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Mobile installation for the analysis of a fluid capable of being moved from one site to another, without dismantling the items of equipment, said mobile analytical installation comprising at least: - one first circuit comprising oil , - at least two plug-flow cells , each plug-flow cell comprising a piston delimiting two volumes , a first volume being connected to said first circuit and a second volume connected to a container comprising said fluid to be analysed, - means for connecting to said container comprising said fluid to be analysed in order to transfer said fluid to be analysed into the second volumes of said plug-flow cells , - a second circuit comprising a brine or water, in particular pure water, said second circuit being connected to the container in order to control the injection of said fluid to be analysed from said container into said at least two plug-flow cells , - PVT analytical means (PVT) for determining the gas/water and/or gas/oil ratio of said fluid to be analysed contained in a first plug-flow cell ; the PVT analytical means are connected to a second volume of said first plug-flow cell , - geochemical analytical means (GEO) for determining at least a part of the composition of said fluid to be analysed contained in a second volume in a second plug-flow cell . - one first circuit comprising oil , - at least two plug-flow cells , each plug-flow cell comprising a piston delimiting two volumes , a first volume being connected to said first circuit and a second volume connected to a container comprising said fluid to be analysed, - means for connecting to said container comprising said fluid to be analysed in order to transfer said fluid to be analysed into the second volumes of said plug-flow cells , - a second circuit comprising a brine or water, in particular pure water, said second circuit being connected to the container in order to control the injection of said fluid to be analysed from said container into said at least two plug-flow cells , - PVT analytical means (PVT) for determining the gas/water and/or gas/oil ratio of said fluid to be analysed contained in a first plug-flow cell ; the PVT analytical means are connected to a second volume of said first plug-flow cell , - geochemical analytical means (GEO) for determining at least a part of the composition of said fluid to be analysed contained in a second volume in a second plug-flow cell .
A glucose test arrangement for use in a handheld meter, comprising a disposable test pad which is responsive to glucose in a body fluid, and a supporting member adapted to support the test pad at an application site for applying body fluid, particularly as a drop of blood, from a user's skin onto a receiving area of the test pad , wherein the receiving area faces away from the supporting member , characterized in that one or more spacer elements are arranged on the supporting member adjacent to the test pad , wherein the one or more spacer elements have a skin-contacting end section which protrudes above the receiving area .
A dose unit for pulmonary delivering to a user at least one bioactive agent, said dose unit comprising: an air-permeable pallet ; and at least one electrically resistive heating element in thermal contact with and extending across at least two opposite surfaces of said pallet , whereby said pallet comprises a solid carrier material and the bioactive agent is in and/or on said solid carrier material; said at least one electrically resistive heating element configured to directly contact said pallet to heat said pallet , including said solid carrier material and said bioactive agent; characterized in that said solid carrier material is selected to be resistant to heat at the temperature at which said bioactive agent vaporizes; and wherein said pallet and said heating element are sufficiently air permeable to allow flow of air through said heating element and through said pallet between said at least two opposite surfaces.
A method for producing a nano-active powder material in a reactor system, the nano-active powder material comprising a powder having nano-activity due to nanostructures, the method comprising: a. a powder injector first stage in which ground input precursor powder is injected into the reactor; and b. an externally heated preheater stage in which the precursor powder is heated to a temperature of calcination reaction; and c. externally heated calciner reactor stage in which primary precursor volatile constituents are rapidly removed by the calcination reaction as a high purity gas stream to produce a nano-active product; and characterized by d. a post-processing reactor stage in which there is a change in composition of the gas stream to produce a hot powder product based on the nano-activity of the nano-active product produced by the calciner reactor; and e. a powder ejector stage in which the hot powder product is ejected from the reactor; and f. a heat exchanger is used to transfer heat from the hot powder product from the powder ejector stage to a first portion of the precursor powder, such that the heated first portion of powder is injected below a second portion of the precursor powder to heat the second portion of precursor powder; wherein input particles flow downwards under gravity progressively through the stages. a. a powder injector first stage in which ground input precursor powder is injected into the reactor; and b. an externally heated preheater stage in which the precursor powder is heated to a temperature of calcination reaction; and c. externally heated calciner reactor stage in which primary precursor volatile constituents are rapidly removed by the calcination reaction as a high purity gas stream to produce a nano-active product; and characterized by d. a post-processing reactor stage in which there is a change in composition of the gas stream to produce a hot powder product based on the nano-activity of the nano-active product produced by the calciner reactor; and e. a powder ejector stage in which the hot powder product is ejected from the reactor; and f. a heat exchanger is used to transfer heat from the hot powder product from the powder ejector stage to a first portion of the precursor powder, such that the heated first portion of powder is injected below a second portion of the precursor powder to heat the second portion of precursor powder;
An agricultural soil cultivation device comprising a support frame , on which a front row of at least six discs and a rear row of at least six discs is mounted, wherein the discs are of a disc shape with one convex side and mounted to the frame by means of tines , wherein the discs of the front row are oriented with their convex sides towards the central axis of the device and the discs of the rear row are oriented with their convex sides away from the central axis of the operating width, and wherein vertical chords of the discs form an angle α with the perpendicular towards the horizontal plane ranging from 14° to 22°, and horizontal chords of the discs form an angle β with the direction of travel of the device ranging from 14° to 22°, and wherein the discs of the same orientation of each row , are in the same distance, the discs of the front row located the closest to the central axis are arranged on a separate central tine of the front row, characterized in that the device further comprises a central row of discs with at least two discs mounted on a central tine of the central row arranged in between the front row and the rear row , wherein lines , horizontal and perpendicular to the central axis of the device , passing through the center of the discs of the central row , offset with each other by the length of the offset of the central discs by at least 20 mm, and the discs of the central row are oriented with their convex sides towards the central axis of the device , wherein the vertical chords of the discs of the central row form an angle -α with the perpendicular to the horizontal plane, and the horizontal chords of the discs form an angle β with the direction of travel of the device .
A method of processing lightfield data representative of a scene, said lightfield data comprising a plurality of elements organized in a set of views of the scene, 4-dimensional coordinates being associated with each element of said plurality of elements, wherein the method comprises: - associating a ray with each element , said ray being obtained from the 4-dimensional coordinates associated with each said element ; - determining a depth information for each said element ; - determining an origin of each said ray in the scene according to said depth information; - grouping rays with a same origin in the scene to form a plurality of groups; - for at least one pair of groups of said plurality of groups, establishing a relationship between a first group of rays and a second group of rays forming said at least one pair, a weight being associated with said relationship and determined by: ∘ for each ray of said first group, calculating a difference between a ray of said second group and said ray of said first group, when the element associated with said ray of said second group is comprised in a neighborhood of the element associated with said ray of said first group; ∘ determining said weight by summing said differences; - graph-based processing said lightfield data according to said plurality of groups and said relationship, graph nodes of the graph being based on said groups and graph edges of the graph being based on said relationship. - associating a ray with each element , said ray being obtained from the 4-dimensional coordinates associated with each said element ; - determining a depth information for each said element ; - determining an origin of each said ray in the scene according to said depth information; - grouping rays with a same origin in the scene to form a plurality of groups; - for at least one pair of groups of said plurality of groups, establishing a relationship between a first group of rays and a second group of rays forming said at least one pair, a weight being associated with said relationship and determined by: ∘ for each ray of said first group, calculating a difference between a ray of said second group and said ray of said first group, when the element associated with said ray of said second group is comprised in a neighborhood of the element associated with said ray of said first group; ∘ determining said weight by summing said differences; ∘ for each ray of said first group, calculating a difference between a ray of said second group and said ray of said first group, when the element associated with said ray of said second group is comprised in a neighborhood of the element associated with said ray of said first group; ∘ determining said weight by summing said differences; - graph-based processing said lightfield data according to said plurality of groups and said relationship, graph nodes of the graph being based on said groups and graph edges of the graph being based on said relationship.
A shaft assembly comprising: a gear shaft having a gear region and a bearing region; a first bearing disposed about the bearing region of the gear shaft ; and a gear formed of gear steel and disposed about the gear region of the gear shaft , wherein the first bearing includes a ceramic material, wherein the bearing region of the gear shaft includes a bearing-region material that has a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) that is close to the CTE of the ceramic material; wherein the gear region of the gear shaft is formed of gear steel, having the same CTE as the gear. a gear shaft having a gear region and a bearing region; a first bearing disposed about the bearing region of the gear shaft ; and a gear formed of gear steel and disposed about the gear region of the gear shaft , wherein the first bearing includes a ceramic material, wherein the bearing region of the gear shaft includes a bearing-region material that has a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) that is close to the CTE of the ceramic material; wherein the gear region of the gear shaft is formed of gear steel, having the same CTE as the gear.
A biomass treatment system comprising a pressurized processing container being a reactor, a discharger screw arranged within said reactor and an outlet flow control arrangement arranged to control a flow of material through an outlet with a predetermined diameter arranged at an end of the pressurized processing container , said discharger screw being configured for feeding biomass from one end of said pressurized processing container towards said outlet flow control arrangement, wherein said outlet flow control arrangement comprises an adaptor unit arranged to control and center a flow of processed material out of said processing container and through said outlet into a discharge pipe , wherein said adaptor unit comprises a rotatable disc arranged within said pressurized processing container , said disc comprises at least one bore arranged to align with said outlet when said circular disc is rotated around its central axis, wherein said at least one bore is configured to provide a smaller exit bore than said outlet of said processing container .
A method of editing a print job to be printed on a flatbed printer comprising a flatbed surface for placing a piece of media to be printed upon, the flatbed surface having a plurality of vacuum zones (32, 32a - 32e), each vacuum zone (32, 32a - 32e) being connected to a vacuum source for attracting the piece of media to the flatbed surface, the method being performed on a job editor comprising a processor and a display , wherein the processor performs the steps of, for each vacuum zone: - reading vacuum zone data specifying at least a size of the vacuum zone ; - constructing and displaying an image of the vacuum zone on the basis of the vacuum zone data; - superposing, on the display , an image to be printed and the image of the vacuum zone, characterized in that vacuum zones (32b - 32e) of the plurality of vacuum zones are nested and have J Z decreasing lengths and widths, and the method comprises the step of - adapting an effective area of the vacuum zone to media sheets with different formats by appropriately selecting the vacuum zone from the plurality of vacuum zones with a smallest surface area that still fully accommodates the image to be printed. - reading vacuum zone data specifying at least a size of the vacuum zone ; - constructing and displaying an image of the vacuum zone on the basis of the vacuum zone data; - superposing, on the display , an image to be printed and the image of the vacuum zone, characterized in that vacuum zones (32b - 32e) of the plurality of vacuum zones are nested and have J Z decreasing lengths and widths, and the method comprises the step of - adapting an effective area of the vacuum zone to media sheets with different formats by appropriately selecting the vacuum zone from the plurality of vacuum zones with a smallest surface area that still fully accommodates the image to be printed.
A method of waste material separation, comprising: providing a waste stream, wherein the waste stream comprises waste particles and a flow of liquid, wherein the waste stream comprises incinerator ash, automobile shredder residue, whitegood shredder residue, e-waste, building components, waste-to-energy slag, steelmaking slag, ferrochrome slag, retrieved landfill material, or a combination thereof; providing a helix separator that is a rotating cylinder having (a) one or more helical separators disposed therein, the one or more helical separators further comprising: a spiral structure, (b) a set of longitudinally extending grooves disposed along the spiral structure, and (c) nozzles configured to introduce a spray of liquid onto the waste stream along the length of the cylinder, a sizing step, wherein the waste stream is introduced into an inlet of the helix separator ; the sizing step comprises rotation of the helix separator to separate the waste particles according to the particles' settling velocities or densities, wherein a heavy fraction settles into the grooves and a light fraction remains at the top of the waste stream; and the heavy fraction travels up the helix separator to be collected and the light fraction is pushed to the back of the helix separator and exits a back end of the rotating cylinder; characterised in that, each of the one or more nozzles creates a stream of liquid over the waste stream that pushes the light fraction in a direction opposite the heavy fraction. providing a waste stream, wherein the waste stream comprises waste particles and a flow of liquid, wherein the waste stream comprises incinerator ash, automobile shredder residue, whitegood shredder residue, e-waste, building components, waste-to-energy slag, steelmaking slag, ferrochrome slag, retrieved landfill material, or a combination thereof; providing a helix separator that is a rotating cylinder having (a) one or more helical separators disposed therein, the one or more helical separators further comprising: a spiral structure, (b) a set of longitudinally extending grooves disposed along the spiral structure, and (c) nozzles configured to introduce a spray of liquid onto the waste stream along the length of the cylinder, a sizing step, wherein the waste stream is introduced into an inlet of the helix separator ; the sizing step comprises rotation of the helix separator to separate the waste particles according to the particles' settling velocities or densities, wherein a heavy fraction settles into the grooves and a light fraction remains at the top of the waste stream; and the heavy fraction travels up the helix separator to be collected and the light fraction is pushed to the back of the helix separator and exits a back end of the rotating cylinder;
A polyethylene polymer having a density of at least 0.950 g/cm 3 , as determined based on ASTM D1505, a melt index (MI), I 2.16 , of less than 1 g/10min, as measured based on ASTM D1238, and a melt index ratio (MIR), I 21.6 /I 2.16 , of 45 to 65, wherein the polyethylene polymer is prepared by a zirconium-based metallocene catalyst.
A support pedestal device for an electrostatic chuck comprising: a base housing defining an internal cavity ; a base insert disposed proximate the internal cavity of the base housing ; and at least one fluid pathway disposed within the internal cavity , the fluid pathway defining: a plurality of cooling channels ; a fluid supply channel ; and a fluid return channel ,wherein a cooling fluid is able to flow through the fluid pathway by passing through the fluid supply channel , through the plurality of cooling channels , and back through the fluid return channel to cool the support pedestal device , characterized in that the plurality of cooling channels are linear-parallel cooling channels separated by a corresponding plurality of linear-parallel cooling fins .
A sprinkler housing for a sprinkler , in particular for operating pressures above 16 bar, comprising - a fluid channel which is provided in the sprinkler housing and has a fluid inlet and at least one fluid outlet , - a closure element , which is movable from a blocking position into a release position in a release direction (A), wherein the closure element closes the fluid channel in the blocking position and releases same in the release position, - a sealing element , which is mounted on the closure element and is designed to close the fluid channel in a fluid-tight manner in the blocking position, wherein the sprinkler housing has a recess , through which the closure element extends at least in the release position, wherein a protective chamber in which the sealing element is arranged is defined between the closure element and the recess in the release position, and wherein the closure element has an encircling groove in which the sealing element sits, and counter to the release direction (A) and adjacent to the groove , the closure element has a projection for protecting the sealing element against flow influences in the release position, wherein a flow diverter is formed on the projection , und the flow diverter is designed to divert extinguishing fluid, which flows into the distribution chamber , from the first direction in which the recess for receiving the closure element is oriented, characterized in that the flow diverter extends counter to the release direction (A) and in the release position of the sprinkler at least for the most part through the distribution chamber in the direction of the fluid inlet . - a fluid channel which is provided in the sprinkler housing and has a fluid inlet and at least one fluid outlet , - a closure element , which is movable from a blocking position into a release position in a release direction (A), wherein the closure element closes the fluid channel in the blocking position and releases same in the release position, - a sealing element , which is mounted on the closure element and is designed to close the fluid channel in a fluid-tight manner in the blocking position, wherein the sprinkler housing has a recess , through which the closure element extends at least in the release position, wherein a protective chamber in which the sealing element is arranged is defined between the closure element and the recess in the release position, and wherein the closure element has an encircling groove in which the sealing element sits, and counter to the release direction (A) and adjacent to the groove , the closure element has a projection for protecting the sealing element against flow influences in the release position, wherein a flow diverter is formed on the projection , und the flow diverter is designed to divert extinguishing fluid, which flows into the distribution chamber , from the first direction in which the recess for receiving the closure element is oriented, characterized in that the flow diverter extends counter to the release direction (A) and in the release position of the sprinkler at least for the most part through the distribution chamber in the direction of the fluid inlet .
A system for improving vision of a subject, the system comprising: a pulsed laser system configured to apply laser pulses to an intraocular lens (IOL) implanted in an eye of a subject to change the refractive index of selected areas of the lens by refractive index writing; and a control system configured to receive data regarding a photic phenomenon of the eye of the subject after implantation of the IOL and use the received data to calculate a pattern of laser pulses and/or selected areas of the IOL to which the laser pulses are to be applied to produce a phase shift to compensate for the photic phenomenon; wherein the control system is coupled to the pulsed laser system and is configured to control the pulsed laser system to apply the calculated pattern of laser pulses to the calculated selected areas of the IOL in order to produce, by refractive index writing on the IOL, the phase shift to compensate for the photic phenomenon; characterised in that compensating for the photic phenomenon includes apodization, the apodization including eliminating, by inverted phase delay, the diffractive or refractive IOL design in an outer part of the lens. a pulsed laser system configured to apply laser pulses to an intraocular lens (IOL) implanted in an eye of a subject to change the refractive index of selected areas of the lens by refractive index writing; and a control system configured to receive data regarding a photic phenomenon of the eye of the subject after implantation of the IOL and use the received data to calculate a pattern of laser pulses and/or selected areas of the IOL to which the laser pulses are to be applied to produce a phase shift to compensate for the photic phenomenon; wherein the control system is coupled to the pulsed laser system and is configured to control the pulsed laser system to apply the calculated pattern of laser pulses to the calculated selected areas of the IOL in order to produce, by refractive index writing on the IOL, the phase shift to compensate for the photic phenomenon; characterised in that compensating for the photic phenomenon includes apodization, the apodization including eliminating, by inverted phase delay, the diffractive or refractive IOL design in an outer part of the lens.