Patents Assigned to University of Nottingham Ningbo China
  • Patent number: 11965842
    Abstract: A method (100), a device (400), and a system for detecting the sweetness of fruit, and a storage medium. The method (100) comprises: using magnetic resonance diffusion weighted imaging to acquire an apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) of fruit to be detected when same is undamaged (S110); determining an effective ADC of said fruit according to the ADC of said fruit (S120); and determining the sweetness of said fruit according to the effective ADC (S130). The ADC of fruit to be detected may be acquired on the basis of magnetic resonance imaging when said fruit is undamaged, and the ADC is used to determine the sweetness of the fruit, thus achieving non-destructive and reliable fruit sweetness detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: University of Nottingham Ningbo China
    Inventors: Chengbo Wang, Xinpei Wang, Jichang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11804625
    Abstract: A lithium-ion battery thermal management system and method based on PCM and mutually embedded fins. The thermal management system includes a battery box, a lithium-ion battery pack and a temperature detection unit are arranged in the battery box; the lithium-ion battery pack at least includes two cells, the periphery of each cell is wrapped by a battery inner shell and a battery outer shell, and PCM is filled between the battery inner shell and the battery outer shell; a plurality of fins are arranged on the battery outer shell on the opposite sides of the two adjacent cells, the fins are arranged at intervals, the fins on the opposite sides of the two adjacent cells are arranged in a staggered manner, and heat-conducting plates are connected between each fin and the battery inner shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: University of Nottingham Ningbo China
    Inventors: Yong Shi, Guanyi Chen, Hanyang Ye
  • Publication number: 20220373488
    Abstract: A method (100), a device (400), and a system for detecting the sweetness of fruit, and a storage medium. The method (100) comprises: using magnetic resonance diffusion weighted imaging to acquire an apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) of fruit to be detected when same is undamaged (S110); determining an effective ADC of said fruit according to the ADC of said fruit (S120); and determining the sweetness of said fruit according to the effective ADC (S130). The ADC of fruit to be detected may be acquired on the basis of magnetic resonance imaging when said fruit is undamaged, and the ADC is used to determine the sweetness of the fruit, thus achieving non-destructive and reliable fruit sweetness detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: University of Nottingham Ningbo China
    Inventors: Chengbo Wang, Xinpei Wang, Jichang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220234028
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a carbon capture material prepared by needle-tube microfluidics and a preparation method thereof. The carbon capture material includes a sorbent and a microencapsulating shell, the sorbent includes one of an aqueous potassium carbonate solution or an aqueous ethanolamine solution or an aqueous ethanolamine solution containing graphene sheets, and the aqueous potassium carbonate solution or the aqueous ethanolamine solution or the aqueous ethanolamine solution containing graphene sheets is prepared by a microfluidic device. In the present disclosure, one of the aqueous potassium carbonate solution or the aqueous ethanolamine solution or the aqueous ethanolamine solution containing graphene sheets is used as a sorbent to prepare carbon capture particles by the microfluidic technology for the first time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: University of Nottingham Ningbo China
    Inventors: YONG REN, MAXINE YEW