Abstract: The device for detecting damage of a wind energy turbine of a wind energy turbine rotor blade, due to a lightning strike, comprises several magnetic or electric field sensors distributed along the length of a rotor blade of the wind energy turbine for measuring the magnetic or electric field concentration along the rotor blade and, an evaluation unit connected to the magnetic or electric field sensors for receiving the measured signals thereof, wherein damage of the wind energy turbine of the rotor blade caused by a lightning strike is calculated by the evaluation unit based on the measured concentration of the magnetic or electric field along the length of the rotor blade.

Abstract: A method for testing the brakes of a wind energy system is provided, wherein the method comprising determining the brake torque by an indirect measurement. The method contains a comparison to defined threshold values for time and generator torque as well as time and actual power. Further, a computer-readable medium is provided that provides instructions which when executed by a computing platform cause the computing platform to perform operations wherein the operations include the method according to embodiments described herein. Further, a wind energy system is provided that has a rotor with a rotor brake and a calculation unit adapted for comparing two threshold values for time and torque to the actual values of time and torque, alternatively for comparing two threshold values for time and actual power to the actual values of time and actual power.

Abstract: A gas burner assembly connected to a source of gas. The gas burner assembly has a burner body. The burner body has a generally enclosed chamber with a central axis and is configured with a generally circular wall. Ports are formed at the top of the wall and are in flow communication to an area external the burner body for combustion of the gas. A venturi directs the flow of gas from the source of gas into the chamber through an opening where the opening is offset from the central axis of the chamber. The burner body further has a stability chamber.

Abstract: The invention relates to an ultrasound probe arrangement (14, 16) for coupling ultrasonic signals toward a component (12), which is to be inspected, by using the water open jet method, with a probe (24; 124), which is placed inside a jet nozzle (26; 126) and having a multitude of ultrasonic transmitting and/or receiving elements (25; 125) and at least one liquid inlet (28; 128) as well as at least one liquid outlet (30; 130).

Abstract: An electrical distribution apparatus includes a fixed terminal, at least two fingers attached at respective pivot points in the apparatus, and a mechanical spring in operative communication with the at least two fingers, configured to provide tension upon separation of the at least two fingers. According to the apparatus, the at least two fingers are of a different length, length is a measure of the distance from a pivot point of a finger to an end of the finger, and the respective pivot points are each formed between the fixed terminal and each of the two fingers.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for automatically estimating a correction to be made to an image deformed with respect to a sequence of images. The method includes detecting of information pixels in the images; calculation of a region of interest located in a binary mapping image made from the images; for each image, search in the image, for the position of a mobile region that maximizes a similarity criterion to the region; and the estimated correction to be made to the image is compared with each image being the affine transformation of the mobile region moving from its found position at which similarity criterion is maximized to the region. The correction is only applied if the balance is equal to the improvement to the similarity criterion in the region of interest and the deterioration of the similarity criterion outside the region of interest is positive.

Abstract: A drive assembly for providing two outputs from a motor to actuators or the like has a first drive shaft connected with the motor via a torque limiter and a reduction gear. A high efficiency spur gear also connects the motor with a second, parallel drive shaft via a second torque limiter and a reduction gear. The two drive shafts are also interconnected by a low efficiency gear provided by worm pinions on the shafts and a worm gear wheel engaging both pinions, which only transfers load between the drive outputs if there is uneven torsional loading in excess of the settings of the torque limiters.

Abstract: An emergency push-button includes a housing that, in turn, includes at least one guide surface and an actuator supported by the housing. The actuator may be reciprocable along a generally linear axis between an actuated position and a released position. The actuator has at least one indicator window located thereon. The emergency push-button may further include an indicator disposed proximal to the actuator head and being biased for movement therewith. The indicator may include an indicator surface that has indicia thereon that provides status of the emergency push-button and that is configured to be selectably viewable through the indicator window of the actuator head. The indicator further includes at least one arm extending therefrom that is engageable with the at least one guide surface.

Abstract: A protection arrangement for a wind turbine including a tower, a machine nacelle having a yaw drive and a mounting hole into which an upper end of the tower extends, and a rotor having at least one rotor blade and a hub is provided. The protection arrangement includes a drip pan having a rim surrounding the mounting hole and adapted to collect grease from an interior of the machine nacelle and a flexible collar adapted to fit around the upper end of the tower and having an outer diameter being larger than the diameter of the mounting hole of the machine nacelle. The flexible collar is adapted to pass through the mounting hole into the interior of the machine nacelle.

Abstract: A method for the correction of lag charges in a flat-panel X-ray detector makes it possible, for each integration phase of the detector, to determine an initial read phase situated just before said integration phase. The method of the invention enables the measurement, for each integration phase, of the charges present in the detector at the corresponding initial read phase, the production of a lag image from the latent charges measured in the initial read phase and the subtraction of the lag image from the raw image. The use of the measurement of charges enables the direct correction of the lag image in the acquisition without the use of a correction module as in the prior art.

Abstract: An electrical terminal block assembly including a housing having one or more terminals, each of the terminals including a terminal assembly having a resilient member and a contact surface configured to releasably secure a conductor within the terminal and an operating lever removably hinged to the housing, the operating lever being configured to interface with the resilient member for increasing a distance between the resilient member and contact surface to allow passage of a conductor between the resilient member and contact surface.

Abstract: A personalized audio system for an amusement ride includes an audio selection system, a guest identification system and a ride vehicle enabled to reproduce audio selections made using the selection system in a specific seat of the ride vehicle corresponding to the seat occupied by the guest who selected the audio during that guest's ride on the amusement ride.

Abstract: Electron emissive compositions comprising a barium neodymium oxide are described. These compositions may be applied to electrodes such that electron emission is facilitated. Methods of manufacturing emissive electrodes comprising a barium neodymium oxide are also described. Various discharge lamps employing such electrodes are described as well.

Abstract: The method relates to the operation of a frequency converter of a generator in particular of a wind energy turbine, in the event of a substantial grid voltage drop, wherein the frequency converter (10) comprises an AC/DC converter (20), to be connected to the generator (14), a DC/AC converter (22) to be connected to the voltage grid (18), and a DC link circuit (24) for connecting the AC/DC converter (20) to the DC/AC converter (22). The method comprises the step of reducing an output voltage of the DC link circuit (24) for increasing an output current of the DC/AC converter (22) and/or reducing the operation frequency of electronic switches (28) of the DC/AC converter (22) for increasing the output current of the DC/AC converter (22).

Abstract: A method for controlling protozoa trophozites and cysts wherein biocides or control agents are encapsulated within microcapsules or manufactured into the core of liposomes, thereafter the biocide containing microcapsules or liposomes are then introduced into an aqueous system.

Abstract: A pressure sensor and method wherein a resonant pressure transducer has a frequency F which changed depending on the applied pressure P and the temperature T. A temperature sensor measures the temperature T. A memory includes stored therein data points corresponding to the sensor's frequency F at difference applied pressures and temperatures. A processor is configured to generate several polynomials from the data points and calculate P? at T? when the transducer frequency is F?.

Abstract: A protection relay with integrated communications may include a protective relay portion to perform protective relay operations associated with a load operatively connected to the protection relay, and a communications server portion to perform communications operations as an independently operating communications server.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and article for displaying targeted content on web pages by predicting the group membership of individual visitors based on data items relating to a web browser request for a web page. The method includes applying the data items to a set of transfer functions to obtain a series of confidence factors relating to a plurality of predefined visitor groups, selecting one of the plurality of visitor groups based on the series of confidence factors, selecting content targeted to the selected group, and delivering the selected targeted content to the web browser for display. Data items are extracted from a header accompanying the web browser request. These include browser type and version, operating system, referring URL and IP address. These data items are supplemented with data items derived from the data items present in the header, such as location, time of day, day of week, and industry cycles.

Abstract: A method for obtaining the area of a missing portion of an object under inspection with a borescope includes aligning the borescope with the object under inspection, extrapolating the missing edges of the missing portion and calculating the missing portion area using the extrapolated missing edges and a defined remaining edge of the missing portion.

Abstract: A high-voltage generator of an X-ray apparatus comprises a high-voltage measurement device. The measurement device comprises a compact component comprising both the measurement resistor and a film capacitor used both to protect said resistor and eliminate the parasitic effects induced by parasitic capacitances of the generator. The film capacitor is made in insulating films by a sequence of metalized strips and insulating strips. The films are positioned relative to one another in such a way that the film capacitor is formed by series-mounted discrete capacitors. To this end, between two successive films, the width of the bottom strips of the film crosses two metalized strips of the top film.