Abstract: The provided is a process for separating by absorption the pyrolysis gas from preparation of lower carbon olefins, wherein a primary absorbent and a secondary absorbent are introduced into the demethanizer to separate by absorption the feedstock of the demethanizer through countercurrent contact therewith at a moderate temperature and pressure, thereby to obtain a top fraction primarily comprising hydrogen and methane and a bottom fraction primarily comprising the absorbents and C2+ fraction, wherein the primary absorbent essentially is a mixed Cn or Cn+ fraction, the secondary absorbent essentially is a Cn? alkane fraction or mixed Cn? or Cn?+ fraction, and wherein n and n? are independently 3, 4 or 5 with the proviso when the secondary absorbent is a mixed fraction, n? is not 3.

Abstract: A vehicle includes sidewalls, a tailgate located proximate to rear ends of the sidewalls, and a tailgate energy management system. The tailgate energy management system includes a governor coupled to one of the sidewalls and to the tailgate. The governor selectively applies a governing force to the tailgate to reduce an opening speed of the tailgate. The tailgate energy management system also includes a speed sensor sensing an opening speed of the tailgate and an electronic control unit electronically coupled to the governor and the speed sensor. The electronic control unit includes a processor and memory storing an instruction set. The electronic control unit receives a speed signal indicative of the opening speed of the tailgate and the processor executes the instruction set to cause the electronic control unit to transmit a control signal to the governor to slow the opening speed of the tailgate based on the speed signal.

Abstract: A blast absorption structure and system for use in absorbing blast forces exerted upon an armored vehicle is disclosed. The blast absorption structure includes a first absorption component and a second absorption component, wherein the first and second absorption components deform to absorb and slow the forces prior to reaching an occupant of the cabin. Deformation of the first and second components reduces the blast force load transmitted through the vehicle structure to the occupants' lower extremities, thereby avoiding catastrophic injury to the lower extremities.

Abstract: The present invention describes a method of making a jet fuel composition comprising: providing a mineral-based kero/jet-type distillate component having certain enumerated physico-chemical properties, typically an off-spec jet fuel; providing a deoxygenated and dewaxed renewable component derived from triglycerides and/or fatty acids and having an isoparaffin to normal paraffin ratio from about 2:1 to about 6:1 and an aromatics content less than about 1 vol %; and blending from about 75 vol % to about 97 vol % of the mineral-based distillate components with from about 3 vol % to about 25 vol % of the renewable component to form an on-spec blended jet fuel composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a membrane having bound thereto an antibacterial peptide that binds to collagen, and more particularly to a collagen membrane comprising a fusion peptide of a collagen-binding peptide and an antibacterial peptide, fixed to the collagen surface. The present invention provides a collagen membrane having surface activity by a fusion peptide bound to the surface thereof. When the collagen membrane is transplanted in vivo, the retention time of the fusion peptide in a local region can increase, and the fusion peptide can promote the cell migration, proliferation and differentiation associated with bone tissue regeneration, thereby maximizing the ability to regenerate bone tissue. Thus, the collagen membrane contributes to the development of therapeutic technology for bone induction and regeneration. Also, the fusion peptide may be applied to other types of graft materials made of collagen.

Abstract: A lubricating composition with improved shear stability having a kinematic viscosity (Kv100) from 5 to 32.5 cSt at 100° C., and a viscosity index from 140 to 200. The lubricating composition includes: a bi-modal blend lubricating oil including from 20 to 99 weight percent of a low viscosity basestock having a Kv100 from 2 to 8 cSt at 100° C., and from 1 to 20 weight percent of a high viscosity basestock having a Kv100 from 40 to 600 cSt at 100° C.; a viscosity modifier including a copolymer having units derived from monomers of (i) an ?-olefin and (ii) an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or derivatives thereof esterified with an alcohol; and an alkylated aromatic co-base stock in an amount from 1 to 8 weight percent and having a Kv100 from 3 to 15 cSt at 100° C.

Abstract: A filter cleaning apparatus used in a reaction system including; a reaction tank having a filter, first feed line connected to the filter at one end, a recovery tank connected to the other end of the first feed line, and second feed line connected to the recovery tank at one end, is provided. The filter cleaning apparatus includes; first return line connected the second feed line at one end, first and second reverse cleaning solution tanks connected to the first return line, a first flow rate adjusting valve that can adjust filtered fluid to be supplied to the first reverse cleaning solution tank, a second flow rate adjusting valve that can adjust filtered fluid to be supplied to the second reverse cleaning solution tank, and a switching section that carries either one of the filtered fluids accommodated in these reverse cleaning solution tanks by switching.

Abstract: The present invention provides a modified starch, preparation method and use of the same, also provides a drilling fluid comprising the modified starch which contains bi-substituted starch structural units and tri-substituted starch structural units, wherein, the tri-substituted starch structural units are represented by the following formula (1), the bi-substituted starch structural units are the structural units represented by the following formula (2) and/or the structural units represented by the following formula (3), and the total content of the bi-substituted starch structural units and tri-substituted starch structural units accounts for 20 wt % or more of the modified starch, preferably 20-30 wt %, the weight-average molecular weight of the etherified starch is 50,000-600,000, preferably 80,000-580,000, wherein, R1, R2, and R3 are C1-C5 alkylene respectively, and M1, M2, and M3 are H, alkali metal element, or alkaline earth metal element respectively.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for feeding a fluid to a vessel (T), including a fluid inflow or inlet opening, a distribution valve placed between the inlet opening and the vessel (T), a fluid supply line between the distribution valve and the vessel, and a valve member intercepting the supply line and movable between a first position and a second position.

Abstract: An emergency lighting and evacuation guidance system includes an emergency lighting and evacuation guidance arrangement which is electrically connected to a commercial electricity supply, and a complementary green power assembly which is electrically connected to the emergency lighting and evacuation guidance arrangement. When the commercial electric supply is cut off during an emergency, the power generated by the complementary green power assembly is supplied to the emergency lighting and evacuation guidance arrangement, whereby the emergency lighting and evacuation guidance arrangement guides people to evacuate and escape during the emergency.

Abstract: Methods are provided for synthesizing novel types of self-assembled siloxanes, such as polysiloxanes, with a sufficiently high density of amine functional groups to be useful for CO2 capture and release processes. Additionally, it has been unexpectedly found that some self-assembled polysiloxanes can be used for high temperature adsorption of CO2.

Abstract: A portable device is configured to obtain an image of a document, the document being of no predefined format and containing numerical data. The numerical data is extracted and automatically organized into a report in a predefined or customized format and stored into a database. The database is accessible and searchable by a user to obtain either the numerical data of the image or the report.

Abstract: A multi-level sliding sleeve including an outer cylinder, an inner sliding sleeve, a combined ball socket, a guider, an expander, an upper gland, a lower gland, and a ball. The outer cylinder includes internal threads in an upper end and external threads in a lower end, and the outer cylinder including an external wall including a plurality of drainage holes along the peripheral direction. The inner sliding sleeve is mounted to an inner wall of the outer cylinder through shear pins. The inner sliding sleeve includes a plurality of square holes in the middle along the peripheral direction, each of which is equipped with a ball socket inside. The ball sockets combine together to form a combined ball socket. The combined ball socket is equipped with the guider in the upper end and the expander in the lower end.

Abstract: Methods are provided for upgrading the quality of an asphalt. The methods include mixing an asphalt feed with a cracking resistance additive that improves the low temperature properties of the asphalt while leaving the high temperature properties unchanged or minimally changed. The cracking resistance additive corresponds to a compound that is a liquid at both the low temperature performance grade for the asphalt and at mixing and/or storage temperature for the asphalt. Examples of compounds that, in an appropriate molecular weight range, are liquids across this broad temperature range include polyalphaolefins, alkylated naphthalenes, and organic esters.

Abstract: A method for simulating an effect of at least one electrical/electronic load includes: providing a controllable power supply unit that is connected to at least one terminal of a control unit; and simulating a first current theoretically flowing through a simulated load at the at least one terminal by drawing a second current from the control unit by the controllable power supply unit or impressing a third current on the control unit by the controllable power supply unit.

Abstract: The liquid material ejector has a liquid material supply port through which the liquid material is supplied, a nozzle for ejecting the liquid material, a valve block having a metering bore to be filled with the ejected liquid material and a liquid material supply channel communicating with the liquid material supply port, a selector valve having a first channel for allowing communication between the metering bore and the liquid material supply channel and a second channel for allowing communication between the metering bore and the nozzle, a plunger advancing and retracting in the metering bore, a plunger driving section for driving the plunger, a valve driving section for driving the selector valve, and a transmission section for transmitting driving power from the valve driving section to the selector valve. The plunger driving section, the valve driving section, and the valve block are arranged successively in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A notification system for an electrically charged vehicle having a charging system and a climate control system comprising a vehicle charging system, a display screen in communication with the vehicle charging system wherein the display screen is operable to provide a status update of the vehicle charging system wherein the status update provides information to the user regarding charging and/or pre-climate conditions. The status update is operable to provide a predetermined message to the user on the display screen regarding charging and/or pre-climate conditions within the electrically charged vehicle.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a membrane for ethanol and aromatics separation that is stable in an alcohol containing environment. The membrane is a polyether epoxy resin having an aliphatic substituted epoxide. The invention also teaches a method to control the flux and selectivity of the membrane.

Abstract: Methods for recognizing a category of an object are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes determining, by a processor, a preliminary category of a target object, the preliminary category having a confidence score associated therewith, and comparing the confidence score to a learning threshold. If the highest confidence score is less than the learning threshold, the method further includes estimating properties of the target object and generating a property score for one or more estimated properties, and searching a supplemental image collection for supplemental image data using the preliminary category and the one or more estimated properties. Robots programmed to recognize a category of an object by use of supplemental image data are also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for the creation of addendums (4) of tools for sheet metal formed parts (2). In the case of this method, fill surfaces (7) for the smoothing of irregular zones of a component edge (3) are generated. Initial directions (31) of sectional profiles (10) are determined in such a manner, that sectional profiles (10) at a distance from one another are arranged along a component (3, 8) with utilization of these initial directions (31) and that an addendum (4) is creatable by the connection of these sectional profiles (10).