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A method for determining discrepancy in air-flow of a combustion system comprising a process heater having one or more burners, the method comprising: sensing current oxygen level within a housing of the process heater; calculating a delta between the sensed current oxygen level and an expected oxygen level; comparing the delta to a predetermined threshold; and outputting a remediation action in response to the delta breaching the predetermined threshold; characterised in that the method further comprises: when the delta indicates unwanted excess air-flow: determining an amount of the unwanted excess air-flow in terms of leakage area within the housing based on the geometry of the housing, and an identified draft within the housing. sensing current oxygen level within a housing of the process heater; calculating a delta between the sensed current oxygen level and an expected oxygen level; comparing the delta to a predetermined threshold; and outputting a remediation action in response to the delta breaching the predetermined threshold; characterised in that the method further comprises: when the delta indicates unwanted excess air-flow: determining an amount of the unwanted excess air-flow in terms of leakage area within the housing based on the geometry of the housing, and an identified draft within the housing. determining an amount of the unwanted excess air-flow in terms of leakage area within the housing based on the geometry of the housing, and an identified draft within the housing.
A method for improving the growth of target plants at a locus, the method comprising applying to the locus a growth-improving amount of compound (I): wherein the target plants are selected from sugarcane, rice, soybean, oilseed rape and potato; and wherein the compound (I) is applied to the locus at a rate of from 0.05 to 1.5 kg/hectare. wherein the target plants are selected from sugarcane, rice, soybean, oilseed rape and potato; and wherein the compound (I) is applied to the locus at a rate of from 0.05 to 1.5 kg/hectare.
Connection pad with a wire pad design for a prelam body of a smart card , the wire pad design comprising: a connection pad wiring pattern formed by plural wire portions extending in a contacting pad plane; characterized by a bridging wire portion which at least partially extends outside the contacting pad plane, wherein the bridging wire portion electrically and mechanically connects at least some of the plural wire portions with each other. a bridging wire portion which at least partially extends outside the contacting pad plane, wherein the bridging wire portion electrically and mechanically connects at least some of the plural wire portions with each other.
A vortex degassing device for a fluid transfer circuit (F1, F2), in particular of a motor vehicle, this device comprising: - a first internal chamber connected to a first inlet of a fluid (F1) as well as to a first outlet of a liquid fraction and to a second outlet of a gaseous fraction, the second outlet extending upwards along an axis A, - a first deflector projecting inside the first chamber to force the fluid (F1) arriving through the first inlet to form a vortex in the first chamber around said axis A, in order to separate the liquid and gaseous fractions of this fluid (F1), which are expelled respectively through the first and second outlets, characterized in that it further comprises: - a second internal chamber connected to a second inlet of a fluid (F2) as well as to a third outlet of a liquid fraction and to a fourth outlet of a gaseous fraction, the fourth outlet of the gaseous fraction extending at least partly upwards along said axis A, and - a second deflector projecting inside the second chamber to force the fluid (F2) arriving through the second inlet to form a vortex in the second chamber around said axis A, in order to separate the liquid and gaseous fractions of this fluid (F2), which are expelled respectively through the third and fourth outlets , and in that the second chamber is located above the first chamber , the second outlet extending through the second chamber to the level of the fourth outlet . - a first internal chamber connected to a first inlet of a fluid (F1) as well as to a first outlet of a liquid fraction and to a second outlet of a gaseous fraction, the second outlet extending upwards along an axis A, - a first deflector projecting inside the first chamber to force the fluid (F1) arriving through the first inlet to form a vortex in the first chamber around said axis A, in order to separate the liquid and gaseous fractions of this fluid (F1), which are expelled respectively through the first and second outlets, - a second internal chamber connected to a second inlet of a fluid (F2) as well as to a third outlet of a liquid fraction and to a fourth outlet of a gaseous fraction, the fourth outlet of the gaseous fraction extending at least partly upwards along said axis A, and - a second deflector projecting inside the second chamber to force the fluid (F2) arriving through the second inlet to form a vortex in the second chamber around said axis A, in order to separate the liquid and gaseous fractions of this fluid (F2), which are expelled respectively through the third and fourth outlets ,
An antioxidant package composition comprising a combination of: (i) at least one hindered phenolic antioxidant, and (ii) at least one polyether sulphide, wherein the polyether sulphide is derived from an alkoxylate derivative of thiodiglycol or wherein the polyether sulphide is derived from a propoxylate derivative of thiodiglycol; or wherein the polyether sulphide is derived from a butoxylate derivative of thiodiglycol, wherein the concentration of the hindered phenolic in the antioxidant package composition is from 5 weight percent to 80 weight percent, and wherein the concentration of the polyether sulphide in the antioxidant package composition is from 10 weight percent to 90 weight percent.
Bimodal optical spectroscopy device for producing spectra of autofluorescence and diffuse reflectance signals originating from a biological sample, this device comprising: - an excitation unit constituted by several monochromatic light-emitting diodes and a polychromatic lamp, - a flexible optical probe constituted by an excitation optical fibre arranged, on the distal side, at the centre of the flexible optical probe in order to successively convey the excitation signals from each element of the excitation unit to the biological sample, and several receiving optical fibres arranged, on the distal side, in the form of several concentric circles around the excitation optical fibre in order to convey signals originating from the sample at different depth levels of the sample; - a detection unit comprising several spectrometers, each receiving signals originating from receiving optical fibres arranged on one and the same circle in the optical probe, each circle being associated with a single spectrometer, - a filter wheel for removing excitation signals, and - a processing unit for controlling the excitation and detection units and for ensuring synchronization between these units during measurements. - an excitation unit constituted by several monochromatic light-emitting diodes and a polychromatic lamp, - a flexible optical probe constituted by an excitation optical fibre arranged, on the distal side, at the centre of the flexible optical probe in order to successively convey the excitation signals from each element of the excitation unit to the biological sample, and several receiving optical fibres arranged, on the distal side, in the form of several concentric circles around the excitation optical fibre in order to convey signals originating from the sample at different depth levels of the sample; - a detection unit comprising several spectrometers, each receiving signals originating from receiving optical fibres arranged on one and the same circle in the optical probe, each circle being associated with a single spectrometer, - a filter wheel for removing excitation signals, and - a processing unit for controlling the excitation and detection units and for ensuring synchronization between these units during measurements.
Method to control a mixer for concrete, mortar, powders, dry and semi-dry granulates, cement-based mixes or similar or comparable mixes or mixtures, characterized in that it comprises an input step in which it provides to communicate to a control and command unit of the mixer a plurality of input data correlated to the formulation of the mix that has to be treated in the mixing cycle, a detection step in which it provides to detect the values of an electric quantity characteristic of the electric power line of a drive unit comprised in the mixer , a processing step in which said control and command unit processes the data detected in the detection step in order to calculate the overall active power that is generated as a function of time, and to carry out one or more verifications, comparing instant by instant the average total active power with one or more of the respective data introduced among the input data, in order to transmit to a programmable logic controller that commands the functioning of the mixer alternately a consent signal to discharge the mix subjected to the mixing cycle, or an anomaly signal selectively correlated to the verification or verifications that have had a negative outcome, so that the operator can respectively command in the first case the discharge of the mix from the mixer , and in the second case the consequent corrective actions on the mixing cycle.
A fuelling method comprising the steps of: instructing the dispensing of a provisional quantity of fuel to a fuel tank of an apparatus ; dispensing an initial quantity of fuel to the fuel tank of the apparatus , the initial quantity of fuel being less than the provisional quantity of fuel; waiting for a predetermined settling period for the fuel dispensed to the fuel tank to homogenise and settle; after the predetermined settling period has elapsed, taking a fuel quantity reading using a fuel gauge associated with the fuel tank; receiving a desired final fuel quantity; calculating a differential volume of fuel, comprising a difference between the fuel quantity reading and the desired final fuel quantity; dispensing to the fuel tank a volume of fuel substantially equivalent to the differential volume using a dispensing apparatus including a fuel volume meter; and notifying an officer associated with the apparatus of the total fuel quantity contained within the fuel tank, derived from a combination of the fuel quantity reading read using the fuel gauge after dispensing the initial quantity of fuel and waiting for the settling period to elapse, and the differential volume measured using the fuel volume meter, such that waiting for the settling period to elapse after dispensing of the differential volume is avoided. instructing the dispensing of a provisional quantity of fuel to a fuel tank of an apparatus ; dispensing an initial quantity of fuel to the fuel tank of the apparatus , the initial quantity of fuel being less than the provisional quantity of fuel; waiting for a predetermined settling period for the fuel dispensed to the fuel tank to homogenise and settle; after the predetermined settling period has elapsed, taking a fuel quantity reading using a fuel gauge associated with the fuel tank; receiving a desired final fuel quantity; calculating a differential volume of fuel, comprising a difference between the fuel quantity reading and the desired final fuel quantity; dispensing to the fuel tank a volume of fuel substantially equivalent to the differential volume using a dispensing apparatus including a fuel volume meter; and notifying an officer associated with the apparatus of the total fuel quantity contained within the fuel tank, derived from a combination of the fuel quantity reading read using the fuel gauge after dispensing the initial quantity of fuel and waiting for the settling period to elapse, and the differential volume measured using the fuel volume meter, such that waiting for the settling period to elapse after dispensing of the differential volume is avoided.
A method for the generation of an elevated pH-tolerant lepidopteran insect cells comprising: (a) culturing a population of cells from a lepidopteran insect cell line in a standard culture medium that supports the growth of insect cells and has a pH of from 6.0 to 6.4; (b) culturing the cells in elevated pH culture medium that has a pH that is greater than the pH of the standard culture medium in step (a); and (c) allowing the cells to adapt to the elevated pH culture medium, wherein the adapted cells exhibit similar growth characteristics in the elevated pH culture medium to a population of cells of the insect cell line cultured in the standard culture medium; wherein the pH of the elevated pH culture medium in step (b) is from 7.0 to 7.4 and wherein steps (b) and (c) are repeated one or more times, using an elevated pH culture medium with a pH that is progressively higher each time. (a) culturing a population of cells from a lepidopteran insect cell line in a standard culture medium that supports the growth of insect cells and has a pH of from 6.0 to 6.4; (b) culturing the cells in elevated pH culture medium that has a pH that is greater than the pH of the standard culture medium in step (a); and (c) allowing the cells to adapt to the elevated pH culture medium, wherein the adapted cells exhibit similar growth characteristics in the elevated pH culture medium to a population of cells of the insect cell line cultured in the standard culture medium; wherein the pH of the elevated pH culture medium in step (b) is from 7.0 to 7.4 and wherein steps (b) and (c) are repeated one or more times, using an elevated pH culture medium with a pH that is progressively higher each time.
Door latch, in particular a motor vehicle door latch, comprising a locking mechanism consisting substantially of a catch and a pawl , the door latch further comprising an electromotive opening drive for the locking mechanism , at least one emergency power source for supplying current to the opening drive during the emergency opening of the locking mechanism , and at least one control unit , the emergency power source being charged in accordance with a control unit of the door latch using a main power source , characterized in that the emergency power source is charged as soon as the control unit receives an unlocking signal for the locking mechanism .
A method for Additive Manufacturing of a three-dimensional, transparent, ophthalmic lens, the method comprising the following steps: /1/ constituting a first voxel of a first composition comprising at least one polymer or prepolymer; /2/ constituting a second voxel of a second composition comprising at least a polymer or pre-polymer; /3/ inducing connectivity between the constituted first and second voxels, thereby creating an incremental intermediate element (p); /4/ repeating steps /2/ and /3/ with successive additional voxels (n+1, n+2, ...N), creating incremental intermediate elements (p+1, p+2, ...P), thereby forming the three-dimensional, transparent, ophthalmic lens; wherein the at least one polymer or pre-polymer of the second composition has a refractive index in the range of about 0,02 to about 0,001 of the first composition; wherein at least one of the polymers or pre-polymers comprises at least one thermoplastic; and wherein the method further comprises during step /3/, melting, fusing, sintering, or bonding particles of the at least one thermoplastic. /1/ constituting a first voxel of a first composition comprising at least one polymer or prepolymer; /2/ constituting a second voxel of a second composition comprising at least a polymer or pre-polymer; /3/ inducing connectivity between the constituted first and second voxels, thereby creating an incremental intermediate element (p); /4/ repeating steps /2/ and /3/ with successive additional voxels (n+1, n+2, ...N), creating incremental intermediate elements (p+1, p+2, ...P), thereby forming the three-dimensional, transparent, ophthalmic lens; wherein the at least one polymer or pre-polymer of the second composition has a refractive index in the range of about 0,02 to about 0,001 of the first composition; wherein at least one of the polymers or pre-polymers comprises at least one thermoplastic; and wherein the method further comprises during step /3/, melting, fusing, sintering, or bonding particles of the at least one thermoplastic.
A storage device comprising: a first interface (1313_1, 1323_1, 1333_1) configured to receive a first data chunk (D1, D2) from a host device; an operation circuit configured to generate first processed data (D1', D2') by processing the first data chunk and to generate a first signal (ds0, ds1) indicating a size of the first processed data; and a nonvolatile memory configured to store the first processed data in a storage location indicated by a second signal (rs0, rs1, rs2) received from the host device over the first interface, when the storage location at which the first processed data are to be stored is designated to the storage device based on the first signal, wherein the first interface is configured to output the first signal (ds0, ds1) to the host device. a first interface (1313_1, 1323_1, 1333_1) configured to receive a first data chunk (D1, D2) from a host device; an operation circuit configured to generate first processed data (D1', D2') by processing the first data chunk and to generate a first signal (ds0, ds1) indicating a size of the first processed data; and a nonvolatile memory configured to store the first processed data in a storage location indicated by a second signal (rs0, rs1, rs2) received from the host device over the first interface, when the storage location at which the first processed data are to be stored is designated to the storage device based on the first signal, wherein the first interface is configured to output the first signal (ds0, ds1) to the host device.
A cross master base station eNB, MeNB, switching method, characterized in that the method comprises: determining (S402), by a target MeNB, that a User Equipment, UE, has already established a Selected Internet Protocol Traffic Offload, SIPTO/Local Internet Protocol Access, LIPA, service on a secondary base station eNB, SeNB, before switching; and retaining or releasing (S404), by the target MeNB, the SIPTO/LIPA service, wherein in the condition in which the target MeNB determines to retain the SIPTO/LIPA service, the retaining, by the target MeNB, the SIPTO/LIPA service further comprises: receiving, by the SeNB, a UE context release message, and not releasing, by the SeNB, the SIPTO/LIPA service; and in a condition in which the target MeNB determines to release the SIPTO/LIPA service, the releasing, by the target MeNB, the SIPTO/LIPA service further comprises: receiving, by the SeNB, a bearer deleting list information/a SeNB release message/a UE context release message, and releasing, by the SeNB, the SIPTO/LIPA service according to the bearer deleting list information/the SeNB release message/the UE context release message, and wherein the UE accesses a source MeNB and the SeNB through dual links before the switching, and the UE accesses the target MeNB and the SeNB through dual links after the switching, and a collocated Local GateWay, L-GW, supporting the SIPTO/LIPA service is arranged on the SeNB. determining (S402), by a target MeNB, that a User Equipment, UE, has already established a Selected Internet Protocol Traffic Offload, SIPTO/Local Internet Protocol Access, LIPA, service on a secondary base station eNB, SeNB, before switching; and retaining or releasing (S404), by the target MeNB, the SIPTO/LIPA service, wherein in the condition in which the target MeNB determines to retain the SIPTO/LIPA service, the retaining, by the target MeNB, the SIPTO/LIPA service further comprises: receiving, by the SeNB, a UE context release message, and not releasing, by the SeNB, the SIPTO/LIPA service; and in a condition in which the target MeNB determines to release the SIPTO/LIPA service, the releasing, by the target MeNB, the SIPTO/LIPA service further comprises: receiving, by the SeNB, a bearer deleting list information/a SeNB release message/a UE context release message, and releasing, by the SeNB, the SIPTO/LIPA service according to the bearer deleting list information/the SeNB release message/the UE context release message, and wherein the UE accesses a source MeNB and the SeNB through dual links before the switching, and the UE accesses the target MeNB and the SeNB through dual links after the switching, and a collocated Local GateWay, L-GW, supporting the SIPTO/LIPA service is arranged on the SeNB.
A shift system for shifting a gear unit comprising at least one movably arranged selector shaft and at least one selection means , wherein the selected position of the selection means is variable relative to the selection means by a movement of the selector shaft , and wherein a drive shaft rotatable about a center axis is configured as part of the shift system such that it is rotationally fixedly connected to a component of the gear unit in at least one direction of rotation in a first selected position of the selection means and is disconnectable from the component of the gear unit in any direction of rotation in a second selected position of the selection means , and whereas the selection means is configured in conjunction with the drive shaft such that at least a portion of the selection means corotates about the center axis with a rotation of the drive shaft , characterized in that the relative movement of the selection means relative to the selector shaft is induced by the part of the selection means rotating with the drive shaft , so that the movement of the selection means between the first and the second selected position is effected by a force branched off from the drive movement of the drive shaft . and whereas the selection means is configured in conjunction with the drive shaft such that at least a portion of the selection means corotates about the center axis with a rotation of the drive shaft , characterized in that the relative movement of the selection means relative to the selector shaft is induced by the part of the selection means rotating with the drive shaft , so that the movement of the selection means between the first and the second selected position is effected by a force branched off from the drive movement of the drive shaft .
Use of a coated part in a galvanizing bath, being submerged into the galvanizing bath and put in contact with a hot metal liquid wherein the coating is realized by a vapor deposition step comprising Diamond-Like-Carbon.