Abstract: Thermotechnical units of solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) are integrated as a whole one. The units may include a burner, a reformer and a heat exchanger. The integrated units can be easily assembled into an SOFC system with cell stacks. Thus, the present invention has a simple structure, operates with ease, saves operational cost, runs with fewer utilities, decreases heat dissipation and enhances system performance.

Abstract: A test indicator for quantifying remaining liver function is provided. A novel liver receptor imaging agent with liver targeting property is utilized to develop a method for quantifying remaining liver function to serve as test indicator for judging the liver failure outcome in clinic, particularly for judging the necessity of liver transplantation for patients with liver failure or liver disease. The radioactivity uptake of the test indicator was negatively correlated with the extent of liver reserve. The cutoff value of liver reserve for liver transplantation is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of making a solar cell includes: preparing an active layer solution including p-type and n-type organic semiconductor materials, a solvent, and an additive, the additive containing 1, 8-iodooctane (DIO) and 1-chloronaphthalene (CN) that has a total volume not greater than 3 vol % based on a total volume of the solvent and the additive; preparing an assembly having a substrate, a first electrode layer, and a first transporting layer; coating the active layer solution on the first transporting layer to form a wet active layer; drying the wet active layer at a temperature not greater than 60° C.; and forming a second transporting layer and a second electrode layer on the active layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for granulation of an absorbent and adsorbent granules prepared by the same. The method comprises the steps of blending sodium metasilicate, metakaoline and an inorganic ion exchange material in water to form a slurry; decanting the resulted slurry onto a nylon cloth of 300 to 400 meshes and natural drying at ambient temperature to solidification; then breaking the solidified final product and sieving it by a screen having a mesh size of from 0.2 to 2.5 mm to provide the absorbent granules having excellent absorbability.

Abstract: A device is provided for detecting a charging and discharging status of a flow-cell pack. During charging and discharging course of the flow-cell pack coordinated with electrolyte storage tanks and actuators, ultrasonic sensors of ultrasonic detection devices are used to sense sonic vibration generated by fluid flow in the flow-cell pack. Thus, the charging and discharging status of the flow-cell pack is detected for adjusting related parameters. The present invention has a simple structure, runs without using extra power supply, does not hinder performance of flow cell, and obtains charging and discharging status of flow cell accurately and rapidly.

Abstract: A large-area plasma generating apparatus is disclosed, which includes a reaction chamber; a first electrode disposed in the reaction chamber; a second electrode parallel with the first electrode and disposed in the reaction chamber; and a discharge region formed between the first and second electrodes and a plasma can be formed therein; wherein a travelling wave or a traveling-wave-like electromagnetic field is generated via at least one of the first and second electrodes and travels from one end of the discharge region to its opposite end, so as to uniform the plasma in the discharge region.

Abstract: A novel reformer is provided. A gas fuel is guided from a fuel channel. Air and water are guided from a liquid/gas channel. They are mixed together in a mixing space. On mixing them, the temperature of the mixing space is between 150° C. and 300° C. Thus, the reactants are preheated and fully mixed; and a proper temperature is reached to avoid local over-heating and to prevent carbon deposited.

Abstract: A modular electrode device comprises a plurality of main bodies, a first electrode, at least one second electrode, at least one first connecting member and two second connecting members. Each main body has a side edge, an internal chamber and a gas inlet communicative in space between the chamber and the atmosphere. The first electrode is mounted at the side edge of one main body, while the in-serial second electrodes connected to one end of the first electrode are mounted at the side edges of the other main bodies. The main bodies are separated by the parallel third electrodes. The third, the second and the third electrodes are connected to each other. The first connecting member bridges in-serially the first electrode and the neighboring second electrode. The second connecting members are applied to both opposing end of the in-serial combination of the first and the second electrodes.

Abstract: A reagent is provided for removing mercury (Hg). The reagent contains metal carbonates compound with layers structure. The contents of metals of reagent can be adjusted using this method. The reagent can be manufactured with kilogram grade per batch. The common ions, like Mg, Ca, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, etc., can be contained in the reagent. The manufacture method provides a low-cost way for the Hg sorbent and the content ratio of metal oxides can be higher than 50 wt %. The manufacture is operated at a temperature more than 200° C. and can be integrated with existing technology such as denitration catalysts in industry for removing Hg. In another word, the present invention fabricates a mercury-removing reagent of metal-M/aluminum carbonates (M-Al—CO3), which can be potentially combined with commercially selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalysts for developing medium-high-temperature mercury-removing reagent with mercury-removing efficiency further enhanced.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing 186/188Re-labeled human serum albumin (HSA) microspheres by 186/188Re(I)-tricarbonyl ion. This radioactive particle can be subjected to radioembolization for liver tumor. In this method, 186/188Re(I)-tricarbonyl ion (186/188Re(OH2)3(CO)3)+) are employed as a precursor for directly labeling HSA microspheres with 186/188Re at appropriate temperature.

Abstract: A preparation method conducive to enhancing enzymatic activity of cellulase includes the steps of preparing a first inducer, preparing preculture hyphae, producing enzymes by a single strain, feeding a second inducer, and producing enzymes by co-culture strains. Main ingredients of the first inducer and the second inducer are cellulose and lactose, respectively. The enzymatic activity of the cellulase produced is enhanced by induction of cellulose and lactose and co-culture of Trichoderma and Aspergillus.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for radiation detection signal processing, and more particularly to a method capable of using a periodic signal to control the time of charging/discharging to a capacitor of an integrator. The method can be used for detecting the energy of incident photon of Gamma ray during the happening of an event while reducing dead time, and thereby, the count rate is increased. As the periodic signal is used as the signal for controlling the time of charging/discharging to a capacitor, the charging/discharging time of the integrator is no longer being controlled by the triggering time of the event, and thus, the present method is advantageous in that: the control method and circuit architecture are comparatively simpler since the charging/discharging time of the integrator no longer required to be controlled precisely, and thus the integration error due to insufficient resolution in delay element can be avoided.

Abstract: A sorbent for capturing CO2 is fabricated. The sorbent is pelletized and used under a medium or high temperature. The sorbent is mainly made of aluminum calcium carbonate (Ca—Al—CO3). The present invention has a controllable ratio for mixing Ca—Al—CO3 with a release agent (magnesium stearate, MgSt) and a binder (activated carbon, cement or bentonite). The sorbent has a good performance for anti-degradation under a high temperature with 100% of CO2. During 10 loops of use, 43.3˜47.5% of CO2 is captured with an initial amount up to 10 milli-moles per gram (mmol/g) and a stability ratio up to 91.2% maintained.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for continuously processing a lignocellulosic material, and particularly to an apparatus for continuously processing a lignocellulosic material by using of a single-stage or two-stage pretreatment processing with related to the acid-catalyzed steam explosion processing combined with dilute acid hydrolysis and steam explosion, in which parameters are adjusted to maintain in a state where lignocellulosic material feeding, acid mixing pre-heating, dilute acid hydrolysis reaction, steam explosion and flash discharge, to solid and liquid separation are simultaneously and continuously operated, so as to achieve in the results of acquiring xylose hydrolyzate by hydrolyzing hemicellulose, destroying lignocellulosic material structure, increasing surface area and porosity.

Abstract: A gas-reforming catalyst is modified to obtain stability in high temperature. The catalyst uses ?-Al2O3 as a carrier and is nano-porous. Hence, reaction surface is greatly broadened; and platinum contained inside does not become bigger after times of use. The catalyst does not deposit carbon and has long life. The stability of the catalyst can be still remained even at a temperature higher than 800° C.

Abstract: The present invention provides a projection method of 3D ray tracing, so as to construct a geometric factor required for the reconstruction of a medical image in the imaging field. The present invention mainly projects a radiation field and a voxel detected by each detector on two 2D planes, then calculates the geometric ratio of a rectangular unit, corresponding to each voxel on the two 2D planes, to the radiation field, respectively, and multiplies the geometric ratios to obtain a sub-geometric factor with respect to the voxel. The sub-geometric factors gij of all voxels i corresponding to all detectors j are combined to form a geometric factor matrix Gij.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a silicon-doped or boron-doped aluminum electrode is revealed. Aluminum target or aluminum paste prepared by selectively doped with silicon and/or boron is arranged at a silicon wafer with a passivation layer by physical deposition or screen printing. Then the doped aluminum layer is melted in linear or dot pattern to pass through the passivation layer and contact with the silicon wafer. Thus contact resistance between an aluminum back electrode and the silicon wafer of crystalline silicon solar cells is reduced and acceptor concentration on a surface layer of the silicon wafer is increased. Therefore the process speed is faster and the energy conversion efficiency of the solar cell is improved.

Abstract: A bonding method is provided for gold nanoparticles (GNPs). GNPs are bonded with diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA). GNPs have high bio-compatibility and high surface area. Hence, the present invention uses GNPs as carriers for diagnosing and treating cancer.

Abstract: A novel gall bladder image agent which includes a radio-labelled MAG3-tri-galactosamine, and its preparation method, which includes reacting mercaptoacetyltriglycine (MAG3)-tri-galactosamine, SnF2 and Tc-99m in the presence of a phosphate buffer solution (at pH of from 10.0˜12.0) to obtain Tc-99m-MAG3-tri-galactosamine, when the MAG3-tri-galactosamine is MAG3-DCM-Lys(Gah-GalNAc)3 (where DCM represents a dicarboxymethyl group, and Gah represents a glycine-aminohexyl group), it obtains a labelling yield of at least 90%, and its specific radioactivity is at least 7.0×109 Bq/mg.

Abstract: A computer-executable method is executed by a CPU as the following steps of: obtaining an interested range in relation to a target typhoon and obtaining historical typhoons within the interested range from a wind and typhoon database; obtaining shortest distances from the respective historical typhoons to the target typhoon within the interested range; choosing a target ground grid point and obtaining normalized extreme wind speeds of the respective historical typhoons corresponding to the target ground grid point; obtaining extreme wind speeds probable for the target ground grid point by calculation according to the normalized extreme wind speeds and the highest wind speed of the center of the target typhoon; and arranging the extreme wind speeds in descending order, arranging the shortest distances corresponding to the respective extreme wind speeds, and obtaining the occurrence probability of the extreme wind speeds at the target ground grid point according to a formula.