heat-insulated carcass with an inner container , which bounds a freezer compartment provided for the storage of food, a refrigeration appliance for cooling the freezer compartment to a predetermined or predeterminable target freezer temperature significantly below 0°C, a temperature sensor for determining the actual temperature of the freezer compartment , and an electronic control apparatus , which controls the refrigeration appliance on account of the actual temperature and the target freezer temperature and which is designed to generate a warning signal during a temperature warning mode, as soon as the actual temperature of the freezer compartment exceeds a predetermined or predeterminable warning temperature, which is less than 0°C and greater than the target freezer temperature, and which is designed only then to activate the temperature warning mode after the household refrigeration appliance has been switched on, as soon as the actual temperature does not reach an activation temperature of less than or equal to the warning temperature and greater than the target freezer temperature, but at the latest after a predetermined switch-on duration of the household refrigeration appliance has elapsed.
A system for assisting a user in positioning a thermal ablation device in a treatment region of a patient body on the basis of a planned ablation position specified in a treatment plan, the thermal ablation device delivering a thermal dose to the treatment region in operation, the system comprising a localization unit adapted to determine a current position of the device and an evaluation unit adapted to, - compute an optimized thermal dose distribution deliverable to the treatment region by means of the device operating at the current position; characterized in that the evaluation unit is further adapted to: - determine a path for steering the device from the current position to the planned position and to assign a cost to the determined path, the cost quantifying estimated detrimental effects of steering the device along the computed path, and - present, via a display unit, information about the optimized thermal dose distribution and about the cost assigned to the computed path to the user for determining whether an ablation treatment shall be performed at the current position or the planned ablation position. - compute an optimized thermal dose distribution deliverable to the treatment region by means of the device operating at the current position; - determine a path for steering the device from the current position to the planned position and to assign a cost to the determined path, the cost quantifying estimated detrimental effects of steering the device along the computed path, and - present, via a display unit, information about the optimized thermal dose distribution and about the cost assigned to the computed path to the user for determining whether an ablation treatment shall be performed at the current position or the planned ablation position.
An orbital welding device , wherein the orbital welding device comprises a welding current source in a welding current source housing and an orbital welding head which is separate from the welding current source housing and is connected to the welding current source by means of a cable , wherein the orbital welding head comprises a pipe mount and a welding electrode holder which is mounted such that it can rotate relative to the pipe mount and is intended for holding the welding electrode , wherein the orbital welding device comprises an electric motor which is configured to drive the welding electrode holder and thus rotate it with respect to the pipe mount , wherein the orbital welding head or the cable or a gas line to the orbital welding head or the orbital welding device comprises an optical oxygen sensor in or on the welding current source housing and the orbital welding head comprises a chamber for shielding gas which is configured to surround the welding electrode of the orbital welding head and substantially seal it off from the outside during a welding process, wherein the optical oxygen sensor is configured to measure an oxygen concentration in a measuring region in the chamber , characterized in that the oxygen sensor is disposed outside the chamber and the oxygen sensor is optically coupled to the measuring region via an optical coupling.
A system comprising an electrical machine and a condition monitoring device for monitoring a condition of the electrical machine , the condition monitoring device comprising: a. a housing affixed on a frame of the electrical machine ; b. one or more sensors for measuring one or more parameters of the electrical machine , the one or more sensors housed within a housing of the electrical machine ; c. one or more magnetic coils electrically connected to an electrical energy storage unit located in the housing ; wherein the magnetic coils form an inductive circuit with one or more windings of the electrical machine , for supplying current to the electrical energy storage unit, characterized in that the one or more magnetic coils are located within a cavity in a stator core through an aperture in the frame of the electrical machine , wherein an axis of symmetry of a first magnetic coil from the one or more magnetic coils , is parallel to a first axis, and an axis of symmetry of a second magnetic coil from the one or more magnetic coils , is perpendicular to the first axis, wherein the first axis is parallel to a rotational axis of the electrical machine . a. a housing affixed on a frame of the electrical machine ; b. one or more sensors for measuring one or more parameters of the electrical machine , the one or more sensors housed within a housing of the electrical machine ; c. one or more magnetic coils electrically connected to an electrical energy storage unit located in the housing ; wherein the magnetic coils form an inductive circuit with one or more windings of the electrical machine , for supplying current to the electrical energy storage unit, characterized in that the one or more magnetic coils are located within a cavity in a stator core through an aperture in the frame of the electrical machine , wherein an axis of symmetry of a first magnetic coil from the one or more magnetic coils , is parallel to a first axis, and an axis of symmetry of a second magnetic coil from the one or more magnetic coils , is perpendicular to the first axis, wherein the first axis is parallel to a rotational axis of the electrical machine .
An apparatus for performing a measurement on a material that has an optical response sensitive to a characteristic of an environment and is characterized by at least one time parameter, the apparatus comprising: a light source configured to excite the material with light whose intensity is modulated according to a modulation signal , the modulation signal including multiple transitions between at least two intensity levels, with a time pattern that is selected to have particular time and frequency characteristics, wherein the time pattern includes a plurality of time intervals, each time interval occurring between different respective pairs of adjacent transitions, and a plurality of time spans over which the excitation light is present, wherein the modulation signal is selected according to an irregular pattern such that the time intervals are different and the time spans are of different lengths, wherein the irregular pattern is determined according to a stochastic process or a pseudo random code; and a detector configured to detect the optical response of the material . a light source configured to excite the material with light whose intensity is modulated according to a modulation signal , the modulation signal including multiple transitions between at least two intensity levels, with a time pattern that is selected to have particular time and frequency characteristics, wherein the time pattern includes a plurality of time intervals, each time interval occurring between different respective pairs of adjacent transitions, and a plurality of time spans over which the excitation light is present, wherein the modulation signal is selected according to an irregular pattern such that the time intervals are different and the time spans are of different lengths, wherein the irregular pattern is determined according to a stochastic process or a pseudo random code; and a detector configured to detect the optical response of the material .
An apparatus for capacitive determination of the fill level in individual containers of a group of containers of the same dimensions, which are disposed horizontally at a regular mutual distance adjacent to one another in a plurality of rows (R) and/or columns (Sp), wherein the apparatus comprises a transmitter electrode (S) and a receiver electrode (R) as well as a measuring circuit for carrying out a capacitive measurement method, wherein the measuring circuit comprises a transmitting circuit and a receiving circuit , and the apparatus comprises: - a horizontal base plate comprising a plurality of electrodes which protrude in one direction in relation to a horizontal plane (E) defined by the base plate and which are mutually uniformly spaced apart such that a plurality of working zones of the same dimensions are formed, wherein the size and shape of the working zones are arranged such that each working zone can receive a container of said group, - multiple connections through which a part of the electrodes are connectable with the transmitting circuit and can be controlled by means of the transmitting circuit , and a part of the electrodes are connectable with the receiving circuit and can be read out by means of the receiving circuit , wherein in the area of each working zone in the horizontal plane (E) at least respectively two of said electrodes are opposite to one another and wherein by means of the connections respectively one of these two electrodes is usable as transmitter and the other one of the two electrodes is usable as receiver. - a horizontal base plate comprising a plurality of electrodes which protrude in one direction in relation to a horizontal plane (E) defined by the base plate and which are mutually uniformly spaced apart such that a plurality of working zones of the same dimensions are formed, wherein the size and shape of the working zones are arranged such that each working zone can receive a container of said group, - multiple connections through which a part of the electrodes are connectable with the transmitting circuit and can be controlled by means of the transmitting circuit , and a part of the electrodes are connectable with the receiving circuit and can be read out by means of the receiving circuit ,
A method of removing 2-chloro-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, the method comprising bringing a first mixture comprising 2-chloro-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and 1- chloro-2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene into contact with an alkali.
A method of cooling a sports field , the sports field comprising: a stable, impermeable substrate ; a porous water distributing layer provided over the substrate; an artificial turf layer over the water distributing layer; a bund defining a perimeter of the sports field and extending from the substrate to at least the height of the artificial turf layer and a drain channel having inlets at a height to communicate with the water distributing layer such that water can flow from the water distributing layer into the drain channel, characterized in that the water can flow from the drain channel into the the water distributing layer , whereby the substrate and the bund , together with the drain channel form a containment which is largely impervious and can retain water for a significant period, the method comprising filling the containment with water to a depth sufficient to immerse at least part of the artificial turf layer over the full area of the sports field and subsequently draining the water from the containment . a stable, impermeable substrate ; a porous water distributing layer provided over the substrate; an artificial turf layer over the water distributing layer; a bund defining a perimeter of the sports field and extending from the substrate to at least the height of the artificial turf layer and a drain channel having inlets at a height to communicate with the water distributing layer such that water can flow from the water distributing layer into the drain channel, characterized in that the water can flow from the drain channel into the the water distributing layer , whereby the substrate and the bund , together with the drain channel form a containment which is largely impervious and can retain water for a significant period, the method comprising filling the containment with water to a depth sufficient to immerse at least part of the artificial turf layer over the full area of the sports field and subsequently draining the water from the containment .
An electrical energy generation system comprising: - an alternator coupled to a driving system , delivering an alternating voltage to an output bus , - an AC/DC reversible converter whose AC bus is linked to the output bus of the alternator , - an electrical storage element linked to the DC bus of the converter , - a controller arranged to react to transient load-shedding or charging impact conditions by controlling the converter in such a way as to take energy from the output bus of the alternator and store it in the storage element in load-shedding cases, and to take energy from the storage element and inject it onto the output bus in charging impact cases, the converter being controlled to inject harmonic current neutralization currents on the AC bus of the alternator , the storage element being preferably a supercapacitor, the controller being arranged to react to transient reactive and/or active power conditions on a micronetwork, upon load-shedding or charging impact, to allow the control of the imbalance(s) in form, in amplitude and in response time by virtue of the control of the converter managing the energy on the output bus of the alternator, the controller allowing the dynamic control of the motor torque of the driving system from the storage element in charging impact and load-shedding cases. - an alternator coupled to a driving system , delivering an alternating voltage to an output bus , - an AC/DC reversible converter whose AC bus is linked to the output bus of the alternator , - an electrical storage element linked to the DC bus of the converter , - a controller arranged to react to transient load-shedding or charging impact conditions by controlling the converter in such a way as to take energy from the output bus of the alternator and store it in the storage element in load-shedding cases, and to take energy from the storage element and inject it onto the output bus in charging impact cases,
A method of generating a plurality of blended images, wherein the blended images are used to create an animation of a transition between two street-level images via intermediate aerial views of a 3D model from a virtual camera, wherein the plurality of blended images correspond to a series of positions of the virtual camera on a path of the transition between the two street-level images, and wherein, for each of the plurality of blended images, the method comprises: determining, by one or more computing devices, a plurality of fragments for a three-dimensional model of a geographical location, wherein each fragment has a fragment color from the 3D model; determining, by the one or more computing devices, geospatial location data for each fragment based at least in part on latitude information, longitude information, and altitude information associated with the 3D model; for each fragment of the plurality of fragments, identifying, by the one or more computing devices, a pixel color of a pixel in a street-level image based at least in part on the geospatial location data, wherein the pixel in the street-level image corresponds to the fragment and wherein the correspondence between the pixel and the fragment comprises an alignment of the pixel and the fragment along a line-of-sight of the virtual camera; determining, by the one or more computing devices, a blending ratio based on at least one of a position and an orientation of the virtual camera, wherein the blending ratio is a ratio of a quantity of the pixel color to a quantity of the fragment color; and generating, by the one or more computing devices, the blended image, comprising blending the pixel color and the fragment color based on the blending ratio for each of the plurality of blended images. determining, by one or more computing devices, a plurality of fragments for a three-dimensional model of a geographical location, wherein each fragment has a fragment color from the 3D model; determining, by the one or more computing devices, geospatial location data for each fragment based at least in part on latitude information, longitude information, and altitude information associated with the 3D model; for each fragment of the plurality of fragments, identifying, by the one or more computing devices, a pixel color of a pixel in a street-level image based at least in part on the geospatial location data, wherein the pixel in the street-level image corresponds to the fragment and wherein the correspondence between the pixel and the fragment comprises an alignment of the pixel and the fragment along a line-of-sight of the virtual camera; determining, by the one or more computing devices, a blending ratio based on at least one of a position and an orientation of the virtual camera, wherein the blending ratio is a ratio of a quantity of the pixel color to a quantity of the fragment color; and generating, by the one or more computing devices, the blended image, comprising blending the pixel color and the fragment color based on the blending ratio for each of the plurality of blended images.