Abstract: A combined platform for testing fireproof materials for cables includes a main frame for providing operating space; an air circulation system including a fresh air supply unit for supplying fresh air into the operating space and an exhaust gas treatment unit for treating the gas in the operating space under set conditions; an open flame system for providing an open flame for testing cables; a water circulation system for supplying water at least to the exhaust gas treatment unit and the operating space; and a control system for collecting at least the temperature and gas concentration in the operating space, and performing process control based on the collected results. The actual working conditions of scenarios such as fire-resistant cable tunnels and fire-resistant cable trenches can be simulated, and multiple tests such as combustion performance test and physical and chemical performance test can be carried out under various working conditions.

Abstract: A cryogenic liquid sampling system including a chamber having affixed therein a sample pump to pull a cryogenic liquid sample from an external source and an enclosure. The enclosure includes a supply port to receive an input stream of a gas, an input port connected to the chamber via a vacuum line, a sample pump port connected to the chamber via a pump line and configured to feed therethrough gas received at the supply port to the sample pump, a vacuum device connected to the input port and configured to generate a vacuum within the chamber by pulling air from the vacuum line, and processing circuitry to control the vacuum device and the sample pump to perform transfer of a cryogenic liquid sample from the external source to an external device.

Abstract: An abnormality detection method is performed in a gas supply system including a flow rate control device having a restriction part, a control valve, a flow rate control pressure sensor for measuring upstream pressure, and a control circuit. The inflow pressure sensor measures the supply pressure. An upstream on/off valve is provided upstream of the inflow pressure sensor. The method includes closing the upstream on/off valve when the gas flows at a controlled flow rate at the downstream of the restriction part by controlling an opening degree of the control valve based on the output of the flow rate control pressure sensor; measuring a drop in supply pressure on the upstream side of the control valve after closing the upstream on/off valve while keeping the control valve open; and detecting the presence or absence of abnormality in the flow rate control device based on the measured supply pressure drop.

Abstract: A method for determining lower radius limit of movable throat of shale is provided, and it includes: performing a low-temperature nitrogen adsorption test on a target shale to obtain first pore radii; performing a high-pressure mercury injection test on the target shale to obtain second pore radii; performing a nuclear magnetic resonance test on the target shale to obtain third pore radii; obtaining a relationship diagram of distribution frequencies and pore radii according to three pore radii; distinguishing, according to the pore radii, relationship diagram data, and performing normalization processing to determining a relationship curve of normalized frequency data and the pore radii; and determining a lower radius limit of movable throat of shale according to relationship curve. A problem of describing characteristics of shale occurrence space with complex pore structures and strong heterogeneity is solved, the method is suitable for determining lower radius limit of movable throat of shale.

Abstract: A system for heat exchange and leak detection is generally provided, the system including a heat exchanger including a first wall defining a first passage containing a first fluid. A leak detection enclosure containing a leak detection medium is defined between the first wall and a second wall surrounding the first wall.

Abstract: Described herein are methods for quantitatively determining the amount of the amphetamine-related compound identified herein as amphetamine carbamate (amphetammonium-amphetacarbamate) present in a drug-containing polymer matrix comprising amphetamine, and for assessing a drug-containing polymer matrix comprising amphetamine. The methods may comprise converting any amphetacarbamate present into reaction products comprising carbonate, quantifying the amount of carbonate, and quantifying the amphetacarbamate originally present from the quantified amount of carbonate.

Abstract: A combustion analyzer system includes an analyzer unit, a primary analysis probe and one or more remote probes. The analyzer unit includes a condensation removal unit and two or more electrochemical sensors to detect at least oxygen and carbon monoxide. The analyzer unit also includes a means for sealing or isolating the electrochemical sensor inputs to prevent oxidation of the reactive elements when the unit is not in use.

Abstract: A gas sensing device includes one or more chemo-resistive gas sensors; one or more heat sources, wherein the gas sensors are heated according to one or more first temperature profiles during the recovery phases and according to one or more second temperature profiles during the sense phases; a preprocessing processor for generating preprocessed signal samples; a feature extraction processor for extracting one or more feature values from the received preprocessed signal samples; and a gas concentration processor for creating a sensing result, wherein the gas concentration processor includes a classification processor for outputting a class decision value, wherein the classification processor is configured for outputting a confidence value, wherein the classification processor includes a first trained model based algorithm processor, wherein the gas concentration processor comprises a quantification processor for creating an estimation value, and wherein the quantification processor comprises a second trained m

Abstract: A peak analyzing method for separating overlapping peaks observed in a second signal waveform representing a relationship between a second parameter and a signal intensity into a plurality of individual peaks originating from different factors based on signal patterns observed in a dimension of a first parameter, the method including at least: performing singular value decomposition on an input matrix expressing three-dimensional data to be processed; estimating characteristic orientations within a space spanned by a plurality of basis vectors by performing a geometric analysis on a trajectory defined by a plurality of weighting vectors in an SVD projection space whose number of dimensions is equal to a lowered rank given by a singular value decomposition process; and deconvoluting signal waveforms in a first matrix of a dimension of the first parameter by a transformation matrix.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a pipeline patrol inspection robot having variable tracks and a control method therefor. The pipeline patrol inspection robot of the present invention includes a robot body, track assemblies symmetrically disposed on a left side and a right side of the robot body, and a movement driving mechanism. The robot body is connected to the track assemblies on the left side and the right side by track fixtures, and track angle adjusting mechanisms are respectively connected between the robot body and the track assemblies on the left side and the right side. By means of the present invention, a track camber angle can be adjusted. In addition, each track angle adjusting mechanism is independent, and has desirable flexibility to adapt to different pipeline environments.

Abstract: A sampling device and method for evaluating ecological risk of soil in a high geological background area comprises an impact sampling mechanism, a soil layer stripping mechanism and an auxiliary support frame. The impact sampling mechanism comprises a sampling hopper with a downward opening. A connecting sliding rod is fixedly arranged on the top of the sampling hopper. An upper end of the connecting sliding rod is connected with an impact rod. The impact rod is internally provided with an impact hammer capable of reciprocating along an axis of the impact rod. The soil layer stripping mechanism comprises a stripping sliding cylinder in sliding fit with the connecting sliding rod, and a support disc. A plurality of stripping plates are connected to a lower side edge of the support disc in a sliding fit mode.

Abstract: Gas detection methods, systems, and devices. The gas detection device includes a housing portion configured with at least one gas sensor, one or more processors executing instructions stored on memory to process data from the at least one gas sensor, and a communication device configured to transmit a signal regarding the processed data. The gas detection device further includes a connection component to operably position the housing portion with respect to a structure to enable the at least one gas sensor to detect a gas emitting from the structure.

Abstract: A housing assembly for a fluid sensor assembly includes a housing having a first and second sensing volumes. A fluid port attached to the housing has a porous membrane covering first and second fluid apertures. The first sensing volume included a vertically-oriented waveguide and is fluidly coupled to an exterior of the housing through the first fluid aperture, where the first aperture port has an area smaller than an area of a cross section of the waveguide. The second sensing volume is coupled to the exterior of the housing through the second fluid aperture, the second fluid aperture having an area larger than a cross section of the second sensing volume. While the first sensing volume and the second sensing volume are both in fluid communication with an exterior of the housing, the fluid port and porous membrane internally isolate the first sensing volume from the second sensing volume.

Abstract: A sensor for measuring a characteristic of a length of a pipeline, wherein the sensor comprises a sensor length arranged to extend helically along the pipeline length; and the sensor length extends parallel to a ridge extending radially from a layer of a wall of the pipeline length. A length of pipeline with an integrated sensor length may be constructed by bending a first strip of material into a helical form that comprises a first ridge; bending a second strip of material into a helical form, wherein the second strip of material comprises a second ridge; forming a tubular shape from the first and second strips of material, wherein the first strip of material at least partially surrounds the second strip of material, and the first ridge engages the second ridge; and wrapping a sensor length about the tubular shape.

Abstract: Detecting a leak from a site in a sealed system with a source of pressurized gas which is capable of passing through the site, a composition of matter which adheres to the surfaces of the system and which is capable of showing the presence of the gas escaping from the site. The method includes: injecting gas into the system to a pressure in excess of the surrounding pressure, and covering the external surface with the composition to identify the location of the site by the interaction of the escaping gas with the composition. The composition is foam that includes a surfactant which forms a least one bubble in the presence of escaping gas and an indicator which changes color in the presence of the escaping gas. The leak is an opening down to at least the size of a hole 0.001? in diameter. A gas detector may also be used.

Abstract: Gas bubble migration can be managed in liquids. In one example, a system can execute wellbore-simulation software to simulate changes in gas dissolution in a liquid over time. This may involve dividing the wellbore into segments spanning from the well surface to the downhole location, each segment spanning a respective depth increment between the well surface and the downhole location. Next, for each time, the system can determine a respective multiphase-flow regime associated with each segment of the plurality of segments based on a simulated pressure level, a simulated temperature, a simulated pipe eccentricity, and a simulated fluid velocity at the segment. The system can also determine how much of the gas is dissolved in the liquid at each segment based on the respective multiphase-flow regime at the segment. The system can display a graphical user interface representing the gas dissolution in the liquid over time.

Abstract: A sensor arrangement for measuring liquid height in a tank can include a housing, a transducer, and a couplant. The housing can have an interior and an aperture, the aperture placing the interior of the housing in communication with the environment external to the housing. The transducer can be seated within the aperture. The couplant can be mechanically connected to the transducer and can have a compressible couplant body. The couplant body can extend between the transducer and the external environment for transmitting an acoustic pulse from the transducer to a tank bottom for measuring height of a liquid overlaying the transducer.

Abstract: A pressure sensor for a brake booster includes a housing that receives a pressure sensor element and which has a first fluid connection, via which the pressure sensor can be connected to the brake booster. The housing has a second fluid connection with a receiving opening which at least partly receives a flow valve and a connection socket for a vacuum pump, wherein the flow valve releases the flow of fluid in the direction of the vacuum pump and blocks the flow of fluid in the opposite direction. The flow valve is designed as a membrane insert and is inserted into the receiving opening.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an asymmetric flow field-flow fractionation device (1) configured to separate a sample (8) of particles (12) dispersed in a liquid mobile phase (11), the device including a fractionation microchannel (2) comprising a sample inlet, a sample outlet, an auxiliary microchannel (3) comprising an auxiliary outlet, a semipermeable membrane (10) separating the fractionation microchannel (2) and the auxiliary microchannel (3), said membrane being permeable to liquid and being configured to maintain the particles (12) in said fractionation microchannel (2), the fractionation microchannel (2) being superimposed on the auxiliary microchannel (3), wherein the device (1) comprises two layers (19), each layer being with a microfabricated recess (14) which thickness (t) is less than 100IJm, the membrane (10) being mechanically held in between the two layers (19), the recesses (14) respectively defining the fractionation microchannel (2) and the auxiliary microchannel (3) on each side of the m

Abstract: An apparatus and method are disclosed for monitoring and/or detecting concentrations of a chemical precursor in a reaction chamber. The apparatus and method have an advantage of operating in a high temperature environment. An optical emissions spectrometer (OES) is coupled to a gas source, such as a solid source vessel, in order to monitor or detect an output of the chemical precursor to the reaction chamber. Alternatively, a small sample of precursor can be periodically monitored flowing into the OES and into a vacuum pump, thus bypassing the reaction chamber.