Abstract: A Rankine cycle system has a condenser, a heat pump connected to the condenser, a heat collecting device connected to the heat pump, and an expansion turbine connected to the heat collecting device and the condenser. The heat pump includes an expansion tank or closed vessel, a refrigerant supply conduit connected to the lower part of the expansion tank and to the condenser, and a refrigerant discharge conduit connected to the upper part of the expansion tank. An open/close valve is installed in the refrigerant supply conduit. A pressure regulating valve installed in the refrigerant discharge pipe opens when a pressure reaches a specified value or higher. A temperature regulating device can heat the refrigerant in the expansion tank to produce a refrigerant vapor of saturated temperature or higher, which vapor can be introduced into the heat collecting device.

Abstract: A punched metal plate 51 is constructed so as to be in a ring shape covering a space between the outside wall of the combustor basket 2a and the inside wall of the external cylinder 2c and at the same time is constructed to be a perforated plate having a plurality of holes. In addition, ribs 52 are provided in a radial pattern against the axis of a combustor in a manner that both ends of a rib 52 are in contact with the outside wall of the combustor basket 2a and the inside wall of the external cylinder 2c. Additionally, ribs 52 are provided in a plural number, and the plurality of ribs 52 are arranged so as to be equally spaced in the circumferential direction of a combustor and connected to the external cylinder 2c, thereby supporting the combustor basket 2a.

Abstract: A sleeve 2e having the length of the side surface thereof made longer at a position away from the compressor outlet 11 is connected to the upstream-side end of an external cylinder 2c. By this sleeve 2e, compressed air flowing along the inside wall surface of a casing 4 flows, making a turn, in a space between the sleeve 2e and the inside wall surface of the casing 4, thereby providing the compressed air flow being introduced from the sleeve 2e to the external cylinder 2c with uniformity.

Abstract: By installing a cylinder 53 having a bell-mouth construction to the downstream side of a combustor basket 2a, compressed air flowing between the combustor basket 2a and an external cylinder 2c is throttled. In addition, by having a cross section of the downstream-side end surface of the cylinder 53 shaped in a semicircle and providing a back surface wall 2d having a curvature being equivalent to a curvature of the semicircular curved surface, compressed air flow making 180 degrees turn can be made uniform and free from disturbance.

Abstract: By installing a cylinder 53x having a bell-mouth construction to the downstream side of a combustor basket 2a and by providing different level to the downstream-side end of the cylinder 53x, notches 60 are constructed. The notches 60 form fixed vortices in the compressed air, and the vortices enable the compressed air to determine the flow direction thereof so as to flow toward the tips of the main nozzles 22.

Abstract: A system for ranking combustion chambers in a gas turbine in order of chamber combustion temperature including: at least one fuel nozzle supplying fuel to the combustion chambers at a predetermined fuel rate abnormally near a lean blow out (LBO) condition of the chambers; at least one dynamic pressure sensor in each chamber sensing combustion dynamic pressures in said combustion chambers and generating dynamic pressure signals representative of the dynamic pressure in each of said combustion chambers, wherein the dynamic pressure signals provide information regarding the dynamic pressure at a plurality of frequencies; a signal band pass filter segmenting the signals into a plurality of predefined frequency bands comprising a lean blow out (LBO) precursor frequency band, a cold tone frequency band and a hot tone frequency band; a processor determining a value for each chamber representative of amplitudes of the signals in each of LBO precursor frequency band, the cold tone frequency band and the hot tone frequ

Abstract: The combustion chamber comprises a chamber endwall (16) perforated by at least one passage hole (62). An injection system is mounted so that it can slide diametrically with respect to the passage hole (62). A deflector (50) is mounted on the chamber endwall. The deflector comprises a fitting ring (64) bearing first tenons (66). A sleeve (48) which is coaxial to the fitting ring (64) bears second tenons (72). The first and the second tenons allow the passage of the first tenons between the second tenons and then the engagement of the first tenons behind the second tenons. The injection system is slidably mounted in the sleeve (48). Antirotation means are provided to prevent a rotation of the injection system with respect to the sleeve.

Abstract: A method of controlling a load of a gas turbine engine that is part of an integrated gasification combined-cycle power generation system, which includes an air separation unit, that includes the steps of: (1) extracting an amount of compressed air that is compressed by a turbine compressor; (2) supplying the extracted amount of compressed air to the air separation unit; and (3) varying the amount of compressed air extracted from the turbine compressor based upon a desired load for the gas turbine engine.

Abstract: A power transmission arrangement comprises a first power transmission member connectable to a first main shaft of an engine. The arrangement also includes a second power transmission member connectable to a second main shaft of the engine and to a third power transmission member. A coupling assembly is provided which has a selectable coupling condition to couple the first power transmission member to the second power transmission member to allow power to be transmitted from the third power transmission member to the first main shaft of the engine via the first power transmission member. The coupling assembly has a decoupling condition to decouple the first power transmission member from the second power transmission member to allow power to be transmitted from the main shaft of the engine to the third power transmission member via the second power transmission member.

Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger permitting, in an efficient, simple and reliable manner and for a moderate cost, the connection in series, in parallel or according to a mixed configuration of thermal elements to one another and to an external circuit while limiting the risks of leakage and the number of connections. The heat exchanger (1a) comprises calorie-emitting and negative calorie-emitting thermal elements (2a1, 2a2) each of which being passed through by a conduit whose inlet orifices (21) and outlet orifices (22) are connected to one another and to at least one thermal fluid circuit by an interface plate (3a) situated above a closing plate (5a) and defining two interface circuits (4a1, 4a2). The interface plate (3a) also comprises two supply orifices (31) and two discharge orifices (32) for connecting the interface circuits to two external circuits hot and cold suited for using the calories and the negative calories recovered from the thermal fluid.

Abstract: A thermoelectric heat exchange system for fluids comprising a pumping device, configured to deliver a fluid; a fluid inlet system in fluid communication with the pumping device; a fluid outlet system in fluid communication with the pumping device; a reservoir in fluid communication with the pumping device, and configured to hold a fluid; and a heat exchange system in fluid communication with the fluid delivery system, including: a heat exchange plate in fluid communication with the fluid system, comprising a channel system wherein the width of the channel system is about an order of magnitude greater than the depth of the channel system; a thermoelectric cooling module in thermal communication with the heat exchange plate; and a heat sink in communication with the thermoelectric cooling module, and configured to dissipate heat from the thermoelectric cooling module

Abstract: A storage insert for a top opening storage unit, such as a freezer, comprises an outer frame shaped to fit within the top-opening unit, and an inner frame movably mounted to the outer frame for up and down movement relative to the outer frame. Horizontal shelves are mounted on the inner frame, and a lifting assembly is operatively connected between the inner and outer frames to selectively raise and lower the inner frame relative to the outer frame.

Abstract: A heat pump includes a compressor 1, a condenser 2, an expansion valve 3, an evaporator 4 and a heat exchanger 6a. The heat exchanger 6a is located immediately downstream of the expansion valve 3 and upstream of the evaporator 4. A controller 8 monitors one or more variables which predict may be about to occur by means of a sensor 11. When this is predicted the heat exchanger 6a will receive hot refrigerant through line 17 from the high pressure side of the compressor 1 so as to heat the refrigerant entering the evaporator 4 until ice formation is no longer likely. In an alternative embodiment, the heat exchanger may utilise an electric element to heat the refrigerant before it enters the evaporator. The heat exchanger 6a can preferably utilise a helically corrugated tube in order to enhance its heat exchange characteristics.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system and device for controlling air-conditioning equipment, in particular to a method for controlling air-conditioning equipment in a chamber or the assembly of chambers consisting in pre-calculating at least one parameter selected between the temperature, chemical composition of the chamber or the assembly of chambers, the energy consumption of air-conditioning equipment and the energy production cost for a given time range by simulation carried out for an arbitrarily large number of explicit calculation formulae for a given time range and in selecting between said formulae the formulae called optimal explicit calculation formulae which meet predefined temperature and chemical composition restrictions and correspond to the minimisation of a cost function related to said energy production cost.

Abstract: In a refrigeration cycle device in which heat generated by heat absorption of an evaporator is used for heating in a condenser, a disadvantage that a cooling capacity of the evaporator deteriorates owing to shortage or drop of an amount of the heat to be rejected from the condenser is securely avoided and a cooling function is maintained. In the refrigeration cycle device which is provided with a refrigerant circuit including a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve and an evaporator and which exhibits a heating function by the heat rejected from the condenser and which exhibits the cooling function by the heat absorption of the evaporator, an operation to secure a predetermined amount of the heat to be rejected from the condenser is executed in order to maintain the cooling function of the evaporator based on an index capable of grasping the amount of the heat to be rejected from the condenser.

Abstract: A variable speed control system is provided for use with a heat pump heating/cooling system having a variable speed compressor. The control system includes a remote transceiver, a second transceiver to communicate with the first transceiver, and an AC power module to communicate with the second transceiver. The AC power module further includes multiple current limiting devices and multiple temperature sensors and varies the output of the variable speed compressor by comparing the readings from the temperature sensors to a pre-determined temperature setting.

Abstract: A cooling apparatus for cooling a heat-generating member includes a cooling flow path, a condenser, a coolant-returning flow path, a first check valve and a second check valve. The cooling flow path is thermally connected to the heat-generating member. The condenser is connected to a downstream portion of the cooling flow path and condenses a coolant contained in the cooling apparatus after the coolant is evaporated in the cooling flow path. The coolant-returning flow path returns the coolant condensed by the condenser to an upstream portion of the cooling flow path. The first check valve is disposed between the coolant-returning flow path and prevents the coolant from flowing in a reverse direction from the cooling flow path to the first coolant-returning flow path. The second check valve is disposed between the condenser and the coolant-returning flow path and prevents the coolant from flowing in a reverse direction from the first coolant-returning flow path to the condenser.

Abstract: The present invention uses multiple global cooling chambers for providing liquid cooling to a plurality of electronic components. The global cooling chambers utilize a non-electrically conductive fluid which is in direct contact with the components to be cooled. The system provides very effective heat transfer rates, environmental isolation of the electronics components and can be deployed in a wide range of applications. Multiple global cooling chambers allows for the hot swapping of cards during operation of the system.

Abstract: A water sump structure (1) is provided. A channel, trough, trench or the like is formed as or provided with an impermeable member (7) for trapping water. One or more heat exchange pipes (6) for carrying a heat exchange fluid are located, in use, so as to pass through water trapped by the impermeable member thereby forming a heat exchange water sump structure.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of manufacturing Kimchi ketchup in red, green or yellow color by processing Kimchi in the form of dressing or sauce to be suited for use of the general public and to be selectively used depending on consumers' taste of its color. The Kimchi ketchup of the present invention has vivid and natural color of green, yellow and red, so that it does not only go beyond the prejudice of general tomato ketchup having limited color and taste, but also does not hint Kimchi to consumers intuitively.

Abstract: A thermal food storage cabinet has a sealed box with a thermally insulated compartment, a freezer compartment and a refrigeration compartment, a compressor, a condenser, evaporator and thermal expansion valve. The thermally insulated compartment has a heat-conducting panel. The compressor, the evaporator and the thermal expansion valve are mounted in the thermal food storage cabinet to cool the freezer compartment and the refrigeration compartment. The condenser is mounted on the heat-conducting panel so heat dissipated by the condenser can flow into the thermally insulated compartment.

Abstract: A cryogenic plant having at least two direct phase separation devices such as distillation columns whose circular perimeters serve to define the perimeter of the cold box encompassing the direct phase separation devices and ancillary equipment for the process.

Abstract: A cryogenic air separation plant and method of operation wherein, after an interruption in operation, liquid from the sump of a lower pressure column and liquid from the sump of a higher pressure column is passed to a condenser, preferably an argon column top condenser, prior to the restarting of the plant.

Abstract: A manufacturing device enabling jeweled bearings to be maintained, locked and immobilized on fishing line thread.

Abstract: The earring apparatus forms a post for attachment to an earring to attach an earring to a wearer's ear. The post includes a generally straight first portion of sufficient length to extend through a wearer's earlobe. The post further includes a second portion extending downwardly at an angle to the straight portion and is of sufficient length to touch the wearer's earlobe and prevent the straight portion from slipping out of the earlobe. Preferably, the second portion curves to form a U-shaped loop and ends in a straight third portion. Preferably, the first, second and third portions lie in substantially the same plane which facilitates insertion of the post through the pierced earlobe since the earring post is inserted with a simple up and down motion and does not require twisting. When the post is inserted, the second portion engages the earlobe below the piercing and prevents the post from falling out.

Abstract: A method of preparing a textured glass ceramic is disclosed which comprises the steps of preparing a precursor glass, preparing a precursor glass body, placing the precursor glass body in a furnace in contact with a brick body having a larger or smaller thermal capacity than formed by the precursor glass body, and ceraming the precursor glass body within the furnace in contact with the brick body thereby effecting a temperature gradient across the precursor glass body for precipitating crystallites having a preferred direction of orientation.

Abstract: The invention relates to compound glass bowing. Said invention bowing is carried out on a frame, one of the foils being at least provided with non-presintered enamel composition patterns, the other foil being provided with functional layers. Said enamel patterns and functional layers are jointed to each other on the surfaces of the foils. Said invention is characterized in that during the transfer of the foils to a bowing furnace, they are primarily arranged one upon the other in such a way that a space is maintained therebetween at least during a time period corresponding to sintering by temperature increase, and afterwards before a softening point is attained, they are applied to each other for the remaining bowing time.

Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein generally relates to methods for producing glass compositions with a reduced number of defects.

Abstract: An exemplary apparatus for washing one or more optical elements includes an upper portion (10) and a lower portion (20). The upper portion includes a plurality of upper washing holes (14) defined therein. The lower portion cooperates with the upper portion to form a washing chamber (30). The lower portion includes a plurality of lower washing holes (24) defined therein. The washing chamber is configured for holding the optical elements.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of adding ozone to a solvent in a dry cleaning machine into the solvent line at the point where the solvent is leaving the solvent pump. The recirculated solvent in the dryer is furnished with ozone from an ozone generator for providing bacticidal and fungicidal effects. The present invention renders the dry cleaning procedures employed into more sanitary processes. The addition of ozone to the cleaning solvent prevents the establishment of bacteria or fungi colonies in a dry cleaning machine.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a steam generator. More particularly, the present invention relates to a steam generator which has a compact design to enhance efficiency, and to a drum-type washing machine with this steam generator. The steam generator includes a heater that heats water to generate steam; a lower case that holds water for steam generation, having a heater holding part in which the heater is vertically oriented in the heater holding part, and an upper case coupled to an upper portion of the lower case to form a predetermined space.

Abstract: A deadbolt assembly includes a bolt housing having a longitudinal sleeve defining a first axis. A bolt is located in the longitudinal sleeve. An elongate member has a first end and a second end portion opposite the first end, the first end being attached to the proximal end of the bolt and the second end portion having a first connector. A rotatable crank has a pivot member, a second connector and an arm. The second connector of the crank is operationally engaged with the first connector of the elongate member. A first actuator assembly has a body, a lock cylinder, and a tailpiece that extends from the lock cylinder and is rotatable around a second axis with respect to the lock cylinder. The tailpiece is engaged with the pivot member of the crank. At least a portion of the lock cylinder extends past a vertical plane of an outer side surface of the elongate member.

Abstract: An actuating module for a motor vehicle, has a housing (12); a manually-activatable actuation component (14) accommodated in the housing to allow movement, which is embodied as a pushbutton on which a grip element (26) is embodied as the actuation surface, and at least one operating switch (28), with which an operating function of the motor vehicle can be switched by actuating the actuation component (14); whereby the actuation component (14) features a slot (18) for insertion of an electronic identification transmitter (20), on which identification data is stored, through the interrogation of which an authorization for switching the operating switch can be established and the switch is able to be switched to a ready state if the authorization is positive, and whereby the actuation component (14) features a grip element (26) by means of which it can be actuated without an identification transmitter (20) inserted into the slot.

Abstract: A magnetic key holder assembly for securing a key holder within a receptacle such as a purse or bag, the magnetic key holder assembly having a first magnet internally positioned on a wall of the receptacle and a second magnet externally positioned on the wall of the receptacle and magnetically attached to the first magnet, wherein the key holder is detachably connected to the first magnet within the receptacle.

Abstract: Preferred aspects of the present invention provide ammonium nitrate compositions comprising ammonium nitrate and at least a second compound, said second compound being present under conditions and in amounts effective to substantially reduce the detonation sensitivity of the composition and/or to otherwise improve a desired property of the composition. In certain embodiments, the second compound is selected from the group consisting of ammonium sulfate, ammonium phosphate, calcium nitrate, potassium nitrate, magnesium nitrate, ammonium molybdenate, ammonium hexaflouralsilicate, neodymium hydroxynitrate, and combinations of two or more of these. In preferred embodiments, at least a substantial portion of the ammonium nitrate in the composition is in the form of a double salt with one or more of said second compounds. In highly preferred embodiments, the present compositions consist essentially of one or more double salts of ammonium nitrate and a second compound as described herein.

Abstract: A rolling stand includes at least one roller having a roller journal which is rotatably supported by an eccentric bushing which in turn is rotatably supported by a low-friction bearing unit. An adjusting mechanism exerts an adjusting force on the eccentric bushing for rotating the eccentric bushing with respect to the housing and maintaining the eccentric bushing in a desired position. In order to determine a rolling force in the rolling stand, the eccentric bushing is rotated to a desired position relative to the housing by the adjusting mechanism, and an effective adjusting force in the adjusting mechanism is measured when the eccentric bushing is held in the desired position. The rolling force can then be ascertained on the basis of the measured adjusting force.

Abstract: A method of cooling and lubricating an interface between a tool and a workpiece. A transiently stable emulsion is prepared including a water insoluble lubricant in water. The transiently stable emulsion, while stable, is introduced to the tool and/or the workpiece.

Abstract: A method for compressing an intraluminal prosthesis provides a mesh tube having first and second longitudinally spaced tube ends and a hollow tube bore located therebetween. The intraluminal prosthesis is completely inserted into the hollow tube bore. The tube is stretched in a longitudinal dimension, which reduces the tube in a radial dimension and causes the intraluminal prosthesis to radially compress. An apparatus for compressing an intraluminal prosthesis is also described.

Abstract: A bending device has a bending mechanism for bending an elongate object to be processed by holding the object by both a bending die and a clamping die and revolving the clamping die which is able to revolve around the bending die. The bending device includes a fixing base on which the bending mechanism is mounted. A chuck mechanism for holding the object is provided in the bending device, and the bending device is provided with an articulated robot for moving the chuck mechanism.

Abstract: Method for producing a rotationally symmetrical screening device with a plurality of profile bars and screen basket for a pressurizable screen. The method includes producing bent bar holders having a radius of curvature of smaller than a radius of curvature of a finished screening device and having cut-outs open at an edge of an exterior circumference of the bent bar holders. The method also includes inserting profile bars parallel to one another into the cut-outs, and forming rings from the bar holders with inserted profile bars by enlarging the radius of curvature of the bar holders, thereby narrowing the cut-outs and clamping the profile bars. The forming of rings includes transferring bending forces to at least two locations on sides of the bar holders not provided with the cut-outs. The method also includes fixedly connecting respective ends of the bar holders to one another.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for rolling strips in the roll stand of a rolling mill, wherein said roll stand consists of two axially displaceable working rollers which are provided with a CVC-grinding or a similar contour and whose curved profile is expressed in a third or higher-order polynom and, simultaneously with simple handling of working rollers with large possibilities of adjusting the profile and flatness, the aim of said invention is to homogenize the working rollers wear.

Abstract: The invention relates to a crimping die (12,14,16,18) and a crimping tool (2) comprising at least three crimping dies (12,14,16,18) that are guided for displacement in the crimping tool (2), where each of the crimping dies (12,14,16,18) have a respective crimping surface (42,44,46,48) and a respective sliding surface (50,52,54,56), where the crimping surfaces (42,44,46,48) together form a crimping opening (36), said crimping surface (42,44,46,48) of each crimping die (12,14,16,18) slidably abutting said sliding surface (50,52,54,56), of an adjacent die, where the crimping dies (12,14,16,18) have pivot points (29,31,33,35) that are arranged movable relative to the body of the crimping tool (2) and where a linkage (11) is arranged to guide the movement of the pivot points (29,31,33,35) of the crimping dies (12,14,16,18) relative to the body (4) of the crimping tool (2) producing a movement between the pivot points (29,31,33,35) of the crimping dies (12,14,16,18) and the body (4) of the crimping tool (2), and wh

Abstract: Described is a method and an output apparatus for inputting and outputting data from a first electronic device. The input and output apparatus is detachably mountable to the first electronic device and includes at least one storage unit, which stores data obtained by the first electronic device. Further discussed is an adjustment system which includes such an input and output apparatus and to the use of an input and output apparatus.

Abstract: A gas sensor unit including a gas sensor and a sensor cap. The gas sensor includes a gas detecting element, an electrode provided on the gas detecting element and a sensor terminal connecting to the electrode for transmitting an output signal from the gas detecting element. The sensor cap is adapted for transmitting the output signal to an external device. The sensor cap includes a cap terminal electrically connecting to the sensor terminal and an enclosing member bonding to the gas sensor so as to form an internal space in cooperation with the gas sensor. The enclosing member includes a communicating hole through which the internal space is in communication with a space outside the gas sensor unit, and the communicating hole is gas-permeably and watertightly closed by a filter member.

Abstract: A knocking presence evaluation circuit in an internal combustion engine having a pressure sensor facing a combustion chamber for each cylinder comprised in the engine and suitable to produce a pressure signal.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for testing fluids to be used when drilling in unconsolidated sand formations includes a container having a first port and a second port and a plurality of perforations through which fluid can be communicated, a bore holder slidingly retained through a portion of the container between the first port and the second port, wherein the bore holder has a feed end and a discharge end, a bed of unconsolidated sand contained in the container in a compacted state surrounding the bore holder, a fluid distribution nozzle at the discharge end of the bore holder, a fluid source in fluid communication with the discharge end of the bore holder, wherein the fluid source provides a test fluid to the fluid distribution nozzle through the bore holder, wherein the bore holder is withdrawn from the container at a predetermined speed as the test fluid is communicated through the fluid distribution nozzle, thereby leaving a simulated well bore in the unconsolidated sand.

Abstract: A connector is provided with a first housing (10), a second housing (20), a slider (30) and a detector (40). The detector (40) includes rotary shafts (43A) and the first housing (10) includes rotation supports (19B) into which the rotary shafts (43A) are fit to rotatably support the detector (40). Thus, when the detector (40) is viewed from the back side of the first housing (10), whether a position of a pressing portion (44) projected on the first housing (10) is aligned with a recess (26A) changes before and after a movement of the detector (40). Therefore, a detecting operation of the detector (40) can be confirmed easily.

Abstract: A drying balance (1) including a pan (3) that rests on a weighing system (2) as well as a heat source (5) for heating and drying a sample (4) on the pan. A sensor (11) measures the absorption coefficient, transmission coefficient, or reflection coefficient of the sample (4) in at least one predefined spectral range, or measures the moisture dependent dielectric constant of the sample while the weighing system (2) measures the moisture dependent weight of the sample (4). The drying balance allows the entire calibration curve of the sensor (11) to be determined in a single drying process.

Abstract: A hardness tester of a relatively large “cantilevering” and/or designed for permitting application of relatively large loads to the indenter may be constructed in a much slander and lighter manner by employing a loading mechanism based on the use of a second or auxiliary loading arm pivotally anchored to the frame of the tester and therefore completely independent of the stress structure of reference contained in the frame of the tester, which mechanical connects the anvil, on which the test object is placed, to the indenter. The load, applied to said second auxiliary arm is transmitted to the indenter carrying arm of the reference stress structure of the tester by unrestrained abutment of a rolling bearing solidly mounted on one of the two arms on a surface of the other arm. Along the trajectory of movement of the tip of the indenter toward the anvil.

Abstract: A fuel vapor treatment system is disclosed for a vehicle engine having a leak check device. When a leak is not detected by the leak check device and when a leak is detected but it is determined by a reliability determining device that fuel status determined by a second fuel status determining device is reliable, an air-fuel ratio controlling device switches which to use, a fuel status determined by a first fuel status determining device or a fuel status determined by the second fuel status determining device, based on the operating state of the vehicle. Also, when it is determined by the reliability determining device that the fuel status determined by the second fuel status determining device is unreliable, the air-fuel ratio controlling device uses the fuel status determined by the first fuel status determining device for the fuel status for controlling injection quantity regardless of vehicle operating state.