Abstract: A Process Energy Intensity Monitoring and Diagnostic System designed to evaluate the amount of energy input into a process and the resulting product output, and comparing the resulting energy intensity (energy per unit produced) calculation with a statistical average, or preferred value. Further, the system will isolate energy intensity data points that occur outside statistically derived upper or lower control limits. The system will collect information from specific equipment within a manufacturing or production process. This information will be transmitted to the central database that will store, calculate, and deliver real time and historical consumption, production, and energy intensity data to connected client devices. Client devices may include computers, smartphones, or web browsers.

Abstract: The plate-fin heat exchanger includes a first fluid pathway running along a first axis, a second fluid pathway running along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, and a blocker bar having an inlet face and an outlet face. The blocker bar inlet face coincides with a heat exchanger face. The blocker bar is at an inlet of the second fluid pathway and receives a second fluid. The outlet face of the blocker bar is at the inlet of the second fluid pathway. The blocker bar includes a set of spaced apart pores that extend from the inlet face to the outlet face.

Abstract: A Process Energy Intensity Monitoring and Diagnostic System designed to evaluate the amount of energy input into a process and the resulting product output, and comparing the resulting energy intensity (energy per unit produced) calculation with a statistical average, or preferred value. Further, the system will isolate energy intensity data points that occur outside statistically derived upper or lower control limits. The system will collect information from specific equipment within a manufacturing or production process. This information will be transmitted to the central database that will store, calculate, and deliver real time and historical consumption, production, and energy intensity data to connected client devices. Client devices may include computers, smartphones, or web browsers.

Abstract: A plate-fin heat exchanger adapted to reduce thermal fatigue is described. The plate-fin heat exchanger includes a cold fluid pathway running along a first axis, a hot fluid pathway running along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, and at least one porous blocker bar running along the first axis. The porous blocker bar includes a set of pores adapted to control the flow along the hot fluid pathway and coupled to an inlet of the hot fluid pathway.

Abstract: It has been found that dendritic cells can be prepared which cannot mature. These cells can provide signal 1 to T cells but cannot provide co-stimulatory signal 2. T cells which are stimulated by the permanently immature dendritic cells therefore anergise, so the dendritic cells are tolerogenic rather than immunogenic. The cells are generally CD40?ve, CD80?ve and CD86?ve, and remain so when stimulated by inflammatory mediators such as lipopolysaccharide. The cells can be prepared conveniently by the culturing adherent embryonic stem cells in the presence of GM-CSF.