Abstract: A liquid water source collection apparatus is provided. The liquid water source collection apparatus includes: a liquid collection assembly; a liquid enrichment assembly comprising a moisture adsorption-desorption member and an energy supply member, the energy supply member being at least partially disposed corresponding to the moisture adsorption-desorption member; a first pipeline assembly in communication with the moisture adsorption-desorption member and configured to supply a water-containing medium to the moisture adsorption-desorption member; and a second pipeline assembly, an input end of the second pipeline assembly being in communication with the moisture adsorption-desorption member, an output end of the second pipeline assembly being in communication with the liquid collection assembly, and the liquid collection assembly being configured to receive moisture released by the moisture adsorption-desorption member.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for sanitizing and aromatizing liquids used in an evaporative cooling system. In examples, a water treatment subsystem for use in an evaporative cooling system is provided. The water treatment subsystem comprises: a treatment volume comprising a container adapted to receive a water treatment cartridge, such that water flowing from a water supply to a water reservoir of the evaporative cooling system passes through the water treatment cartridge within the container; an output portion comprising a first flexible hose connected to a proximal end of the treatment volume and adapted to fluidically couple to the water reservoir of the evaporative cooling system; and an input portion comprising a second flexible hose connected to a distal end of the treatment volume and adapted to fluidically couple to the water supply.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a control knob for heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) appliances. The control knob includes a body defining a plurality of openings. The body includes a first position indicator positioned adjacent to the plurality of openings. The first position indicator designates a first position. The control knob further includes a lockout tab, where the lockout tab includes a second position indicator to designate a second position. The lockout tab is positionable within the plurality of openings in association with a respective setup configuration. The control knob is movable between the first position and the second position.

Abstract: A system for controlling heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems includes a camera that captures images including temperature data for the space. An image analysis module is configured to receive the images and analyze the images to determine a current temperature in the space. A computer is configured to determine a future temperature in the space and determine an amount of heating or cooling output needed to maintain a predetermined temperature in the space. A controller is configured to communicate with a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. The HVAC system is configured to control the temperature in the space by heating or cooling the space. The controller is configured to transmit the determined amount of heating or cooling output needed to maintain the predetermined temperature in the space to the HVAC system to maintain the predetermined temperature in the space.

Abstract: An air purifier includes: a frame having an inlet and an outlet; a filter disposed inside the frame; an opening and closing unit movable with respect to the frame to be placed in a first open state in which the outlet is opened, a second open state in which the outlet is partially opened, or a closed state in which the outlet is closed; a driving unit; a sensor unit including a single sensor detecting the opening and closing unit when the opening and closing unit is in the first open state or the closed state; a storage unit storing the first open state, the second open state, and the closed state as initial position information of the opening and closing unit; and a controller controlling the driving unit based on the initial position information to execute a position verification logic determining a position of the opening and closing unit.

Abstract: An air duct assembly including: a base conduit defining a first opening and a second opening; and a first branch conduit slidably seated within the base conduit and extending through the first opening. The first branch conduit is movable between a retracted position and an extended position. The first branch conduit extends further out from within the base conduit in the extended position as compared to the retracted position. The base conduit and the first branch conduit are formed simultaneously by an additive manufacturing process with the first branch conduit nested within the base conduit in the retracted position.

Abstract: An air-conditioner control system including a control unit for controlling an air conditioner, the control unit being configured to: execute first refrigerant detection control, in which a refrigerant leakage detection for the air conditioner is performed every first predetermined period of time, based on a state of a refrigerant occurring when the air conditioner is running or based on a pressure of the refrigerant occurring when the air conditioner is not running; and execute, when a second predetermined period of time has elapsed since the air conditioner was run last time, second refrigerant detection control, in which the refrigerant leakage detection for the air conditioner is performed while the air conditioner is running, for a refrigerant leakage detection purpose.

Abstract: An internal refrigeration apparatus that cools an internal space includes: a refrigerant circuit that performs a refrigeration cycle; a refrigerant sensor that detects a refrigerant leaking into the internal space; a first sensor that detects an index different from a refrigerant; and circuitry that is configured to determine refrigerant leakage in the internal space based on detection results of the refrigerant sensor and the first sensor.

Abstract: A stand-alone ice making appliance includes a casing, and a reservoir disposed within the casing. The reservoir includes a filter. The stand-alone ice making appliance also includes an ice maker disposed within the casing. The filter is positioned upstream of the ice maker in a flow direction of water from the reservoir to the ice maker. The filter in the reservoir includes an activated carbon block and a phosphate material within the carbon block.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for processing liquefied natural gas (LNG). A solvent is dispersed into a natural gas feed at a solvent injection point to produce a mixed feed. The mixed feed contains heavy components with a potentially fouling portion that can cause obstructions in a heat exchanger. A fluid injection system can inject the solvent intermittently, for instance, based on an amount of accumulation or expected accumulation of heavy component solids in the heat exchanger. The solvent prevents the potentially fouling portion of the heavy components from freezing, melts the accumulation, and reduces the obstructions in the heat exchanger. The fluid injection system includes a solvent supply, an optional atomizer, an injection controller, optionally one or more sensors, and/or optionally a heater. The solvent injection system can disperse the solvent onto a flow surface for the natural gas feed and/or mixed feed to form a solvent film which further reduces heavy component solids.

Abstract: A frame or structure for manufacturing titanium-based porous transport layers applied to a heat treatment apparatus minimizes contamination of receiving parts, loading parts, porous transport layer molding sheets, etc., and minimizes deviations in physical properties even if a plurality of porous transport layers is stacked and treated.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides: a heating furnace apparatus for heating a material to be heated while supporting same by a skid beam and transferring same; and a method for preventing oxidation scale fusion bonding in a heating furnace using same. The heating furnace apparatus comprises a skid rider disposed on one side of a skid beam so as to be in contact with the lower surface of a material to be heated, wherein the height of the skid rider is 75 mm to 100 mm, and/or the area of the top surface of the skid rider is 7,500 mm2 to 10,000 mm2.

Abstract: An engineering vehicle cooling system includes an engine cooling system, a hydraulic cooling system, a drivetrain cooling system and an air-conditioning cooling system. The engine cooling system includes an engine, a cooling fan and a heat dissipation assembly. The engine is drivingly connected to the cooling fan. The hydraulic cooling system includes a hydraulic system and a first electronic fan configured to cool the hydraulic system. The drivetrain cooling system includes a drivetrain and a second electronic fan. The air-conditioning cooling system includes an air-conditioning system and a third electronic fan. The first electronic fan, the second electronic fan and the third electronic fan are distributed around the cooling fan.

Abstract: Disclosed is a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger includes a plurality of heat exchange tubes; at least some of the heat exchange tubes including a first straight tube segment, a second straight tube segment and a bent tube segment connecting the first straight tube segment and the second straight tube segment. The first straight tube segment and the second straight tube segment extend in a first direction, the first straight tube segment is offset from the second straight tube segment in a second direction and a third direction, the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction, and the third direction is perpendicular to both the first direction and the second direction.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a heat exchanger including flat tubes, a first fin group, and a second fin group. The first and second fin groups each include plate-shaped fins and the plate-shaped fins each have slots. The method includes inserting each of the flat tubes into corresponding ones of the slots of the plate-shaped fins of the first fin group to form an assembly, orienting the second fin group and the assembly such that open ends of the slots of the plate-shaped fins of the second fin group face toward a first direction and the flat tubes face toward a second direction opposite to the first direction, and inserting each of the flat tubes of the assembly into corresponding ones of the slots of the plate-shaped fins of the second fin group.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for a firearm suppressor. The apparatus includes an outer tube defining a longitudinal axis, and an inner cylinder defining an inner chamber. The inner cylinder is disposed at least partially within the outer tube and defines an outer chamber with the outer tube, where the outer chamber is disposed between an inner surface of the outer tube and an outer surface of the inner cylinder, and where the inner cylinder comprises at least one opening to fluidly couple the inner chamber with the outer chamber. The apparatus also includes at least one flow structure disposed in the outer chamber and positioned to direct firearm combustion gasses in a fluid pathway that is off-axis with respect to the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A sound suppressor for a firearm includes a housing and an endcap. The housing has a proximal end and a distal end and defines a first central passage extending between the proximal end toward the distal end. The endcap is coupled to the housing. The endcap includes a parabolic-shaped inner surface defining a second central passage configured to fluidly communicate with the first central passage.

Abstract: The present invention relates to improvements to a traditional archery stabilizer with an added cradle feature to allow an archer to adjust the length of the archery stabilizer bar. The archer also has more options to attach additional accessories to the picatinny rail via standard picatinny mounts (i.e., camera, lights, etc.). The front of the archery stabilizer bar is tapped to add additional weights, saddles, or other accessories.

Abstract: A method of completing an illuminated stone panel is disclosed. A stone-panel laminate is provided and includes a translucent stone layer, a light-guiding layer, a backing structure, and one or more optical interface layers between adjacent layers. The laminate, as a whole, undergoes at least one edge-related fabrication operation using standard stone-fabrication tools while both an elongate light source and an adhesive interface arrangement are absent from an exposed edge region of the light-guiding layer. The adhesive interface arrangement is then selected, sized, or trimmed to correspond to fabricated edge dimensions, the elongate light source is attached to the adhesive interface arrangement, and the elongate light source is positioned in optical coupling with the exposed edge region. The laminate passes through a stone-fabrication workflow before later lighting completion, and the translucent stone layer does not define the receiving recess, groove, cavity, or channel for the elongate light source.

Abstract: The present description relates to a photonic chip includes at least one waveguide disposed on a support, the waveguide includes at least one interface element extending between a first end and a second end forming an optical coupling outer surface belonging to a same plane as a side face of the photonic chip or to a plane parallel to the side face, and wherein the second end includes a thickness, perpendicular to an upper face of the support on which the waveguide is disposed, which is less than a thickness of the first end, and/or a width, parallel to the optical coupling outer surface and perpendicular to the thickness of the second end, which is greater than a width of the first end.