Abstract: A computer-based growing simulation method and system is adaptable for a game and particularly a role playing game that reflects the growth of a selected role. In the game, the system will generate many different events such as simulated environments. Each simulated environment includes simulated lifelike objects (such as views or things) and conditions or selection items for the role to behave. Each condition or selection item links or relates to a selected object. The growth journeys are shown through the role's progress in the game. The game does not progress in a fixed path or rounds format, but is determined by the behavior of the role in the game. The role's growth status is indicated by a set of corresponding parameter groups. The parameter groups will change and accumulate according to the role's growth journey. Variations of the parameter groups will reflect the player's growth journey and feelings in the real world.

Abstract: A system for monitoring and modifying the quality and temperature of air within a conditioned space includes a blower unit, an optional damper unit for selectively admitting outside air into the conditioned space, a temperature moderating unit and a control unit. The control unit includes a thermostat and conventional temperature control apparatus for selectively activating the temperature moderating unit to maintain the desired temperature in the conditioned space. The control unit also incorporates CO2 concentration measuring and control apparatus which employs a small CO2 sensor. The CO2 sensor includes upper and lower electrodes with an intermediate solid electrolyte. A voltage having a cyclic waveform is applied across the upper and lower electrodes, and the current through the CO2 sensor is read at at least one predetermined voltage representing a CO2 peak. The measured current is representative of the CO2 concentration.

Abstract: A cooling and heating apparatus using a thermoelectric module, in which the thermoelectric module, a heat emitting member and a heat conducting block are integrated into a single unit, to improve the performance and durability of the thermoelectric module. The cooling and heating apparatus includes a thermoelectric module. The heat emitting member is attached to a first surface of the thermoelectric module. The heat conducting block is attached to a second surface of the thermoelectric module. The heat absorbing member is attached to the heat conducting block. A cover integrates the thermoelectric module and the heat conducting block into the single unit by fixedly covering side surfaces of the thermoelectric module and the heat conducting block and a part of an inner surface of the heat emitting member.

Abstract: An oil separator including a shell (50) with a cylindrical section and a taper section which narrows in a downward direction and which is formed as an integral part at the bottom of the cylindrical section, an outlet pipe (51) which is inserted through the top of the shell so that the central axis of the outlet pipe coincides with the central axis of the shell, a discharge pipe (52) connected to an opening provided at the bottom of the taper section, and an inlet pipe (53) connected tangentially to the inner surface of the cylindrical section for introducing a gas liquid two phase flow into the shell, wherein the distance between the shell opening (50a) and the tip (51a) of the outlet pipe inside the shell is at least 5 times the inside diameter of the inlet pipe (53).

Abstract: The subject invention pertains to a method and apparatus for high heat flux heat transfer. The subject invention can be utilized to transfer heat from a heat source to a coolant such that the transferred heat can be effectively transported to another location. Examples of heat sources from which heat can be transferred from include, for example, fluids and surfaces. The coolant to which the heat is transferred can be sprayed onto a surface which is in thermal contact with the heat source, such that the coolant sprayed onto the surface in thermal contact with the heat absorbs heat from the surface and carries the absorbed heat away as the coolant leaves the surface. The surface can be, for example, the surface of an interface plate in thermal contact with the heat source or a surface integral with the heat source. The coolant sprayed onto the surface can initially be a liquid and remain a liquid after absorbing the heat, or can in part or in whole be converted to a gas or vapor after absorbing the heat.

Abstract: An accumulator having an improved baffle connection and a related method of interlocking an outlet tube and baffle within annular grooves of a passage of an enclosure to prevent blow by of liquid refrigerant fluid past the baffle connection. The baffle includes a cylindrical extension having a mounting passage through which an outlet tube extends. The cylindrical extension and outlet tube extend into the passage of the enclosure and are engaged within one or more of the annular grooves of the enclosure to interlock the baffle and outlet tube to the enclosure. The enclosure preferably includes a puck having the passage therethrough, where the puck is inserted into a canister and then welded thereto.

Abstract: A multi-stage compression refrigeration apparatus (10) includes a compressor having a first stage low-pressure compression means (32) and a second stage high-pressure compression means (34), a condenser (1), a first decompression means (3), an intercooler (6), a second decompression means (7), and an evaporator (8). The refrigerant discharged from the condenser (1) is diverted into first and second parts, with the first part passed to the intercooler (6) via the first decompression means (3) while the second part is passed to the evaporator (8) via the second decompressor (7). The refrigerant passed to the second decompressor (7) undergoes heat exchange with the intercooler (6). The refrigerant discharged from the evaporator (8) is fed to the low-pressure compression means (32). The refrigerant discharged from the intercooler (6) is fed to the high-pressure compression means (34) together with the refrigerant discharged from the low-pressure compression means.

Abstract: The present invention is a virtual reality game controller that is shaped like a weapon such as a rifle, pistol or shotgun. The controller has at least one multiaxis controller that is actuated by movement part of the weapon, for example its forearm also has a plurality of switch controls that are positioned on the weapon to control movement and actions and attributes of a VR game character within the VR game space without interrupting the playing of the game.

Abstract: To provide a refrigerating unit using ammonia as a refrigerant, which uses a lubricant that is excellent in the compatibility with an ammonia refrigerant as well as in the lubricity and the stability.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for cooling an electric motor is provided. The enclosure is adapted to house the internal components of an electric motor and protect the internal components of the electric motor from an external environment. The enclosure can be the actual shell of an electric motor or a separate housing. A thermoelectric cooling device is disposed between the interior of the enclosure and the external environment. An electric current is delivered to the thermoelectric cooling device to facilitate the transfer of heat from the enclosure interior to the external environment, thereby cooling the enclosure interior.

Abstract: A purging device for a system accumulating condensable and non-condensable gases. The purging device comprises: a purge tank; apparatus receiving the condensable and non-condensable gases from the system and directing said gases into the purge tank; apparatus condensing the non-condensable gases into a condensed form; apparatus accumulating the non-condensable gases in a header space; apparatus returning the condensed gases from the purge tank to the system; apparatus controllably removing the accumulated non-condensable gases from the header space; and apparatus generating controlled flow in the condensable and non-condensable gases.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a solenoid valve supporter of Kim-chi refrigerator that guarantees the original functions of the solenoid valve with very simplified structure for mounting a plurality of solenoid valves by positioning every solenoid valve corresponding to the evaporators on one supporter body with the same intervals and flowing and emitting the refrigerants into the plurality of solenoid valves through the supporter. The Kim-chi refrigerator comprise a solenoid valve supporter S for supporting the plurality of solenoid valves S1, S2, and S3 every corresponding to the plurality of evaporator 17.

Abstract: A video game control adapter includes a reception adapter that attaches to a connector of a video game device that displays a game image on a video display; and a transmission adapter that transmits a control signal toward the reception adapter when a switch built into a toy to which the transmission adapter attaches is switched ON.

Abstract: A refrigerating compressor control circuit installed in a refrigerator and connected between AC power supply and the compressor motor of the refrigerator and adapted for controlling the operation of the compressor motor, the refrigerating compressor control circuit including a CPU (central processing unit), a current phase detector, a voltage phase detector, a trigger circuit having a TRIAC, a voltage level detector, a high current detector, a low current detector, an input filter, and an output filter. The CPU starts the compressor motor a length of time delay after a sudden shutdown, preventing damage to the compressor motor due to high pressure of cooling agent, and controls the output voltage value subject to the status of the load at the compressor motor.

Abstract: Disclosed is an air conditioning system and method employing at least two compressors so as to improve the refrigeration efficiency, in which expansion of a refrigerant in an expansion section is controlled according to a used state of the compressors depending on a refrigeration load, so that a general performance of the system can be improved. In the air conditioning system and method, measurement of the changes in the flowing quantity and the pressure of the refrigerant, which is necessary in order to control the opening state of the expansion section, can be executed by sensing and comparing the temperatures at the outlet port of the evaporation section and at the inlet port of the compression section, which show a temperature difference according to the flowing quantity and the pressure of the refrigerant. Therefore, the air conditioning system and method of the present invention achieves a simple construction, which can be easily assembled and enables the manufacturing cost to be reduced.

Abstract: A motor-driven compressor according to the present invention is formed with a housing that contains a compression portion and a motor for compressing refrigerant. The compressor housing further is provided with a suction housing for introducing the refrigerant. A capacitor is provided for smoothing a current that is supplied from a power source to the motor. The capacitor is in contact with the suction housing. In such motor-driven compressors, because the capacitor is in contact with the suction housing, heat transfer from the capacitor to the housing may effectively be facilitated. In further embodiments of the present invention, the capacitors may be disposed on various portions of the suction housing and in various orientations relative to an axial direction of the motor-driven compressor. These selected orientations reduce the dimensions of the motor-driven compressor.

Abstract: A computer controlled virtual battlefield simulator system that calculates virtual strikes on a playing field, such as a paintball playing field, that can eliminate players of the game by informing them via wireless communications that they have been eliminated from play. The system also tracks player movements on the field, the amount of virtual supplies and virtual support services the players and teams have in their possession. A player's equipment may include a wireless Tracking and Elimination Device that is carried on the person and is used to communicate with the computer system. Portable Arming Devices are located on the objectives for the players to arm, disarm, or repair the objective using their Tracking and Elimination Devices.

Abstract: A vertically oriented refrigerant valve in a refrigeration cycle for substantially reducing vapor bubbles mass in a liquid refrigerant flow and providing a flow modulating and shutoff function. The valve includes an outer shell having a horizontal fluid inlet perpendicular to a vertical axis passing through an inner tubular member positioned inside the outer shell and having a vertical fluid outlet at a distal end, and a condensation chamber formed between the inside surface of the outer shell and the outer surface of the inner tubular member for collecting and condensing rising vapor bubbles from the inlet refrigerant. While the vapor bubbles portion of the refrigerant is collected in the chamber, the liquid passes through a plurality of passageways through the lower portion of the inner tubular member. A slide tube selectively closes and opens one or more of the passageways to control refrigerant flow through the passageways to precisely match the instantaneous needs of the refrigeration system.

Abstract: A method for the recovery of hydrogen and one or more hydrocarbons having one or more carbon atoms from a feed gas containing hydrogen and the one or more hydrocarbons, which process comprises cooling and partially condensing the feed gas to provide a partially condensed feed; separating the partially condensed feed to provide a first liquid stream enriched in the one or more hydrocarbons and a first vapor stream enriched in hydrogen; further cooling and partially condensing the first vapor stream to provide an intermediate two-phase stream; and separating the intermediate two-phase stream to yield a further-enriched hydrogen stream and a hydrogen-depleted residual hydrocarbon stream. Some or all of the cooling is provided by indirect heat exchange with cold gas refrigerant generated in a closed-loop gas expander refrigeration cycle.

Abstract: A standard refrigeration pressure regulating valve limits the minimum temperature produced by a refrigeration process, which uses a refrigerant mixture including at least two components whose normal boiling points differ by at least 50C. Limiting the lowest temperature prevents freezout of the individual refrigerant.