Abstract: A magnetic refrigeration system includes a plurality of heat transporters, a magnetic field application unit, and a drive mechanism. Each heat transporter is switched between a heat generating and heat absorbing states in response to magnetic field application and cancellation of the magnetic field application. The heat transporters are arranged between low and high temperature side heat exchangers. The magnetic field application unit applies a magnetic field to the heat transporters so that a heat transporter to which a magnetic field is applied and a heat transporter to which a magnetic field is not applied are alternately arranged. The drive mechanism periodically moves at least the plurality of heat transporters so that a heat transporter to which the magnetic field is applied is periodically switched and so that a state of thermal contact is periodically switched. An end portion of at least one heat transporter is a heat transfer accelerator.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a fluorine-containing polyether compound having a repeating unit represented by formula (1). In formula (1), n represents an integer of 1 to 8, Ph represents a phenylene group, X1 represents a heterocyclic ring or a hydrocarbon ring, one or both of two phenylene groups represented by Ph, and the heterocyclic ring or hydrocarbon ring represented by X1 are optionally condensed with each other, and the phenylene group, the heterocyclic ring, and the hydrocarbon ring optionally have a substituent.

Abstract: An air filter medium includes a fluororesin porous membrane and a supporting member stacked on top of each other. The air filter medium has a permeability ratio (permeability after disinfection treatment/permeability before disinfection treatment) of 5.0 or less, the permeability ratio being a ratio of permeabilities of the air filter media before and after the disinfection treatment of the fluororesin porous membrane as determined using NaCl particles having a particle size of 0.1 ?m, and a pressure loss ratio (pressure loss after disinfection treatment/pressure loss before disinfection treatment) of 0.83 or more and 1.15 or less, the pressure loss ratio being a ratio of pressure losses of the air filter media before and after the disinfection treatment of the fluororesin porous membrane.

Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus includes an irradiation device including an LED configured to emit an ultraviolet ray; and includes a heat-dissipating unit configured to dissipate heat of the irradiation device into air.

Abstract: Provided is an aqueous coating composition capable of forming a fluororesin coating film layer with excellent electrical properties and surface physical properties, and good adhesive properties. A coating composition containing 2 or more kinds of fluororesins, wherein at least 1 kind of the fluororesin, a fluororesin (I), has a number of functional groups of 30 to 1,000 per 106 main-chain carbon atoms, and the coating composition further contains an inorganic filler, a surfactant, a liquid medium, and a non-fluororesin.

Abstract: An air conditioning system includes: an outdoor unit that includes a first refrigerant circuit including a compressor, and a first heat exchanger; an indoor unit in a first space and that includes a second refrigerant circuit including a second heat exchanger; a liquid side pipe and a gas side pipe each connecting the first refrigerant circuit to the second refrigerant circuit; an outdoor air treatment unit including a first auxiliary refrigerant circuit including a first auxiliary heat exchanger connected to a first branching pipe branching from the liquid side pipe, and a second branching pipe branching from the gas side pipe, and a supply fan that supplies outdoor air having passed through the first auxiliary heat exchanger to the first space; a first shutoff valve on the first branching pipe; and a second shutoff valve on the second branching pipe.

Abstract: A joined article including: a resin (1) having a linear expansion coefficient at 30° C. to 200° C. of 17 ppm/° C. or higher and a thickness of 5 to 100 ?m; and a metal joined to a surface of the resin (1) and having a thickness of 5 to 50 ?m. The resin (1) includes a heat-affected layer that is close to the metal and that occupies 80% or less of the thickness of the resin (1), and the joined article is a dielectric material for a substrate. Also disclosed is a substrate including the joined article and a resin (2) stacked on the joined article.

Abstract: Provided are a fluorine-free soil resistant agent and a soil resistant treatment method which give excellent water-repellency and excellent antifouling property to a substrate, especially a carpet. The soil resistant agent contains (1) a fluorine-free copolymer having (a) a repeating unit formed from an acrylic monomer having a hydrocarbon group containing 7 to 40 carbon atoms, and (b) a repeating unit formed from an acrylic monomer having a hydrophilic group, and (2) water or a mixture of water and an organic solvent dispersing the fluorine-free copolymer (1). A method of treating the substrate, includes applying the soil resistant agent to the substrate.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide, for example, a novel method for synthesizing a fluorovinyl ether compound from a fluorine-containing vinyl compound.

Abstract: An air conditioner includes a filter and an irradiation unit that irradiates the filter with ultraviolet light. An optical axis of the ultraviolet light emitted from the irradiation unit is inclined relative to a plane orthogonal to a thickness direction of the filter. This makes it possible to efficiently disinfect the filter.

Abstract: A rotor includes a rotor core. The rotor core has an outer shape including a first arc portion provided so as to intersect a d-axis, a straight line portion provided so as to intersect a q-axis, and a curved portion that connects the first arc portion and the straight line portion. The first arc portion has an arc shape centered on an axial center of the rotor core. The curved portion includes an arc-shaped second arc portion that bulges outward in a radial direction of the rotor core. The radius of curvature of the second arc portion being smaller than a radius of curvature of the first arc portion.

Abstract: A polybenzimidazole production method for producing the polybenzimidazole including a repeating unit represented by the following formula (1): wherein Rf is —SO2—, —O—, —CO—, an alkylene group optionally containing a substituent, or a group represented by the following formula (a): two Xs are each individually a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group; and R1 is a divalent organic group, the production method including a step (1-1) of polymerizing a tetramine compound and a dicarboxylic acid derivative compound to provide a polybenzimidazole precursor polyamide, and a step (1-2) of dehydrocyclizing the polybenzimidazole precursor polyamide.

Abstract: An air conditioner has a heat source unit and a utilization unit, and includes a refrigerant circuit, a first detector, and a controller. The refrigerant circuit is configured by a compressor, a condenser, an expansion mechanism, and an evaporator being connected by a refrigerant pipe. The first detector detects the temperature or pressure of refrigerant in the refrigerant circuit. The controller starts the compressor during the non-operation of the compressor and executes a determination mode to determine the presence or absence of refrigerant leakage from the refrigerant circuit on the basis of a detection value of the first detector.

Abstract: A positive electrode mixture containing a polyvinylidene fluoride (A); a fluorine-containing copolymer (B) containing vinylidene fluoride unit and tetrafluoroethylene unit; a positive electrode active material (C) represented by the general formula (C): LiyNi1-xMxO2, wherein x is 0.01?x?0.7, y is 0.9?y?2.0, and M represents a metal atom (excluding Li and Ni); and an additive (D). Also disclosed is a positive electrode formed from the positive electrode mixture and a secondary battery including the positive electrode.

Abstract: A refrigerant leakage management system includes a timer and a controller. The timer counts a non-operating period of a refrigeration cycle device. The controller determines whether or not the non-operating period of the refrigeration cycle device exceeds a predetermined first period. Upon determining that the non-operating period of the refrigeration cycle device exceeds the first period, the controller brings the refrigeration cycle device into operation or notifies an administrator of the refrigeration cycle device.

Abstract: A compound for use as a cross-linking agent represented by the following formula (1) wherein R1 is —SO2—, —O—, —CO—, an optionally substituted alkylene group, a group represented by the following formula (2) or a single bond; and two As are each independently an aromatic ring group containing a 5- or 6-membered aromatic ring and optionally containing a substituent, where the aromatic ring group contains a substituent in the case where the aromatic ring group is a monocyclic aromatic ring group containing a 6-membered aromatic hydrocarbon ring. Also disclosed is a composition containing the cross-linking agent.

Abstract: Provided is an electrode mixture including: an electrode active material; an organic solvent; a binder; and an additive; wherein the binder contains a fluorine-containing copolymer containing a vinylidene fluoride unit and a fluorinated monomer unit, provided that the vinylidene fluoride unit is excluded from the fluorinated monomer unit; the additive is a polymer material containing the following repeating unit: —[CH2—CHR]— wherein R is a chain or cyclic amide group, a nitrile group, or a substituted alkyl group formed by substituting at least one of hydrogen atoms of an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms with a chain or cyclic amide group or a nitrile group; a content of the binder is 0.1 to 1.6 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the electrode active material; and a content of the additive is 0.001 to 0.2 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the electrode active material.

Abstract: Provided is an aqueous coating composition capable of forming a fluororesin coating film layer with excellent electrical properties and surface physical properties, and good adhesive properties. A coating composition containing 2 or more kinds of fluororesins, where at least 1 kind of the fluororesin, a fluororesin (I), has a number of functional groups of 30 to 1,000 per 106 main-chain carbon atoms, and where the coating composition further contains an inorganic filler, a surfactant, and a liquid medium.

Abstract: An air conditioner includes a refrigerant circuit, sensors that measure an amount representing a state of refrigerant in the refrigerant circuit, and a controller. The controller executes normal operation according to air conditioning load and a first detection operation of detecting refrigerant leakage. The controller adjusts a degree of subcooling at an outlet of the condenser to a first value during normal operation. The controller detects a value related to discharge temperature of the compressor or a value related to degree of superheating at an outlet of the evaporator, based on a sensor measurement result. The controller adjusts degree of subcooling to a second value larger than the first value when executing the first detection operation, and determines that refrigerant is leaking when the value related to discharge temperature of the compressor or the value related to degree of superheating is equal to or larger than a threshold value.

Abstract: An air conditioning and ventilating system including: an air conditioning device including a heat exchanger configured to generate conditioned air by heat exchange with a refrigerant; a ventilation device communicatively connected to the air conditioning device and including a supply air fan and/or an exhaust fan; an airflow volume detection unit configured to detect an airflow volume equivalent value of the ventilation device; and a control unit. On determination that the airflow volume equivalent value acquired from the airflow volume detection unit is equal to or less than a first predetermined value, the control unit sets an operation of the air conditioning device to a stop state.