Abstract: The present invention aims at providing a method for producing a high-concentration alcohol from a water-alcohol mixture, in which the overall process is efficient and the present invention relates to a production method of a high-concentration alcohol, including a water adsorption step of adsorbing water of a water-alcohol mixture on an adsorption column to obtain a first concentrated alcohol, a water desorption step of introducing an alcohol to obtain a hydrous alcohol, and a membrane separation step of introducing the hydrous alcohol into a membrane separation unit provided with a membrane composite containing zeolite having an SiO2/Al2O3 molar ratio of 5 to 15 to obtain a second concentrated alcohol.

Abstract: An oil drain structure of a valve timing adjusting device for an internal combustion engine is provided to adjust a valve timing of at least one of an intake valve and an exhaust valve by a torque of a cam shaft and a pressure of a working fluid. The oil drain structure of the valve timing adjusting device includes a rotation preventing means to suppress a position change between a rotor and a housing by regulating a relative rotation of the rotor with respect to the housing.

Abstract: A clamp for a flexible pipe is provided that provide a load bearing flange on the flexible pipe permitting buoyancy jackets to be joined thereto. The clamp has a longitudinal axis arranged to extend along the length of the flexible pipe and a radial axis being perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The clamp includes: a plurality of separate clamp elements being supported together in a radial array extending at least partially around the longitudinal axis; engagement means located between neighboring clamp elements to movably interconnect the clamp elements; and a strap being adapted to surround the clamp elements, in use for exerting a compressive force thereon. Also provided is a clamp element for use in the aforementioned clamp.

Abstract: An input/output interface of a test device is configured, wherein the input/output interface is developed for connecting a hardware unit to a behavioral model present in the test device. The method includes the steps of: displaying a graphical representation of the input/output interface as a signal path between a hardware port for connection of the hardware and at least one model port for connecting the behavioral model via a selectable input/output function; receiving a first configuration for the signal path; receiving a test value that is predefinable at the hardware port or the model port of the signal path, but, for example, is also predefinable through the graphical representation of the hardware port or the model port; propagating a test signal associated with the test value along the signal path according to the first configuration for the signal path, and displaying the propagated test signal on the graphical representation of the model port or the hardware port.

Abstract: In one or more embodiments, a semiconductor package includes a redistribution layer, a conductive pad, a dielectric layer, a silicon layer, and a conductive contact. The redistribution layer includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The conductive pad is on the first surface of the redistribution layer. The dielectric layer is disposed on the first surface of the redistribution layer to cover a first portion of the conductive pad and to expose a second portion of the conductive pad. The silicon layer is disposed on the dielectric layer, the silicon layer having a recess to expose the second portion of the conductive pad. The conductive contact is disposed over the silicon layer and extends into the recess of the silicon layer.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a microstructure. While pressing a first pattern of a first mold against a first transferred resin layer obtained by applying a first photocurable resin composition on a transparent base having a light shielding pattern, a first cured resin layer with the first pattern transferred thereto is formed by irradiating the first transferred resin layer with an activation energy line through the first mold; While pressing a second pattern of a second mold against a second transferred resin layer obtained by applying a second photocurable resin composition on the first cured resin layer, a second cured resin layer is formed having a level difference shape including a lower level area and a higher level area by irradiating the second transferred resin layer with an activation energy line using the light shielding pattern as a mask to cure the second transferred resin layer in a partial region.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and methods for identifying and reporting failures of an analog to digital (A/D) conversion system. The systems and methods may detect and report a problem of input circuitry of an A/D converter and/or an A/D converter itself. For example, an identifiable characteristic can be introduced into the input signal provided to an A/D converter. The A/D converter may output a digital value that includes the identifiable characteristic of the A/D converter input. A monitoring system may determine and/or report a change in, or a failure of, the A/D converter or input circuitry thereto, based on the identification, non-existence of, or variation in the identifiable characteristic in the digital output.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for preventing or reducing the flattening of the tire (T) of a wheel (TW) of a vehicle (MV) during a parking period, the device including an abutment surface configured or configurable as a lower portion (LP) of the tread of a tire of a tired wheel (TW) and such to apply to the lower portion (LP) and over the entire extension thereof a substantially uniform pressure.

Abstract: Feeds containing triglycerides are processed to produce an olefinic diesel fuel product. The olefinic diesel can optionally be oligomerized to form a lubricant base oil product. The olefinic diesel is generated by deoxygenating the triglyceride-containing feed using processing conditions that enhance preservation of olefins that are present in the triglycerides. The triglyceride-containing feed is processed in the presence of a catalyst containing a Group VI metal or a Group VIII metal and optionally a physical promoter metal.

Abstract: There are provided a die cushion force control method and a die cushion device that can improve response delay of die cushion force without changing die cushion waiting position upward. In the die cushion force control method, a servo motor is driven according to a die cushion force command B previously set and the die cushion force is generated on the cushion pad. The die cushion force control method includes a step of allowing the cushion pad to wait in a predetermined die cushion waiting position at which a die cushion force action will start, and a preliminary pressurization step of outputting the die cushion force command B and preliminary applying pressure to the cushion pad before a slide of a press machine reaches the die cushion waiting position.

Abstract: A device including a porous metal organic framework (MOF) disposed between two terminals, the device including a first state wherein the MOF is infiltrated by a guest species to form an electrical path between the terminals and a second state wherein the electrical conductivity of the MOF is less than the electrical conductivity in the first state. A method including switching a porous metal organic framework (MOF) between two terminals from a first state wherein a metal site in the MOF is infiltrated by a guest species that is capable of charge transfer to a second state wherein the MOF is less electrically conductive than in the first state.

Abstract: The topology of the elements of a metamaterial can be engineered from its desired electromagnetic constitutive tensor using an inverse group theory method. Therefore, given a desired electromagnetic response and a generic metamaterial elemental design, group theory is applied to predict the various ways that the element can be arranged in three dimensions to produce the desired functionality. An optimizer can then be applied to an electromagnetic modeling tool to fine tune the values of the electromagnetic properties of the resulting metamaterial topology.

Abstract: An ionizing radiation detector or scintillator system includes a scintillating material comprising an organic crystalline compound selected to generate photons in response to the passage of ionizing radiation. The organic compound has a crystalline symmetry of higher order than monoclinic, for example an orthorhombic, trigonal, tetragonal, hexagonal, or cubic symmetry. A photodetector is optically coupled to the scintillating material, and configured to generate electronic signals having pulse shapes based on the photons generated in the scintillating material. A discriminator is coupled to the photon detector, and configured to discriminate between neutrons and gamma rays in the ionizing radiation based on the pulse shapes of the output signals.

Abstract: A fluidized bed gasification furnace includes a control device that identifies a defective fluidization spot of a fluidized bed based on distribution of temperatures detected by a plurality of temperature sensors, temporarily increases an amount of supplied combustion gas to air boxes located below the identified defective fluidization spot, and increases a speed of discharge of noncombustibles and a fluidization medium discharged by an extruder.

Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting the failure of a precision time source using an independent time source are disclosed. Additionally, detecting the failure of a GNSS based precision time source based on a calculated location of a GNSS receiver is disclosed. Moreover, the system may be further configured to distribute a time derived from the precision time source as a precision time reference to time dependent devices. In the event of a failure of the precision time source, the system may be configured to distribute a time derived from a second precision time source as the precision time signal during a holdover period.

Abstract: A cathode active composite containing an amorphous composite of vanadium oxide and an inorganic sulfide is provided. In one embodiment the composite contains vanadium pentoxide and phosphorous pentasulfide. An elctrochemical cell and a reversible battery having a cathode containing the cathode active composite are also provided. In one embodiment the battery is a magnesium battery.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and a reactor for removing organic matters by immobilized-enzymatic electrode coupled electro-coagulation. In the method, in a single electrochemical system, an enzyme-modified electrode is combined with electro-coagulation to synergistically remove organic matters from water. Certain electrochemical parameters are controlled such that a polymerization reaction is performed between hydrogen peroxide generated by a cathode reaction and organic matters catalyzed by the immobilized-enzymatic electrode. After the polymerization reaction, the organic product enters an anode chamber through a pump. The organic product is precipitated and removed by performing a reaction between the organic product and different hydrolysis products from the electro-coagulation through a coagulating/flocculating effect of compression of a double electric layer, adsorption and electric neutralization as well as precipitation capture.

Abstract: Grille assemblies, vehicles including grille assemblies, and methods of concealing one or more components of a vehicle are disclosed herein. A grille assembly may include an inner frame defining a central opening therethrough. The inner frame may include a lower portion having a concealment flange. The concealment flange may extend from the inner frame toward an engine compartment portion of the vehicle at a depth. The concealment flange may extend such that it obscures one or more vehicle components positioned adjacent to the central opening when viewed from a location outside the engine compartment through the grille assembly.

Abstract: The present application discloses detecting manipulation of GNSS signals using a second time source. If two or more GNSS constellation signals are being detected, the phase error between the GNSS constellation signals may be monitored. When the phase error drifts, then manipulation is determined. The integrity of a GNSS constellation signal may be monitored using an internal time source such as a crystal oscillator by monitoring a slope of the free running counter at the detected rising edges of a pulse-per-second signal from the GNSS constellation. If more than two GNSS constellations are monitored, a voting scheme may be used to determine the manipulated GNSS constellation.