Abstract: A housing including a housing body and a housing lid, wherein the housing body has an opening and defines an inner space accessible through the opening. The housing body is metal and includes a cylindrical region on which the housing lid is placeable, wherein the housing lid and the cylindrical region are attachable without a screwed connection. A plastic ring is located in the opening and fitted at least sectionally to an inner edge of the face of the cylindrical region. The plastic ring is embodied so that a maximum overhang of the plastic ring at least sectionally extends beyond an outer contour defined by the cylindrical region, such that the housing lid is guided by the plastic ring when being placed on the cylindrical region.

Abstract: A modular field device which, in spite of a plastic housing, fulfills EMC requirements and is easy to manufacture includes a sensor module for determining a process variable. For the purpose of EMC-protection, a conductive enclosure is secured in an inner space of the housing and surrounds a first inner region. A first end region of the enclosure is oriented toward a passageway of the housing. An opposite, second end region of the enclosure is closed by a circuit board such that the inner region is electromagnetically shielded. Accordingly, also the evaluation module connected with the sensor module and serving for communication is EMC protected since it is arranged in the protected inner region on a surface of the circuit board facing the inner region.

Abstract: A system for making cementitious material, the system comprising: a raw material preparation subsystem; a raw material processing subsystem; a process atmosphere generation subsystem; and a reaction chamber subsystem. A method for making cementitious material, the method comprising: comminuting an input material; subjecting the input to a vapor-based synthesis; subjecting the input to a reaction atmosphere; producing an exhaust; processing the exhaust; and forming a carbonate product.

Abstract: The present invention relates to solvothermal vapor synthesis methods for the crystallization of a phase from a mixture of selected inorganic or organic precursors in an unsaturated vapor-phase reaction medium.

Abstract: The present invention relates to solvothermal vapor synthesis methods for the crystallization of a phase from a mixture of selected inorganic or organic precursors in an unsaturated vapor-phase reaction medium.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for low energy solvothermal vapor synthesis in an unsaturated vapor-phase reaction medium. By regulating the amount and pressure of carbon dioxide in the reaction medium, the product composition can be controlled.

Abstract: A robustly designed field device for determining a process variable comprises a plastics-based housing having an interior and a passageway that adjoins the interior along a device axis; an enclosure of an electrically conductive material secured in the interior and formed to surround a first electronics module at least radially relative to the device axis; a measuring device neck that is secured to the enclosure such that it is oriented in the direction of the device axis and in communication with the passageway; and a sensor for determining the process variable and arranged at a housing far end region of the measuring device neck. As a result of this construction, a wear susceptible securement between the plastics-based housing and the metal measuring device neck can be avoided.

Abstract: A field device having a non-metallic housing and electrical components accommodated in a Faraday cage includes an electrically conductive pin to ground the cage. For this purpose, the housing includes a bushing into which the pin can be inserted along an axis. The housing and the cup are arranged relative to each other such that the receiving region of the cup for the end of the pin is aligned with the bushing along the insertion axis. The field device includes an electrically conductive spring that resiliently encloses the end of the pin in the receiving region radially with respect to the insertion axis such that the pin is electrically contacted with the cup. A particular advantage of this design is that the pin cannot tilt during insertion despite any component tolerances of the cup or of the housing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to solvothermal vapor synthesis methods for the crystallization of a phase from a mixture of selected inorganic or organic precursors in an unsaturated vapor-phase reaction medium.

Abstract: The present invention relates to solvothermal vapor synthesis methods for the crystallization of a phase from a mixture of selected inorganic or organic precursors in an unsaturated vapor-phase reaction medium.

Abstract: The present invention relates to solvothermal vapor synthesis methods for the crystallization of a phase from a mixture of selected inorganic or organic precursors in an unsaturated vapor-phase reaction medium.

Abstract: Disclosed is a pixilated neutron detector including one or more pixel-cells defined by a plurality of perimeter walls, the pixel-cells including a cathode and an anode, the cathode being at least one wall of the pixel-cell, the cathode being lined with an interaction material, the anode disposed inside the pixel-cell, the cathode and anode structured to provide an electrical field within the pixel-cell to collect charged particles released by neutrons interacting with the interaction material lining, and a signal processing chain communicably coupled to each of the one or more pixel-cells to transmit a signal indicative of a neutron interaction event within the pixel-cell, the signal processing chain including analog signal processing electronics communicably coupled to digital signal processing electronics. In one embodiment inserts coated with interaction material are provided along the length of the anode to enhance the detector efficiency.

Abstract: Disclosed is a pixilated neutron detector including one or more pixel-cells defined by a plurality of perimeter walls, the pixel cells including a cathode and an anode, the cathode being at least one wall of the pixel-cell, the cathode being lined with an interaction material, the anode disposed inside the pixel-cell, the cathode and anode structured to provide an electrical field within the pixel-cell to collect charged particles released by neutrons interacting with the interaction material lining, and a signal processing chain communicably coupled to each of the one or more pixel cells to transmit a signal indicative of a neutron interaction event within the pixel-cell, the signal processing chain including analog signal processing electronics communicably coupled to digital signal processing electronics.

Abstract: Disclosed is a pixilated neutron detector including one or more pixel-cells defined by a plurality of perimeter walls, the pixel cells including a cathode and an anode, the cathode being at least one wall of the pixel-cell, the cathode being lined with an interaction material, the anode disposed inside the pixel-cell, the cathode and anode structured to provide an electrical field within the pixel-cell to collect charged particles released by neutrons interacting with the interaction material lining, and a signal processing chain communicably coupled to each of the one or more pixel cells to transmit a signal indicative of a neutron interaction event within the pixel-cell, the signal processing chain including analog signal processing electronics communicably coupled to digital signal processing electronics.