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A method of detecting blade clearance in a gas turbine engine , the method comprising: attaching a wear indicator comprising a capacitor to a surface adjacent a blade of the gas turbine engine such that the wear indicator extends above the surface ; measuring a first capacitance of the capacitor ; operating the gas turbine engine at a first selected speed for a first period of time to remove material from the capacitor upon passage of a tip of the blade to reduce a height of the capacitor from a first height (H1) to a second height (H2), wherein the first capacitance corresponds to the first height (H1) of the capacitor ; measuring a second capacitance of the capacitor subsequent to measuring the first capacitance, the second capacitance corresponding to the second height (H2) of the capacitor ; determining a change in capacitance between the second capacitance and the first capacitance; determining an amount of material removed from the capacitor by the blade corresponding to the change in capacitance; and determining a clearance (L) between the blade and the surface corresponding to the amount of material removed from the capacitor during engine operation. attaching a wear indicator comprising a capacitor to a surface adjacent a blade of the gas turbine engine such that the wear indicator extends above the surface ; measuring a first capacitance of the capacitor ; operating the gas turbine engine at a first selected speed for a first period of time to remove material from the capacitor upon passage of a tip of the blade to reduce a height of the capacitor from a first height (H1) to a second height (H2), wherein the first capacitance corresponds to the first height (H1) of the capacitor ; measuring a second capacitance of the capacitor subsequent to measuring the first capacitance, the second capacitance corresponding to the second height (H2) of the capacitor ; determining a change in capacitance between the second capacitance and the first capacitance; determining an amount of material removed from the capacitor by the blade corresponding to the change in capacitance; and determining a clearance (L) between the blade and the surface corresponding to the amount of material removed from the capacitor during engine operation.
A negative electrode active material for a secondary battery, comprising: a lithium titanium-based composite comprising: a lithium titanium oxide represented by the following chemical formula 1; Zr doped into the lithium titanium oxide; and Aluminum and sulfur containing compound coated on a surface of the lithium titanium oxide, wherein the Aluminum and sulfur containing compound is present in an amount of 0.4 mM to 0.9 mM based on 1M lithium titanium oxide: [Chemical formula 1] Li x Ti y O z where x, y and z satisfy 0. 1≤x≤4, 1≤y≤5 and 2≤z≤12. a lithium titanium oxide represented by the following chemical formula 1; Zr doped into the lithium titanium oxide; and Aluminum and sulfur containing compound coated on a surface of the lithium titanium oxide, wherein the Aluminum and sulfur containing compound is present in an amount of 0.4 mM to 0.9 mM based on 1M lithium titanium oxide: [Chemical formula 1] Li x Ti y O z where x, y and z satisfy 0. 1≤x≤4, 1≤y≤5 and 2≤z≤12.
Windscreen wiper device for a vehicle , in particular motor vehicle, with an arcuate, flexible wiper arm which is formed in a manner prestressed orthogonally with respect to the windscreen of the vehicle and is formed by an elongate core element and a sleeve-like casing element surrounding the same, wherein the core element is composed of an elastomer and the casing element is composed of a fibre-reinforced plastic, and wherein the core element partially occupies the cavity of the sleeve-like casing element and is of tubular design, characterized in that the core element nestles against an inner casing surface of the casing element .
Method for identifying a presence state (P) or a non-presence state (NP) of people in an area covered by a motion sensor , wherein the motion sensor : - changes autonomously its behaviour depending on ongoing motion sensing, wherein the behaviour of the motion sensor depends on the instantaneous value of a motion signal, said motion signal being measured by the motion sensor and reflecting the amount of motion in the covered area , and on an average value of the motion signal; - detects a large motion (A) on the basis of the instantaneous value of the motion signal, wherein the large motion (A) is detected when the instantaneous value of the motion signal is above a first threshold value (M); - detects a no motion (B) on the basis of the average motion signal, wherein no motion (B) is detected when the average motion signal is lower than a second threshold value (m); - detects a small motion (C) on the basis of the average motion signal, wherein the small motion (C) is detected when the average motion signal is above a third threshold value (m'); and - identifies the presence state (P) when a counter reaches an upper threshold, and the non-presence state (NP) when the counter reaches the value zero; and wherein the counter, preferably initialized at value zero, is increased by a value z when a large motion (A) is detected, is decreased by a value x when no motion (B) is detected, and is increased by a value y when a small motion (C) is detected. - changes autonomously its behaviour depending on ongoing motion sensing, wherein the behaviour of the motion sensor depends on the instantaneous value of a motion signal, said motion signal being measured by the motion sensor and reflecting the amount of motion in the covered area , and on an average value of the motion signal; - detects a large motion (A) on the basis of the instantaneous value of the motion signal, wherein the large motion (A) is detected when the instantaneous value of the motion signal is above a first threshold value (M); - detects a no motion (B) on the basis of the average motion signal, wherein no motion (B) is detected when the average motion signal is lower than a second threshold value (m); - detects a small motion (C) on the basis of the average motion signal, wherein the small motion (C) is detected when the average motion signal is above a third threshold value (m'); and - identifies the presence state (P) when a counter reaches an upper threshold, and the non-presence state (NP) when the counter reaches the value zero; and
A fluid fan coupling device, comprising: a sealed housing ; a partition plate in the housing and dividing the housing into an oil reservoir chamber and a torque transmission chamber , and an oil supply adjusting hole being formed through the partition plate, the housing being supported through a bearing on a rotary shaft ; a drive disk fixed at a distal end of the rotary shaft and being disposed in the torque transmission chamber; a dam being formed in a portion of an inner circumferential wall (2-2) of the sealed housing opposite an outer circumferential wall portion of the drive disk for collecting and storing oil when the housing is rotating; an oil circulating flow passage formed between the torque transmission chamber and the oil reservoir chamber, continuing from the dam; and a valve member provided in the oil reservoir chamber in proximity to the oil supply adjusting hole , the valve member being configured for selectively opening or closing the oil supply adjusting hole of the partition plate when an external ambient temperature is beyond a set value, so that rotation torque transmission from a drive side to a driven side is controlled by increasing or decreasing an effective contact area of oil in a torque transmission clearance formed between the drive side and the driven side the fan coupling device characterized in that the device includes a ring provided on a rear face of the drive disk , said ring having a flat face on a side opposite the oil supply adjusting hole, and being opposite the partition plate with a desired clearance, whereby the ring functions to scrape out oil in the oil reservoir chamber by utilizing non-Newtonian fluid characteristics of the oil.
A power supply apparatus interconnected to a grid together with a power generation apparatus , and configured to control a solar cell and a storage battery , the power supply apparatus comprising: an inverter configured to convert DC power from the solar cell and the storage battery into AC power; a first relay configured to switch on or off a connection between the inverter and the grid; an AC-DC converter capable of converting AC power from the power generation apparatus into DC power and supplying the DC power to the storage battery during a grid-independent operation; and a controller characterised by being configured to control, at the time of recovery of the grid from power outage, such that the AC-DC converter starts operating, that the first relay is switched on, and that the AC-DC converter keeps operating until a reverse power flow to the grid is detected. an inverter configured to convert DC power from the solar cell and the storage battery into AC power; a first relay configured to switch on or off a connection between the inverter and the grid; an AC-DC converter capable of converting AC power from the power generation apparatus into DC power and supplying the DC power to the storage battery during a grid-independent operation; and a controller characterised by being configured to control, at the time of recovery of the grid from power outage, such that the AC-DC converter starts operating, that the first relay is switched on, and that the AC-DC converter keeps operating until a reverse power flow to the grid is detected.
A method of generating a nucleic acid library for sequencing, said method comprising the steps of: (i) fragmenting a nucleic acid composition to generate fragmented nucleic acid molecules with blunt ends; (ii) introducing dideoxy nucleotides at internal nick sites present in the fragmented nucleic acid molecules with blunt ends and tailing to generate tailed nucleic acid fragments; and (iii) adding sequencing adaptors to the tailed nucleic acid fragments to generate a nucleic acid library. (i) fragmenting a nucleic acid composition to generate fragmented nucleic acid molecules with blunt ends; (ii) introducing dideoxy nucleotides at internal nick sites present in the fragmented nucleic acid molecules with blunt ends and tailing to generate tailed nucleic acid fragments; and (iii) adding sequencing adaptors to the tailed nucleic acid fragments to generate a nucleic acid library.
A method comprising: providing a mixture of chopped fibers by mixing sacrificial fibers and carbon fiber precursor fibers together to form a randomly mixed mixture of chopped fibers; heating the mixture of chopped fibers to a temperature between 170°C and 400°C to substantially remove the sacrificial fibers from the mixture of chopped fibers and form a plurality of channels in a preform precursor between the plurality of carbon fiber precursor fibers in place of the sacrificial fibers; and carbonizing the plurality of carbon fiber precursor fibers to form a porous carbon fiber preform comprising the plurality of channels. providing a mixture of chopped fibers by mixing sacrificial fibers and carbon fiber precursor fibers together to form a randomly mixed mixture of chopped fibers; heating the mixture of chopped fibers to a temperature between 170°C and 400°C to substantially remove the sacrificial fibers from the mixture of chopped fibers and form a plurality of channels in a preform precursor between the plurality of carbon fiber precursor fibers in place of the sacrificial fibers; and carbonizing the plurality of carbon fiber precursor fibers to form a porous carbon fiber preform comprising the plurality of channels.
A method for controlling a distributed cyber-physical system, CPS, the method comprising: receiving in at least one controller of the CPS sensor data from at least one physical element of the CPS; monitoring by a resilient control feedback loop a plurality of control loops , each control loop controlling by the at least one controller at least one aspect of at least one corresponding physical element within the distributed cyber-physical system, based on the received data, wherein each control loop includes the corresponding physical element which is disposed within a physical space and a controller which is disposed in a cyber space ; receiving, by a resilient control agent of the control feedback loop , prognostic information from the cyber space , and correlating, by a mechanism for correlation of the resilient control agent , the prognostic information from the cyber space together with the received sensor data from the physical space to detect threats that may affect the system performance; detecting, by the resilient control agent threats that may affect the system performance at multiple levels, and determining, by the resilient control agent when one or more of the plurality of control loops experiences an adverse condition; reducing a sampling frequency of those of the plurality of control loops that are not experiencing the adverse condition; and increasing a sampling frequency of those of the plurality of control loops that are experiencing the adverse condition. receiving in at least one controller of the CPS sensor data from at least one physical element of the CPS; monitoring by a resilient control feedback loop a plurality of control loops , each control loop controlling by the at least one controller at least one aspect of at least one corresponding physical element within the distributed cyber-physical system, based on the received data, wherein each control loop includes the corresponding physical element which is disposed within a physical space and a controller which is disposed in a cyber space ; receiving, by a resilient control agent of the control feedback loop , prognostic information from the cyber space , and correlating, by a mechanism for correlation of the resilient control agent , the prognostic information from the cyber space together with the received sensor data from the physical space to detect threats that may affect the system performance; detecting, by the resilient control agent threats that may affect the system performance at multiple levels, and determining, by the resilient control agent when one or more of the plurality of control loops experiences an adverse condition; reducing a sampling frequency of those of the plurality of control loops that are not experiencing the adverse condition; and increasing a sampling frequency of those of the plurality of control loops that are experiencing the adverse condition.
A system for a knee replacement surgery comprising: a tibial cut guide having a first guide portion configured to couple with and be adjustable relative to a second guide portion , wherein the first guide portion is configured to define a sagittal cut slot and a proximal cut slot, wherein the first guide portion is rotatable relative to the second guide portion about a proximal-distal axis to adjust an angle of the sagittal cut slot and the proximal cut slot with respect to an anterior-posterior axis; and an alignment guide configured for extramedullary mounting to the patient and configured to couple with the second guide portion of the tibial cut guide, the alignment guide having a first mechanism and a second mechanism of differing construction, the first mechanism and the second mechanism are both configured to be actuated to facilitate extension and retraction of the alignment guide to position the tibial cut guide in a desired proximal-distal location relative a tibia of a patient when the tibial cut guide and the alignment guide are assembled together. a tibial cut guide having a first guide portion configured to couple with and be adjustable relative to a second guide portion , wherein the first guide portion is configured to define a sagittal cut slot and a proximal cut slot, wherein the first guide portion is rotatable relative to the second guide portion about a proximal-distal axis to adjust an angle of the sagittal cut slot and the proximal cut slot with respect to an anterior-posterior axis; and an alignment guide configured for extramedullary mounting to the patient and configured to couple with the second guide portion of the tibial cut guide, the alignment guide having a first mechanism and a second mechanism of differing construction, the first mechanism and the second mechanism are both configured to be actuated to facilitate extension and retraction of the alignment guide to position the tibial cut guide in a desired proximal-distal location relative a tibia of a patient when the tibial cut guide and the alignment guide are assembled together.
A polypeptide with laccase activity (EC 1.10.3.2) comprising an amino acid sequence that is at least 90% identical to the amino acid sequence according to SEQ ID NO: 1, wherein the polypeptide comprises at least one amino acid selected from the group consisting of: - Alanine at a position corresponding to position 253 in SEQ ID NO: 1, - Proline at a position corresponding to position 128 in SEQ ID NO: 1, - Aspartic acid at a position corresponding to position 384 in SEQ ID NO: 1, - Isoleucine at a position corresponding to position 364 in SEQ ID NO: 1, - Proline at a position corresponding to position 292 in SEQ ID NO: 1, - Proline at a position corresponding to position 450 in SEQ ID NO: 1, - Threonine at a position corresponding to position 33 in SEQ ID NO: 1 and - Proline at a position corresponding to position 322 in SEQ ID NO: 1 wherein the expression of the polypeptide in E.coli results in a higher yield of active, soluble laccase enzyme as compared to the yield obtained by the expression of the enzyme consisting of an amino acid sequence according to SEQ ID NO: 1. - Alanine at a position corresponding to position 253 in SEQ ID NO: 1, - Proline at a position corresponding to position 128 in SEQ ID NO: 1, - Aspartic acid at a position corresponding to position 384 in SEQ ID NO: 1, - Isoleucine at a position corresponding to position 364 in SEQ ID NO: 1, - Proline at a position corresponding to position 292 in SEQ ID NO: 1, - Proline at a position corresponding to position 450 in SEQ ID NO: 1, - Threonine at a position corresponding to position 33 in SEQ ID NO: 1 and - Proline at a position corresponding to position 322 in SEQ ID NO: 1
An insulation detecting circuit , including: a first switching unit (S1); a second switching unit (S2) electrically coupled to the first switching unit (S1); a detecting resistor (Rd); a processing unit configured to control the first switching unit (S1) and the second switching unit (S2); and a voltage detecting unit configured to obtain a first voltage value across the detecting resistor (Rd) when the processing unit controls the first switching unit (S1) to be on and the second switching unit (S2) to be off, wherein the voltage detecting unit is further configured to obtain a second voltage value across the detecting resistor (Rd) when the processing unit controls the first switching unit (S1) to be off and the second switching unit (S2) to be on, and wherein the processing unit is further configured to operate in a first mode and calculate an insulation impedance value of a power converting device according to the first voltage value and the second voltage value, wherein the insulation detecting circuit is characterized in that the first switching unit (S1) and the second switching unit (S2) are electrically coupled at a node (N1), and wherein the insulation detecting circuit further includes: a second resistor (R2) electrically coupled between the detecting resistor (Rd) and the node (N1). a first switching unit (S1); a second switching unit (S2) electrically coupled to the first switching unit (S1); a detecting resistor (Rd); a processing unit configured to control the first switching unit (S1) and the second switching unit (S2); and a voltage detecting unit configured to obtain a first voltage value across the detecting resistor (Rd) when the processing unit controls the first switching unit (S1) to be on and the second switching unit (S2) to be off, wherein the voltage detecting unit is further configured to obtain a second voltage value across the detecting resistor (Rd) when the processing unit controls the first switching unit (S1) to be off and the second switching unit (S2) to be on, and wherein the processing unit is further configured to operate in a first mode and calculate an insulation impedance value of a power converting device according to the first voltage value and the second voltage value, wherein the insulation detecting circuit is characterized in that the first switching unit (S1) and the second switching unit (S2) are electrically coupled at a node (N1), and wherein the insulation detecting circuit further includes: a second resistor (R2) electrically coupled between the detecting resistor (Rd) and the node (N1).
A method for detecting an unauthorized uncrewed aerial vehicle, comprising: sending (S301) a tracking indication message to a network device, wherein the tracking indication message is used to indicate to report attribute information of user equipment in a coverage area of the network device when the attribute information of the user equipment meets a preset condition, and the attribute information comprises location information and/or speed information; obtaining (S303) the attribute information of the user equipment; and identifying (S304) an identity status of the user equipment based on the attribute information of the user equipment, wherein the identity status comprises an authorized uncrewed aerial vehicle or an unauthorized uncrewed aerial vehicle; wherein if the identity status of the user equipment is an unauthorized uncrewed aerial vehicle, the method further comprises: sending an unauthorized uncrewed aerial vehicle reporting message to an uncrewed aerial vehicle traffic management UTM network element device, wherein the unauthorized uncrewed aerial vehicle reporting message is used to indicate that the user equipment is an unauthorized uncrewed aerial vehicle. sending (S301) a tracking indication message to a network device, wherein the tracking indication message is used to indicate to report attribute information of user equipment in a coverage area of the network device when the attribute information of the user equipment meets a preset condition, and the attribute information comprises location information and/or speed information; obtaining (S303) the attribute information of the user equipment; and identifying (S304) an identity status of the user equipment based on the attribute information of the user equipment, wherein the identity status comprises an authorized uncrewed aerial vehicle or an unauthorized uncrewed aerial vehicle; wherein if the identity status of the user equipment is an unauthorized uncrewed aerial vehicle, the method further comprises: sending an unauthorized uncrewed aerial vehicle reporting message to an uncrewed aerial vehicle traffic management UTM network element device, wherein the unauthorized uncrewed aerial vehicle reporting message is used to indicate that the user equipment is an unauthorized uncrewed aerial vehicle.