Abstract: The invention refers to use of lubricant compositions comprising a specific diester and additives to reduce the fuel consumption of an engine.

Abstract: The present disclosure includes liquid compositions that can be used for marking liquid hydrocarbon-based fuels and combustibles; these compositions include at least one marker, one or more solvents and, optionally, one or more functional additives other than the markers. The disclosure also includes a process for qualitative and quantitative detection of these markers present in a liquid hydrocarbon-based composition.

Abstract: The use of one or more copolymers as a detergent additive in a liquid fuel for internal combustion engines. The copolymer includes at least one repeat unit having an ester of alkyl or alkyl ester function and a repeat unit containing a diazotized hydrocarbon group. Also, specific copolymers including at least one repeat unit having an ester function of alkyl or alkyl ester function and a repeat unit containing a triazotized hydrocarbon group.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preventing and/or reducing abnormal combustion of fuel in a motor vehicle engine that includes the use of a lubricating composition including at least one base oil and at least one fatty amine.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for making frozen food products from a fruit puree, i.e. a flowable banana meat or a flowable blend of fruit meat and other edible ingredients. A composition that includes peeled bananas and at least one antioxidant may be mixed in a mixing device at ambient temperature and under less than one atmosphere of pressure, forming the puree. The temperature of the puree is reduced to a semi-frozen state by passing the puree through a heat exchanger. The semi-frozen puree is then formed into food products with a pre-determined volume, shape, and weight by a molding or extrusion process. Sticks, if desired, may be inserted, and the shaped puree is then frozen to solidified cores. The solidified cores may be coated with chocolate and treated with other edible toppings and then packaged.

Abstract: Multi-layer sputtered metal seed for solar cell conductive contacts and methods of forming solar cell conductive contacts are described. In an example, a solar cell includes a substrate. A semiconductor region is disposed in or above the substrate. A conductive contact is disposed on the semiconductor region and includes a seed material stack in contact with the semiconductor region. The seed material stack includes a first aluminum layer having a first crystallinity and disposed on the semiconductor layer, and a second aluminum layer having a second crystallinity and disposed on and having an interface with the first aluminum layer. The first crystallinity is different from the second crystallinity.

Abstract: The invention relates to a surface treatment method for treating the inner walls of a microchannel made from a polymeric material that is at least partially photocured or thermoset. Said treatment is carried out via irradiation in the air at a wavelength of less than or equal to 300 nm. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing a microfluidic device including such a surface treatment step.

Abstract: A metallic polypropylene resin composition is provided herein. The metallic polypropylene resin composition provides appearance characteristics that are similar to those provided by painting, but without painting. The metallic polypropylene resin composition of the present invention has excellent physical properties such as scratch resistance, and thus may be applied to molding methods, such as a molded in color (MIC) method. The resin composition is useful as a material for automobile interior and exterior parts, as wells as electric and electronic products, which can be molded by the MIC method.

Abstract: A method for adding a selected attribute to a mobile asset management application is provided. The method includes displaying an import fields dialog to a user, receiving from the user a selection of a selected object of an asset database, receiving from the user a selection of the selected attribute of the selected object, retrieving a set of one or more resources, automatically modifying a build file if at least a first condition is met, automatically acquiring a new RDF file from an asset management server if at least a second condition is met, and automatically generating an updated application definition file by updating code relating to the set of retrieved resources.

Abstract: An aqueous composition including an NOx reducing agent or a precursor of such an agent, in particular urea, and at least one paraffin dispersed in the aqueous phase. Such a composition can be used for reducing the formation of deposits in an SCR exhaust system while preventing foaming during the handling of same.

Abstract: The method comprises flying at least a probe carrier flying vehicle above a dropping area on the ground, the probe carrier flying vehicle carrying probes and a launcher, configured to separate each probe from the probe carrier flying vehicle; activating the launcher to separate at least one of the probes from the probe carrier flying vehicle above the dropping area; falling of the probe from the flying vehicle in the ground of the dropping area; at least partial insertion of the probe in the ground of the dropping area. When the probe carrier flying vehicle is located above a target dropping area, before activating the launcher, the method comprises determining a vegetation information at the target dropping area using a flying vegetation detector.

Abstract: Water injection flow control device, distinctive in that it comprises: a stack of discs or cone-like plates, the discs or cone-like plates as stacked or per se comprises in substance spiral shaped flow conduits, the spiral shaped flow conduits comprises at least one revolution, the spiral shaped flow conduit being turned about a central point or axis and departing or approaching said central point or axis for each revolution, at least some of said spiral shaped flow conduits comprises at least one of sections in series with alternating cross section area for flow and a section with serpentine-type shape for flow along the in substance spiral shaped flow conduits, said spiral shaped flow conduits has a fluid conduit length of at least 0.2 meter, an inlet operatively coupled to an inner or outer end of the spiral shaped flow conduits, an out-let operatively coupled to the other end of said conduits than the inlet, and a control member.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for evaluating a geophysical survey acquisition geometry over a region of interest. The method comprises determining a location of a plurality of base camps in respect of a determined minimal surface density of base camps, determining a first set of locations of a plurality of receivers in respect of a determined minimal surface density of receivers, generating a first synthetic geophysical dataset based on the first geophysical survey acquisition geometry, processing the first synthetic geophysical dataset for obtaining a first simulated image of the subsurface of the region of interest using a geophysical processing algorithm and an a priori subsurface model, and calculating a first objective function dependent of at least a first quality index of the first simulated image of the subsurface of the region of interest.

Abstract: The method comprises triggering at least an event of the preparation and/or of the carrying out of the ground survey in a predetermined area of the region of interest; flying at least a presence detector able to detect the presence of a human and/or of an animal and/or of civil facilities in the predetermined area of the region of interest; before triggering the event, detecting presence of a human and/or of an animal and/or of civil facilities in the predetermined area with the presence detector; controlling the triggering of the event based on the results of the detection of a human and/or of an animal and/or of civil facilities made with the presence detector.

Abstract: Method for the processing of a mixture of organic compounds, in particular of an oil, in order to recover different constituents therefrom. This method makes it possible to separate a fraction of iso-alkanes and cycloalkanes from a sample of a mixture of organic compounds, said method comprising a separation step by liquid chromatography.

Abstract: A method of depleting a given analyte from a water source is provided. The method is applicable to water used in oil recovery, water used in natural gas recovery, the treatment of water wells, and for water used in hydraulic fluids for fracturing processes, such as water to be used in proppants or fracking fluids. The method involves depleting an analyte from a water source, said method comprising contacting a water source with a superparamagnetic or paramagnetic nanoparticle; complexing the analyte with the particle; and removing the analyte-particle complex by applying a magnetic field so as to provide a water source with depleted analyte content. The depleted water can then be pumped into one or more connecting injection well(s) in an oil field pushing the crude oil 10 towards one or more production well(s) thereby allowing for enhanced oil recovery from the production wells.

Abstract: A method and system for sizing energy storage device capacity. The method includes generating a load profile of at least an entity based on at least information acquired by a user interface, generating an ensemble of net load profiles based on at least the load profile and based on at least one energy source profile, determining values of cumulative distribution functions associated with a plurality of energy storage device capacities as a function of at least the ensemble of net load profiles, generating a graphical representation of a combination of the composite cumulative distribution functions and a cluster of equal probability line, rendering the graphical representation, and sizing a capacity of the energy storage device based on the rendered graphical representation.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for battery modelling. The method includes acquiring battery information from a sensor attached to a battery, the battery information including at least a terminal voltage and a load current; classifying, the battery information as effective data or ineffective data based on a phase of a battery cycle during which the battery information is acquired; identifying one or more parameters of the circuit model associated with the battery based on the effective data; and generating an estimation of a state of the battery using the circuit model having the one or more parameters identified using the effective data. Further, a circuit model is identified using effective data.

Abstract: The invention relates to a metal element (12) for anchoring an anti-erosion coating that is intended to be fastened alone in an isolated manner to a metal wall or assembled with other identical anchoring elements. The anchoring element (12) has an edge (12a) for fastening to said metal wall and an anchoring body firmly attached to the fastening edge (12a) and having an upper edge (12b) that is away from the fastening edge and intended to be covered by a composite material of concrete type. A section of this upper edge (12b), which is not intended to be juxtaposed and assembled with an upper edge of an identical anchoring element, is provided with a delimiting tab (16) in order to delimit a height of composite material that must cover the upper edge (12b) of said anchoring element, said delimiting tab (16) having a delimiting edge (18) that is a predetermined distance away from a plane defined by the upper edge (12b) of the anchoring element.