45th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 32 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120282066 | ROBOT - A manipulator for transporting work pieces, especially between two subsequent molding presses of a press working line, including a moving mechanism allowing three dimensional movements on the path between the molding presses, a supplemental arm attached to the moving mechanism and connected to this moving mechanism via a support member that allows a swiveling movement of the supplemental arm around a vertical axis of the support member as well as a translation movement of the supplemental arm with respect to the support member, and a tool support provided at the outer end of a supplemental arm, the tool support being rotatable around a horizontal first axis and around a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, the tool support including a tool reception that is rotatable around a third axis perpendicular with respect to the second axis. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282067 | RACK-TO-RACK PACKAGED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE EXCHANGER - A rack-to-rack packaged semiconductor device exchanger has a length with a midpoint thereof, and includes an inner portion, a first outer rail and a second outer rail on opposite edges of the inner portion for accepting from opposite ends of the exchanger a first rack and a second rack configured to store packaged semiconductor devices therein. At least a first stopper has a retractable extended position which protrudes from the first outer rail for stopping the first rack or second rack from advancing past a location near the midpoint of the exchanger only from one direction. The first stopper and a second stopper can both be included. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282068 | SHELF STORAGE SYSTEM - A shelf storage system comprises shelves having several shelf levels arranged on top of each other. Each shelf level has at least one transport aisle between the shelves with storage spaces for products. In the transport aisle, a level operating device for moving to the storage spaces is provided. At least two lifts take products to the shelf levels and fetch them from there. A conveyor transports products toward the lifts and away from them. The lifts are, in each case, connected both to a supplying and to a removing conveyor and thus are, in each case, designed both for receiving products from the conveyor and for supplying these products to the shelf levels as well as for removing products from the shelf levels and transferring these products onto the conveyor. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282069 | VARIABLE WIDTH CENTRAL ALIGNMENT SYSTEM WITH BLOCKING OF REVERSE AND FORWARD MOVEMENT OF TRUCKS FOR LOADING BAYS - The system comprises at last one longitudinal guide that is independent of the loading bay and disposed on one side of the vertical mid-plane of the loading bay, facing the plane defined by the loading bay and associated with actuating means that trigger the lateral movement thereof, forming a reference for guiding the truck as it is manoeuvred towards the loading bay. At least one of the longitudinal guides comprises a vertical post including illuminated signalling means and detectors for detecting the height and width of the truck approaching the loading bay, as well as moveable wedges associated with actuating means for blocking the truck in the loading bay. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282070 | Method and System for Transporting Inventory Items - A system for transporting inventory items includes an inventory holder capable of storing inventory items and a mobile drive unit. The mobile drive unit is capable of moving to a first point with the inventory holder at least one of coupled to and supported by the mobile drive unit. The mobile drive unit is additionally capable of determining a location of the inventory holder and calculating a difference between the location of the inventory holder and the first point. The mobile drive unit is then capable of determining whether the difference is greater than a predetermined tolerance. In response to determining that the difference is greater than the predetermined tolerance, the mobile drive unit is also capable of moving to a second point based on the location of the inventory holder, docking with the inventory holder, and moving the mobile drive unit and the inventory holder to the first point. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282071 | LIFTING ACCESSORY DEVICE - The present invention is a lifting accessory device that includes an extendable arm with a distal end and a proximal end, a hook disposed on the distal end of the extendable arm to attach to any materials or matter that are being lifted or transported and a hydraulic assembly with a top and a bottom pivotally integral to the proximal end of the extendable arm that contains a plurality of hydraulic lifting components that provide power to lift materials or matter being lifted or transported. The device also includes a stem with a top and a bottom, the top of stem is pivotally integral to the top of the hydraulic assembly, a base with a top and a side, the top of base receives the bottom of the stem and an attachment coupling integral to a truck or other vehicle that extends to the side of the base. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282072 | SKID STEER ATTACHMENT - A skid steer attachment has an extended reach for lifting and placing heavy boulders, logs and debris in hard to reach locations. With its extended reach capabilities, the attachment makes it possible to grab and place items in locations that are hard to reach with conventional attachments. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282073 | DEVICE FOR HANDLING VALUE DOCUMENTS - The invention relates to a device ( | 2012-11-08 |
20120282074 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING STACKS OF BAGS - The invention describes a device for forming stacks of bags, preferably bags of paper, which are individually supplied, comprising:
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20120282075 | STORAGE TRAY POPULATOR AND METHOD FOR POPULATING A STORAGE TRAY WITH A PLURALITY OF BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE CONTAINERS - A storage tray populator configured to populate a storage rack with a plurality of biological sample containers is provided. The storage tray populator may include a randomizer configured to receive the biological sample containers and randomly distribute the biological sample containers. Further, a transport apparatus may transport the biological sample containers from the randomizer to the storage rack. Additionally, a controller may control at least the transport apparatus. Thereby storage trays may be populated, and access to a desired biological sample may be improved. Methods for populating storage racks with a plurality of biological sample containers are also provided. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282076 | CASKET HANDLING SYSTEM - A multi-tiered casket handling system is configured to preferably be placed in a vehicle. Because the casket handling system admits to adjustability in its mounting, a wide range of vehicles can be used. Further, because the casket handling system has a system for tilting the rear upper tier and powered movement of caskets, the system is capable of handling greater numbers of caskets than is possible with conventional systems, thereby taking full advantage of larger vehicles. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282077 | Automated Refuse Vehicle Packing System - A method of controlling the deposition and packing of refuse in a refuse vehicle body that includes a container handling lift and dump mechanism that automatically grasps, lifts and dumps refuse containers into a charging hopper and a packer panel and attached follower panel operable in the charging hopper, the method comprising causing the container handling lift and dump mechanism to pause before dumping a container in a lift and dump cycle until the packer panel is fully retracted. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282078 | BEARING ASSEMBLY WITH DAMPING FEATURES - A turbocharger bearing assembly can include a compressor side bearing; a turbine side bearing; and a spacer configured to axially space the compressor side bearing and the turbine side bearing where the spacer includes lubricant passages to direct lubricant to spacer-bearing interfaces and where the spacer optionally includes a spring disposed in a central through bore to load the bearings. Various other examples of devices, assemblies, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282079 | REAR HUB COOLING FOR HIGH PRESSURE COMPRESSOR - In one exemplary embodiment, a gas turbine engine includes a turbine and a high pressure compressor. The high pressure compressor includes a last stage having a last stage compressor blade and a last stage vane. The gas turbine engine includes a first flow path through which bleed air flows to the turbine and a second flow path through which air from the last stage of the high pressure compressor flows. The bleed air in the first flow path exchanges heat with a portion of the air in the second flow path in a heat exchanger to cool the air in the second flow path. The cooled air in the second flow path is returned to the high pressure compressor to cool the high pressure compressor. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282080 | COOLING APPARATUS, GAS TURBINE SYSTEM USING COOLING APPARATUS, HEAT PUMP SYSTEM USING COOLING SYSTEM, COOLING METHOD, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING COOLING APPARATUS - The amount of water to be injected in an intercooler is controlled to cool the compressed gas to the saturation temperature. It is difficult to adjust the amount of the water to be injected, however, since the temperature of the compressed gas at an intercooler outlet is actually higher than the saturation temperature. An intercooling system is configured so as to cool a gas to the saturation temperature without controlling the amount of water injection and thereby maintain the reliability of the compressor while improving the cooling efficiency. The intercooling system is located between a plurality of compression stages of a gas compressor to cool the gas that has been in the compressor. A desired amount of liquid is sprinkled to cool the compressed gas while restraining inflow of the liquid into the compression stages. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282081 | INSPECTION HOLE PLUG WITH A BALL SWIVEL - A plug for an inspection hole of a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The plug may have a stem including a first shaft, wherein a first seal is located circumferentially about the first shaft. The plug may have a swivel seal including a second seal spaced from a ball by a second shaft, and the swivel seal may be rotatably connected to the stem by the ball. The ball and the second seal may be fixed to the second shaft. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282082 | Gas-turbine balancing device - The present invention relates to a gas-turbine balancing device with at least one annular groove provided on the outer circumference of at least one intermediate or high-pressure rotor of an intermediate or high-pressure compressor, with at least one balancing element being arranged in the annular groove, and with the balancing element being moveable in the circumferential direction along the annular groove and provided with a fixing device. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282083 | TURBINE CASING HAVING LEDGE RING PARTITION APERTURE - A turbine casing segment is disclosed. In one embodiment, a turbine casing segment is disclosed including: a plurality of stage segments; a plurality of ledge ring partitions separating the plurality of stage segments, wherein at least one of the plurality of ledge ring partitions has an axially extending aperture therethrough; and a substantially rounded extraction aperture located flush with an inner surface of one of the plurality of stage segments. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282084 | RECEPTACLE DEVICE FOR THE ROTOR ASSEMBLY OF A TURBOCHARGER - A turbocharger has a turbocharger housing with at least one section that is divided in the longitudinal direction into at least two housing halves. A receiving device for receiving a rotor assembly of the turbocharger can be fastened to at least one half of the housing. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282085 | Pump Impeller - The present invention provides a pump impeller which has improved anti clogging characteristics, in particular through the use of an impeller vane having a specially profiled leading edge which, during operation of the impeller, forces rags or the like down along the leading edge, which increases in thickness along the length thereof, until the rags become re-entrained in the fluid and thus exit the impeller avoiding the clogging thereof. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282086 | NICKEL-BASE ALLOY - The invention is a class of nickel-base alloys for gas turbine applications, comprising, by weight, about 13.7 to about 14.3 percent chromium, about 5.0 to about 10.0 percent cobalt, about 3.5 to about 5.2 percent tungsten, about 2.8 to about 5.2 percent titanium, about 2.8 to about 4.6 percent aluminum, about 0.0 to about 3.5 percent tantalum, about 1.0 to about 1.7 percent molybdenum, about 0.08 to about 0.13 percent carbon, about 0.005 to about 0.02 percent boron, about 0.0 to about 1.5 percent niobium, about 0.0 to about 2.5 percent hafnium, about 0.0 to about 0.04 percent zirconium, and the balance substantially nickel. The nickel-base alloys may be provided in the form of useful articles of manufacture, and which possess a unique combination of mechanical properties, microstructural stability, resistance to localized pitting and hot corrosion in high temperature corrosive environments, and high yields during the initial forming process as well as post-forming manufacturing and repair processes. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282087 | DIAPHRAGM FOR TURBOMACHINES AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - A turbine diaphragm assembly is described having an annulus of static blades, each static blade including at least an aerofoil and an outer platform; and an outer diaphragm ring or segments of a ring for holding the annulus of static blades; with confronting edges of the outer platforms and the ring are held by an interference fit when pushed in axial direction into contact with the interference fit designed to withstand the forces on the diaphragm during operation of the assembled turbine. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282088 | INNER RING FOR FORMING A GUIDE BLADE RING, AND GUIDE BLADE RING AND TURBOMACHINE - An inner ring for forming a guide blade ring for a turbomachine is disclosed, composed of at least two one-part ring segments having a plurality of openings, closed on the peripheral side, for accommodating journal bearings on the blade side, the outer diameter of the inner ring being at least 12 times larger than its height. Also disclosed are a guide blade ring having this type of inner ring and a turbomachine having this type of guide blade ring. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282089 | SUPPORT ARRANGEMENT FOR A STEAM TURBINE LP INNER CASING - A support arrangement is provided for an inner casing of a turbine having an inner casing with upper and lower sections secured together along a first interface lying substantially in a horizontal plane containing a longitudinal centerline of a turbine rotor. An outer shell substantially encloses the inner casing, and in the inner casing is supported directly on an external foundation at a mounting location below the longitudinal centerline. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282090 | HYDRAULIC CYCLIC BLADE SPEED CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - A hydraulic blade speed control apparatus and method. The apparatus includes a rotor assembly comprising a shaft; a first blade assembly pivotably attached to the shaft at a first initial position; a second blade assembly pivotably attached to the shaft assembly at a second initial position opposite to the first initial position; and a hydraulic movement mechanism. An initial angle of 180 degrees exists between the first blade assembly with said respect to the second blade assembly. The rotor assembly is configured to rotate the first blade assembly and the second blade assembly in a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction. The hydraulic movement mechanism is configured to pivotably move the first blade assembly in different angular positions with respect to the rotor assembly and the second blade assembly. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282091 | Method and computing module for determining pitch angle adjustment signals of a wind turbine based on the maximum rotational speed - A method and corresponding arrangement are provided for determining pitch angle adjustment signals for adjusting a pitch angle of a rotor blade connected to a rotation shaft of a wind turbine. The method includes obtaining a first maximal speed signal indicative of a first desired maximal rotational speed of the rotation shaft. The method also includes deriving a first pitch angle adjustment signal based on the first maximal speed signal. The method further includes obtaining a second maximal speed signal indicative of a second desired maximal rotational speed of the rotation shaft different from the first desired maximal rotational speed of the rotation shaft. Further, the method includes deriving a second pitch angle adjustment signal based on the second maximal speed signal. The second pitch angle adjustment signal is different from the first pitch angle adjustment signal. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282092 | METHOD AND DEVICES FOR COMPACT FORCED VELOCITY TURBINES - Betz's law establishes an efficiency limit of 0.59 for wind turbines. Increasing turbine output power requires making the blades larger thereby increasing the radius of the turbine, which increases power by that factor squared, or by increasing the velocity of the air which increases the power according to that factor cubed. It would be beneficial to provide a wind turbine that overcame some of the disadvantages of prior art horizontal and vertical turbines including but not limited to, installation infrastructure, operation in non-laminar flow environments, operation over a wider range of air velocities, operation in low air velocity that defines many regions of the world and continental United States, and capable of supporting installations over a wide range of instances from discrete residential/commercial installations to large wind farms as well as providing increased output power through increased air velocities generated within the turbines. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282093 | WIND TURBINE AND ASSOCIATED CONTROL METHOD - A method for controlling the position of blades of a two-bladed wind turbine when extreme conditions are detected or forecast for the wind turbine. When extreme conditions are detected or forecast, the wind turbine blades are positioned in a horizontal arrangement, and actively yawed such that a tip of one of the wind turbine blades points into the wind direction. The blades are yawed such as to actively follow the changing wind direction, resulting in a reduced surface area of the blades exposed to the extreme wind forces, due to the spear-like arrangement of the turbine blades. This reduced surface area provides for a reduction in the extreme loads which may be experienced by the wind turbine in such extreme wind conditions. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282094 | Wind Turbine Blade Tip Brake Apparatus and Method - The invention relates to a wind turbine blade tip and actuator assembly and method for controlling the speed of a wind turbine rotor blade. The invention consists of a moveable and turnable blade tip, an actuator assembly for turning the blade tip, control rods, cables and springs for controlling the blade tip, a magnet assembly for holding the blade tip in position and a hydraulic damping cylinder for controlling the rate at which the blade tip deploys. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282095 | COOLING ARRANGEMENT OF A WIND TURBINE - A cooling arrangement is provided for a wind turbine. The wind turbine has a nacelle. The cooling arrangement includes a cooling device and a platform. The cooling device is arranged on top of the nacelle and which is configured to remove heat of the wind turbine to the ambient air. The platform is located on top of the nacelle and which is configured to be approached by a helicopter. The platform includes a barrier, which surrounds at least a part of the platform. The barrier includes at least a part of the cooling device. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282096 | Direct drive wind turbine with a thermal control system - A direct drive wind turbine with a thermal control system has a generator with a rotor and a stator and a bearing with an inner ring and an outer ring connecting the rotor and the stator rotatively. The thermal control system includes a cooling system and a heating system. The cooling system includes at least one heat sink which is in thermal communication with the inner ring of the bearing and a heat dissipater which is in thermal communication with the heat sink. The heating system includes at least one heating element being in thermal communication with the outer ring of the bearing. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282097 | Lightning protection system for a wind turbine, wind turbine and method for protecting components of a wind turbine against lightning strikes - A lightning protection system for a wind turbine includes at least one insulated high-voltage cable, a pick-up unit and an additional insulated high-voltage cable. The at least one insulated high-voltage cable is electrically connected to a lightning receptor and to the pick-up unit. The pick-up unit is electrically connectable to an electrically grounded member by the additional insulated high-voltage cable. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282098 | SEALING DEVICE, INTEGRALLY BLADED ROTOR BASIC BODY, AND TURBOMACHINE - A sealing device for an integrally bladed rotor basic body of a turbomachine to suppress a gas exchange between a hot gas stream and a cooling air stream in the radial direction in contact areas of adjacent moving blades, including a plurality of sealing elements activatable by centrifugal force, which may be situated in the area of channels which extend from a high-pressure side to a low-pressure side and are peripherally delimited by the moving blades, an integrally bladed rotor basic body having such a sealing device, and a turbomachine having such an integrally bladed rotor basic body. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282099 | Service crane for a wind turbine - A service crane for a wind turbine is provided. The wind turbine includes a tower and a nacelle mounted to the top of the tower. The service crane is mounted to the nacelle and includes a boom, a hoist rope guided along the boom and a winch capable of reeling in and out the hoist rope for lifting or lowering a load. Furthermore, a nacelle is provided which includes a service crane mounted thereto. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282100 | ROLLER BEARING AND MAIN SHAFT SUPPORT STRUCTURE OF WIND-POWER GENERATOR - A tapered roller bearing comprises an outer ring ( | 2012-11-08 |
20120282101 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE ROTOR CONSTRUCTION - A longitudinal stack of gas turbine engine rotor disks each include an annular spacer which transmits compressive preloading of the stack to an adjacent disk, the spacer and an annular shoulder on the disk rim defining an annular slot which accommodates the base of a segmented annular blade cluster which shields the rim from some of the heat associated with the flow of working fluid around the disks. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282102 | SPLIT BLADE RETENTION RACE WITH INNER AND OUTER CHAMFERS - A blade shank assembly for an aircraft propeller blade includes a blade shank; a split blade retention race encircling the blade shank, the split blade retention race including two splits, wherein the split blade retention race comprises: inner chamfers located between the blade shank and the split blade retention race at each of the two splits; and outer chamfers located adjacent to a race surface of the split blade retention race at each of the two splits; and a plurality of ball bearings located on the race surface of the split blade retention race. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282103 | ROTOR ASSEMBLY - A rotor assembly for helicopter vehicles for providing an easy way of controlling pitch, roll and lift of the aircraft by respective servo actuators. The rotor assembly has a rotor shaft, and at least two rotor blades, a rotor head, and a non-rotating swash plate. The rotor assembly also includes a pitch hinge for each rotor blade connecting each rotor blade to the rotor head. The rotor assembly also includes a guide member for each rotor blade. As the rotor assembly rotates, the guide members are in substantial contact with an upper surface of the non-rotating swash plate. Forces such as magnetic and/or an aerodynamic forces are applied on the rotor blades and are sufficiently strong to create a valve effect on the pitch hinge, which in turn maintains contact between the guide members and the non-rotating swash plate. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282104 | TURBINE ENGINE FAN DISK - The invention relates to a turbine engine fan disk comprising a cylindrical rim including in its outer periphery substantially axial slots for mounting blade roots and opening out to a radially upstream face of the rim. A shroud extends from the rim and connects with a rotary drive shaft. A cylindrical lip extends upstream from the upstream face of the rim. The inside surface of the disk having a cylindrical portion extended upstream by a portion of greater diameter that forms a setback that is axially offset upstream relative to the upstream radial face of the rim. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282105 | WIND TURBINE BLADE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A WIND TURBINE BLADE WITH VORTEX GENERATORS - A wind turbine for generating electrical energy may include a wind turbine blade including a plurality of vortex generators integrally formed in the outer surface of the blade. The vortex generator includes a first component that defines a portion of the outer surface of the blade and a second component defining the shape of the vortex generator and at least partially surrounded by the first component. A method of manufacturing the wind turbine blade includes disposing a first plurality of layers of structural material over a mold main body and a removable insert member with a shaped cavity. A shaped plug is then pressed into the shaped cavity, and a second plurality of layers of structural material is disposed over the plug and the mold main body to complete manufacture of a wind turbine blade with a vortex generator. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282106 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING GRAIN SIZE IN FORGED PRECIPITATION-STRENGTHENED ALLOYS AND COMPONENTS FORMED THEREBY - Components and methods of processing such components from precipitation-strengthened alloys so that the components exhibit desirable grain sizes following a supersolvus heat treatment. The method includes consolidating a powder of the alloy to form a billet having an average grain size. The billet is then forged at a temperature below the solvus temperature to form a forging having an average grain size of not coarser than the grain size of the billet. The billet is then forged at a total strain of at least 5%, after which at least a portion of the forging is heat treated at a temperature below the solvus temperature to pin grains within the portion. The entire forging can then be heat treated at a temperature above the solvus temperature of the alloy without coarsening the grains in the portion. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282107 | TURBINE AIRFOIL COOLING SYSTEM WITH HIGH DENSITY SECTION OF ENDWALL COOLING CHANNELS - A cooling system for a turbine airfoil of a turbine engine having a trailing edge cooling region formed from endwall cooling channels having a higher density of cooling channels than other areas in order to cool the material forming the intersection between the trailing edge of the airfoil and the endwall to prevent premature cracking. The increased density of cooling channels in the endwall at the trailing edge forms a heat sink that draws heat from the airfoil, thereby lowering the temperature of the airfoil and increasing the useful life of the airfoil. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282108 | TURBINE BLADE WITH CHAMFERED SQUEALER TIP AND CONVECTIVE COOLING HOLES - A squealer tip formed from a pressure side rib and a suction side rib extending radially outward from a tip of the turbine blade is disclosed. The pressure and suction side ribs may be positioned along the pressure side and the suction side of the turbine blade, respectively. The pressure and suction side ribs may include chamfered leading edges with film cooling holes having exhaust outlets positioned therein. The film cooling holes may be configured to be diffusion cooling holes with one or more tapered sections for reducing the velocity of cooling fluids and increasing the size of the convective surfaces. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282109 | Blade, Integrally Bladed Rotor Base Body and Turbomachine - A blade for a turbomachine is disclosed. At least one cooling channel is configured in the blade neck, whose inlet is disposed near a platform projection on the high-pressure side and whose outlet is disposed in the region of a platform projection on the low-pressure side. An integrally bladed rotor base body having a plurality of these types of blades as well as turbomachine with such a rotor base body is also disclosed. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282110 | INNER VENTILATION BLADE - A blade, for example of a high-pressure turbine, is designed with an internal partition ( | 2012-11-08 |
20120282111 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE CONTROL OF A RECIPROCATING ELECTROKINETIC PUMP - A method of controlling the output of an electrokinetic pump to deliver a target stroke volume includes applying a pump drive signal to the electrokinetic pump for a pump stroke time duration and then determining a volume of a delivery fluid pumped. Then, comparing the volume of the delivery fluid pumped to the target stroke volume; generate a new time interval for applying the pump drive signal. Then apply the pump drive signal to the electrokinetic pump for the new time interval. A system for delivery of fluid includes an electrokinetic pump under the control of an electronic controller. The electronic controller contains computer readable instructions to determine an output of the electrokinetic pump and then generate a stroke time delivery adjustment for precise pumping schemes. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282112 | GANGING ELECTROKINETIC PUMPS - An electrokinetic system includes a first electrokinetic pump, a second electrokinetic pump, a reservoir having delivery fluid therein, and a controller. The first electrokinetic pump is configured to provide a first range of flow rates. The second electrokinetic pump is configured to provide a second range of flow rates. The second range includes flow rates that are greater than the flow rates of the first range. The reservoir is fluidically attached to the first electrokinetic pump and the second electrokinetic pump. The controller is configured to apply voltage to one of the first or second electrokinetic pumps and then apply voltage to the other of the first or second electrokinetic pumps so as to vary the flow rate range of delivery fluid pump from the reservoir. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282113 | GEL COUPLING FOR ELECTROKINETIC DELIVERY SYSTEMS - A fluid delivery system includes a first chamber, a second chamber, and a third chamber, a pair of electrodes, a porous dielectric material, an electrokinetic fluid, and a flexible member including a gel between two diaphragms. The pair of electrodes is between the first chamber and the second chamber. The porous dielectric material is between the electrodes. The electrokinetic fluid is configured to flow through the porous dielectric material between the first and second chambers when a voltage is applied across the pair of electrodes. The flexible member fluidically separates the second chamber from the third chamber and is configured to deform into the third chamber when the electrokinetic fluid flows form the first chamber into the second chamber. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282114 | AIR PUMP - An air pump is provided that is configured to move and compress air into an air storage vessel at high pressure. The air pump is operable to move large volumes of air against low resistance for rapid filling of an air storage vessel. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282115 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR CONTROLLING TORQUE LOAD OF MULTIPLE VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT HYDRAULIC PUMPS - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for controlling the torque load of multiple variable displacement hydraulic pumps are described herein. A pump displacement limit for each variable displacement hydraulic pump is determined using a nonlinear control law to limit the total pump torque load of the variable displacement hydraulic pumps on the engine. The value of the actual pump displacement of each variable displacement hydraulic pump is controlled based upon the respective determined pump displacement limit. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282116 | SUBSEA PUMPING SYSTEM - The invention concerns a subsea pumping system that comprises an reciprocating pump such as a membrane pump or a hose pump. The motive fluid for the pump is obtained from one of the well fluids which is pressurized in a separate stage. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282117 | AIR BLOWING FAN, CIRCULATOR, MICRO-PARTICLE DIFFUSION DEVICE, AND AIR CIRCULATION METHOD - An air blowing fan, comprising a crossflow-type impeller, and a first casing and a second casing for covering the impeller and for forming an air flow route, the first casing and the second casing being disposed next to each other in an axial direction of the impeller; and an outgoing direction of the air flow passing through the first casing and an outgoing direction of the air flow passing through the second casing being different from each other. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282118 | Reciprocation Pump And A Dialysis Apparatus Equipped With The Reciprocation Pump - A reciprocation pump has a supply liquid-side sub-pumping chamber and a waste liquid side sub-pumping chamber for containing and sending out liquid adapted to communicate with the supply liquid-side pumping chamber and with the waste liquid-side pumping chamber, respectively. The supply liquid-side sub-pumping chamber and the waste liquid-side sub-pumping chamber are interlocked with a reciprocation mechanism to vary their volume reversely to that of the volume variation of the supply liquid-side pumping chamber and the waste liquid-side pumping chamber, respectively. The reciprocating motion of the reciprocation mechanism enables the liquid to be supplied to the objective apparatus through the supply liquid-side pumping chamber and the supply liquid-side sub-pumping chamber. Also, it enables the waste liquid from the objective apparatus to be discharged to the outside through the waste liquid-side pumping chamber and the waste liquid-side sub-pumping chamber. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282119 | Dynamic compression compensator for submersible pumps - A dynamic variable compression ring for use in submersible pumps. where the variable compression ring compensates for metal compression ring measurement errors during assembly. The dynamic variable compression ring also allows for thermal heating of the internal pump components, thus maintaining the desired diffuser compression values. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282120 | ELECTRIC CABLE, ELECTRIC MOTOR AND ELECTRIC SUBMERSIBLE PUMP - In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, an electric motor is provided that includes a housing, a stator, and a rotor, wherein the stator and rotor are disposed within the housing. The housing, the stator, and the rotor define an internal volume within the housing, said internal volume configured to receive a dielectric fluid. The electric motor further includes at least one electric cable configured to electrically power the electric motor, wherein the electric cable includes at least one electrical conductor disposed within at least one protective layer, and wherein the electrical conductor and the protective layer define at least one channel configured to deliver the dielectric fluid to the internal volume. An electric submersible pump system is also provided. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282121 | PLURAL COMPONENT PUMP SYSTEM - A plural component pump system is provided for delivering plural liquid components at a selected ratio. The pump system includes a first brushless DC motor configured to drive a first pump that pumps a first liquid component to an output and a second brushless DC motor configured to drive a second pump that pumps a second liquid component to the output. The pump system includes a first controller configured to control the first motor and a second controller configured to control the second motor. The pump system also includes a communication interface between the first controller and the second controller. The first controller is configured to send a signal to the second controller using the communication interface and the second controller is configured to control the second motor based on the signal to deliver the first and second liquid components to the output at the selected ratio. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282122 | Rotor Having a Squirrel Cage | 2012-11-08 |
20120282123 | ELECTRIC COMPRESSOR AND ASSEMBLY METHOD THEREOF - A main-bearing outer diameter of an electric motor is made smaller than a rotor outer diameter without causing a drop in production efficiency, and the ease of performing a shrink-fitting step is also enhanced by making it possible to mount a rotor to a main shaft in an early stage. A bearing journal portion ( | 2012-11-08 |
20120282124 | COMPRESSOR AND ENCLOSURE ASSEMBLY FOR ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS - A compressor electrical component enclosure may include a base and a lid. The base may include first and second opposing surfaces and a magnet. The magnet may be coupled to the second surface and may secure the base to a compressor shell. The lid may engage the base and cooperate with the base to define an electrical component housing. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282125 | TUBE PUMP AND TUBE STABILIZER - A tube pump comprises a rotor configured to have a roller and to hold the roller to be able to make an orbital motion along the inner circumferential surface of the cap. The rotor includes a disk part which holds the roller on a base side, and a tube press member that engages with the disk part so that the tube does not move to the base side with respect to the disk part, seals a gap formed with respect to the inner circumferential surface of the cap, and is capable of rotating along an outer circumferential part of the disk part is provided at the outer circumferential part of the disk part. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282126 | PERISTALTIC PUMP - The invention relates to a peristaltic pump for use in medical technology with a stator | 2012-11-08 |
20120282127 | MATERIAL MOVING APPARATUS - Described herein is a material moving apparatus that includes a chamber into which a compressible material is introduced. The chamber includes an input opening for receiving the material, a discharge opening and a sealing mechanism to prevent flow of air or other gasses between the input opening and the discharge opening. In one embodiment, the material moving apparatus can be used to introduce compressible biomass into a gasification reactor. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282128 | Progressing Cavity Gas Pump And Progressing Cavity Gas Pumping Method - A progressing cavity gas pump with a stator which has a stator interior with an elastomeric inner surface as well as a gas outlet and a gas inlet, between which a pump delivery direction is defined, and with a rotor which engages with the stator interior, wherein below the stator, a lubricant reservoir is arranged which is connected via lubricant conduit devices to the stator interior. A progressing cavity gas pumping method using a progressing cavity gas pump, gas coming from a gas inlet is delivered with a rotationally driven rotor within a stator and through a stator interior having an elastomeric inner surface to a gas outlet and is compressed, and wherein from a lubricant reservoir below the stator, a lubricant supply to the stator interior takes place via lubricant conduit devices, and lubricant from the stator interior is recycled via the lubricant conduit devices into the lubricant reservoir. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282129 | COMPRESSOR - A compressor including a compression mechanism configured and positioned to receive vapor from an intake passage and provide compressed vapor to a discharge passage. An opening is positioned in the compression mechanism in fluid communication with the discharge passage. A valve has an aperture formed therein, the aperture configured and positioned in fluid communication with a passageway to provide a path for a pressurized vapor flow to a first chamber and a first piston without mixing with vapor in the discharge passage. A second chamber is in fluid communication with a second piston and the discharge passage, the first piston and the second piston of the valve configured to move together. First piston and second piston movement are controllable in response to predetermined conditions to maintain the magnitude of pressure of the compression mechanism immediately upstream of the opening at substantially the same pressure magnitude at the discharge passage. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282130 | Method for producing permanent magnet materials and resulting materials - A carbothermic reduction method is provided for reducing a rare earth element-containing oxide including at least one of neodymium (Nd) and praseodymium (Pr) and possibly other rare earth elements (La, Ce, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Sc, and Y) as alloying agents in the presence of carbon and a source of a reactant element including one or more of silicon, germanium, tin, lead, arsenic, antimony and bismuth to form a rare earth element-containing intermediate alloy as a master alloy for making permanent magnet material. The process is a more efficient, lower cost and environmentally friendly technology than current methods of manufacturing rare earth metals. The intermediate material is useful as a master alloy for making a permanent magnet material comprising at least one of neodymium and praseodymium, and possibly other rare earth metals as alloying additives. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282131 | MAGNESIUM ALLOY MATERIAL - A magnesium alloy material having excellent impact resistance is provided. The magnesium alloy material is composed of a magnesium alloy that contains more than 7.5% by mass of Al and has a Charpy impact value of 30 J/cm | 2012-11-08 |
20120282132 | METAL AND METAL OXIDE STRUCTURES AND PREPARATION THEREOF - Methods of the invention allow rapid production of high-porous, large-surface-area nanostructured metal and/or metal oxide at attractive low cost applicable to a wide variety of commercial applications such as sensors, catalysts and photovoltaics. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282133 | CRYSTAL GROWTH APPARATUS AND METHOD - Systems and methods are disclosed for crystal growth using VGF and VB growth processes to reduce body lineage. In one exemplary embodiment, there is provided a method of inserting an ampoule with raw material into a furnace having a heating source, growing a crystal using a vertical gradient freeze process wherein the crystallizing temperature gradient is moved relative to the crystal and/or furnace to melt the raw material and reform it as a monocrystalline compound, and growing the crystal using a vertical Bridgman process on the wherein the ampoule/heating source are moved relative each other to continue to melt the raw material and reform it as a monocrystalline compound. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282134 | PRODUCTION OF METAL AND METAL-ALLOY NANOPARTICLES WITH HIGH REPETITION RATE ULTRAFAST PULSED LASER ABLATION IN LIQUIDS - Various embodiments include a method of producing chemically pure and stably dispersed metal and metal-alloy nanoparticle colloids with ultrafast pulsed laser ablation. A method comprises irradiating a metal or metal alloy target submerged in a liquid with ultrashort laser pulses at a high repetition rate, cooling a portion of the liquid that includes an irradiated region, and collecting nanoparticles produced with the laser irradiation and liquid cooling. The method may be implemented with a high repetition rate ultrafast pulsed laser source, an optical system for focusing and moving the pulsed laser beams, a metal or metal alloy target submerged in a liquid, and a liquid circulating system to cool the laser focal volume and collect the nanoparticle products. By controlling various laser parameters, and with optional liquid flow movement, the method provides stable colloids of dispersed metal and metal-alloy nanoparticles. In various embodiments additional stabilizing chemical agents are not required. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282135 | ROOM STERILIZATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A sterilization system consisting of a mobile emitter, a sensing subsystem and a data logging subsystem is described. The emitter has one or more UV emitting lamps or devices. The sensing system comprises at least one remote UV sensor and at least one door sensor. The door sensor comprises a safety shut off door detector and may contain an emergency stop detector and arming detector to protect people from being exposed to UV energy. The system has a remote control for starting, stopping and setting system parameters which include but are not limited to: treatment time, dosage, room size, room number, unit number, floor, facility name, operator name, operator identification number, password, default dosage values, dosage, and patient identification number. The number of treatments per unit of time can be maximized because of the use of incident light measurement. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282136 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INHIBITING METAL CORROSION IN HEATED AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS - Disclosed are methods for inhibiting corrosion of metals in contact with heated water or heated aqueous solutions during, for example, food and beverage packaging operations including, for example, cooking, pasteurization and/or sterilization through the use of one or more stannous salts and/or reducing agents. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282137 | AUTOMATIC ANALYZER - Reaction vessels and a reaction vessel detecting mechanism are disposed on the outer circumference of a reaction disk. A positional detector for detecting the position of a reaction vessel is placed on the track of the reaction vessels. A light source and a spectrophotometer are also disposed so as to sandwich one of the reaction vessels, thereby measuring the light intensity of the reaction vessels. With this arrangement, the steps of: repetitively starting and stopping the rotation of the reaction disk with high resolution; conducting photometric measurement while the reaction disk is being halted; and acquiring an absorbance distribution of the reaction vessels are performed. This makes it possible for an automatic analyzer, which examines particular constituents of a biological sample (e.g., blood and urine), to detect contaminants and scars on the reaction vessels in a separate manner, thereby ensuring the high quality of the reaction vessels. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282138 | INTEGRATED FLUID ANALYTE METER SYSTEM - An integrated meter system for determining information related to an analyte of a fluid sample includes a meter including a housing and a plurality of test sensors. Each of the plurality of test sensors includes a penetrating member, a testing portion, and a channel. The channel is adapted to receive the fluid sample. The test sensors are removably located within the housing. At least one of the test sensors is removably connected to an adjacent test sensor. The integrated meter system also includes a test-sensor advancement mechanism that is configured to advance the test sensors. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282139 | BLOOD COAGULATION ANALYZER - A blood coagulation analyzer that realizes both securement of a wide dynamic range and enhancement of sensitivity in blood coagulation analysis by selecting an appropriate angle of detection depending on the intensity of scattered light from each specimen without causing complexity of the analyzer. The analyzer has a reaction container. A storage unit is provided which takes in and stores multiple pieces of chronological light intensity variation data acquired from detectors arranged around a reaction container. A judgment unit selects light intensity variation data to be used for calculation of a blood coagulation time from the multiple pieces of light intensity variation data stored in the storage unit based on the amount of light intensity variation. A calculation unit calculates the blood coagulation time from the light intensity variation data selected by the judgment unit. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282140 | Biochip With A Piezoelectric Element For Ultrasonic Standing Wave Generation - The present invention relates to a biochip with a piezoelectric element for ultrasonic standing wave generation. The biochip comprises an upper module, a lower module, and a chemical sensor. The piezoelectric element is integrated within the upper module of the biochip. The piezoelectric element can generate ultrasonic standing waves (USW) in the reaction chamber of the biochip by manipulating the operation frequency so the particles being detected can effectively move toward the QCM sensing surface. Hence, the biochip significantly increases the sensitivity and reduces the time required to reach equilibrium when undergoing USW excitation. The biochip of the present invention can be broadly applied to the bio-detection in medical and pharmaceutical fields. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282141 | AUTOMATIC ANALYZER - An automatic analyzer and an automatic analyzing system to identify samples and reagents used in the analyzer and members used in measurement of at least two objects in common: system reagents or buffer solution; sensor parts; probes; nozzles; chips; dispensing cups; tubes; ISE electrodes; detectors; deionized water; and waste, and to unify management of identification information thereof and a measurement result. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282142 | GAS SENSOR - Volatile organic compounds or oxidizing gases are detected when the work function of a metal-organic framework is measured to produce a sensor signal. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282143 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOUNDING - Methods and systems for pharmaceutical compounding are described. In one embodiment a system comprises a solution of a pharmaceutical in an injection vehicle, the solution being contained in a vessel. The system also includes one or more tubes, a filter, and one or more valves. The system presents a sterile environment for compounding the solution. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282144 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING VOLATILE ORGANIC CONTENT IN POLYOLEFIN - The present invention relates generally to polyolefin production and to reducing volatile organic content (VOC) associated with the polyolefin. Techniques include the construction and implementation of a purge column model to calculate or estimate the VOC content in the polyolefin exiting the purge column. The techniques facilitate the design and operation of the polyolefin manufacturing process. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282145 | Steam-Hydrocarbon Reforming with Limited Steam Export - A steam-hydrocarbon reforming process and apparatus wherein reformate from a prereformer is reacted in a gas heated reformer which is heated by reformed gas from a primary reformer. Reformate from the gas heated reformer is passed to the primary reformer as feed gas. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282146 | Filtering Device - The invention relates to a filtering device for multiply polluted gasses, with an inclined bed with a filling of catalytic material, which bed has a retaining wall at its lower longer side, with a clean-gas exit positioned in the area of one front side of the bed, which ejects the gas which has passed through the filling, and with a flush-gas entrance also positioned in the area of one front side of the bed, the flush-gas entrance ( | 2012-11-08 |
20120282147 | CATALYST FOR DIESEL PARTICLE FILTER, PREPARATION METHOD OF THE SAME, AND SOOT REDUCTION DEVICE OF DIESEL ENGINE INCLUDING THE SAME - A catalyst for diesel particle filter includes a platinum (Pt)-neodymium (Nd) alloy that is carried in silica, a preparation method thereof and a soot reduction device for diesel engine including the same, wherein the catalyst for diesel particle filter can maintain high catalyst activity and implement high nitrogen monoxide (NO) conversion efficiency even though it is used under the high temperature or vulcanization condition for a long time. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282148 | REGENERATION AND RECYCLING EQUIPMENT FOR FERROUS METAL - The present invention discloses ferrous metal recycling and regeneration equipment. In the equipment, the recycled ferrous metal is stored in recycled material storage tank, and in acid dissolving tank, acidic solution is added, then ferrous metal is poured in to remove non-ferrous metal impurity, then impurity is filtered through first filtering device, ferrous metal solution is then led to mixing tank, then in mixing tank, element phosphorus (P) is added so that P and Fe can compound into Ferric Phosphate (FePO | 2012-11-08 |
20120282149 | APPARATUS FOR THE DECOMPOSITION OF NON-CONVERTED AMMONIUM CARBAMATE IN UREA SOLUTIONS IN A UREA SYNTHESIS PROCESS - An apparatus used for the decomposition of non-converted ammonium carbamate in a supplied urea solution in a urea stripping synthesis section. The apparatus comprises a number of heat exchanger tubes between a top chamber and a bottom chamber, a liquid distributor mounted on each heat exchanger tube and a gas/liquid separator together with a perforated basket at the centre of the top chamber. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282150 | ALKYLATION PROCESS UNIT FOR PRODUCING HIGH QUALITY GASOLINE BLENDING COMPONENTS IN TWO MODES - We provide an alkylation process unit, comprising: a control system connected to an alkylation reactor, that enables the alkylation reactor to operate in both an alkylate mode that produces a gasoline blending component having a RON of 90 or higher and in a distillate mode that produces a second gasoline blending component having a RON of 85 or higher. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282151 | REACTOR FOR REMOVAL OF HYDROGEN FROM A LIQUID ORGANIC CARRIER - The current application is directed to a packed-bed reactor comprising a housing; and section portions contained within the housing, each comprising a spiral-wound heater. The spiral-wound heaters together comprise a catalyst-disk stack. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282152 | Machine for Neutralizing the Bacterial Content of Hospital Waste or Other Special Waste, So as to be Able to Dispose of it as Waste Similar to Ordinary Solid Waste - The microwave sterilization chamber ( | 2012-11-08 |
20120282153 | APPARATUS FOR STERILIZATION BY STEAM WITH ADDITIONAL HEATING MEANS - According to the present invention, the steam generated by a steam generator is reheated by a heating amplifying means while being injected through an injection gun, so a temperature of the steam can be increased to a desired range, and accordingly the sterilizing and cleaning effects can be further improved. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282154 | SPECIMEN SAMPLE COLLECTION DEVICE AND TEST SYSTEM - A portable, hand-held electro-optical reader and specimen sample collector is provided, including an absorbent pad, one or more test strips contained in the collector handle to provide observable results through a window, the handle insertable into the reader for immediate recording and analysis. The system includes means to automatically provide subject and test specific data with the test results and retain samples for later verification analysis. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282155 | SAMPLE PROCESSING APPARATUS - The present invention is a sample processing apparatus. The apparatus includes: a sample processing unit configured to process a sample; a display; a memory for storing an electronic manual for the sample processing apparatus; and a controller that is capable of showing a relevant part of the electronic manual on the display when a trouble has occurred in the sample processing unit, the relevant part of the electronic manual describing an operation procedure to deal with the trouble. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282156 | MODIFICATION OF COPPER/IRON SELECTIVITY IN COPPER SOLVENT EXTRACTION SYSTEMS - Processes for improving copper/iron selectivity in a solvent extraction circuit by contacting an acidic aqueous solution containing dissolved copper and iron ions with a solvent extraction composition including an orthohydroxyaryloxime, a selectivity modifier, and an equilibrium modifier, wherein the ratio of selectivity modifier to orthohydroxyaryloxime is from 0.001 to 0.05, thereby decreasing the copper:iron transfer ratio, are provided herein. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282157 | AIR PURIFICATION - The present disclosure relates to purification and/or sterilization techniques and devices. Methods and systems are provided herein for removing contaminants from air using a combination of an ionic liquid and a reactive oxygen species. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282158 | METHOD FOR ABSORPTION OF ACID GASES USING AMINO ACIDS - The invention is directed to a method for preparing a gas mixture depleted in gaseous acid compounds, comprising the steps of:
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20120282159 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENGINE AND FILTER REGENERATION SYSTEM OF THE EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION APPARATUS - An exhaust gas purification apparatus for an engine is provided with a filter arranged in an exhaust passage of the engine, and a regeneration control unit for regenerating the filter by burning the particulate matters accumulated in the filter. The control unit may include an over-accumulation state determination unit and a switch. The over-accumulation state determination unit determines over-accumulation of the particulate filter in the filter when the particulate matter is over-accumulated in the filter. The switch switches a regeneration temperature for regenerating the filter between a first regeneration temperature at which a normal regeneration is performed and a second regeneration temperature which is lower than the first regeneration temperature. The control unit is connectable to a command unit when the particular matter is over-accumulated in the filter, so that the switch is forcibly operated toward the second regeneration temperature. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282160 | CARBON DIOXIDE AND HYDROGEN SULFIDE ABSORBENTS AND PROCESS FOR THEIR USE - A process for capturing at least one of H | 2012-11-08 |
20120282161 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING BIOCIDES - A process for the production of biocides possessing fungicidal and bactericidal properties is described wherein bentonite is activated with ions of sodium and the obtained intermediate product is intercalated by ions of metals of bactericidal action such as Ag | 2012-11-08 |
20120282162 | AUTOMATED VISION SYSTEM FOR A CRYSTAL GROWTH APPARATUS - Various embodiments of a method for producing a crystalline material in a crucible in a crystal growth apparatus are disclosed. The method comprises, in part, the step of monitoring for remaining solid feedstock in a liquid feedstock melt with an automated vision system positioned above the crucible. Alternatively, or in addition, the method comprises the step of monitoring for solidified crystalline material in a partially solidified melt with the automated vision system. A crystal growth apparatus comprising the automated vision system is also disclosed. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282163 | Method of Producing Gaseous Products Using a Downflow Reactor - Reactor systems and methods are provided for the catalytic conversion of liquid feedstocks to synthesis gases and other noncondensable gaseous products. The reactor systems include a heat exchange reactor configured to allow the liquid feedstock and gas product to flow concurrently in a downflow direction. The reactor systems and methods are particularly useful for producing hydrogen and light hydrocarbons from biomass-derived oxygenated hydrocarbons using aqueous phase reforming. The generated gases may find used as a fuel source for energy generation via PEM fuel cells, solid-oxide fuel cells, internal combustion engines, or gas turbine gensets, or used in other chemical processes to produce additional products. The gaseous products may also be collected for later use or distribution. | 2012-11-08 |
20120282164 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING ASPECT RATIO OF NANO-STRUCTURE, METHOD OF PRODUCING NANO-STRUCTURE USING THE SAME AND NANO-STRUCTURE PRODUCED THEREBY - Provided are a method of easily controlling the aspect ratio of a nano-structure, which can be effectively used in various fields of application, including a positive active material for a rechargeable battery, an electrode material for a storage battery, a redox catalyst, a molecule support, and so on, and by which various nano-structures of desired sizes can be easily produced according to the necessity. The method includes preparing a mixed solution including a manganese salt and an oxidant, adding a pH controlling additive to the mixed solution and controlling a pH level of the mixed solution using the following equation, and heating the pH-controlled mixed solution at a temperature in a range of 50□ to 200□ for 1 hour to 10 days to cause a reaction to take place: | 2012-11-08 |
20120282165 | PROCESSES FOR THE FLUX CALCINATION PRODUCTION OF TITANIUM DIOXIDE - Processes for the production of euhedral rutile titanium dioxide from titanyl hydroxide using calcination with a flux are provided. Calcination in the presence of sodium chloride flux has been found to lower the calcination temperature used to produce the rutile form of titanium dioxide and to improve control of particle size. | 2012-11-08 |