Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a modified reactor system for creating coated particles of thermostable agents having reduced loss and improved coating uniformity due to avoidance of adherence of the particles to the reactor or to other particles. In certain embodiments, a reactor system includes a reactor vessel configured to receive particles of thermostable agents, and one or more agitating appendages or devices, including at least one of ultrasonic agitator, mechanical impactor, and low-frequency vibrator either directly connected or in fluid communication with the reactor system for sonicating, impacting, or vibrating a reactor vessel during the particle coating process. In some embodiments, the reactor system includes a gas phase dosing system configured to introduce alternating pulses of chemically gas phase materials into the reactor vessel to form a coating on the particles while continuously or intermittently agitating the reactor system.

Abstract: A semiconductor ceramic composition may include, as a main component, a BaTiO3-based compound according to the formula [BabCacSrsPbpRx][TitAaMnm]O3+z. R may represent at least one element selected from a group consisting of Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, and Yb. A may represent at least one element selected from a group consisting of V, Nb, and Ta. The variables b, c, s, p, x, t, a, m, and z may be defined as: b=1?c?s?p?x; 0<c+s+p<0.51; 0.490<b<0.999; 0.0<c<0.5; 0.0<s<0.5; 0.05<p<0.5; 0.001<x<0.01; 1.0001<(t+a+m)<1.011575; 0.9889<t<1.000375; 0.00010<a<0.0012; 0.0001<m<0.01; and 0.0001<z<0.01.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for predicting failure of an engineering asset based on real-time data. The system comprises a plurality of sensors for measuring data on the engineering asset. The method of predicting failure comprises receiving a data record comprising data on the engineering asset collected from the plurality of sensors at time t, generating, using a trained machine learning algorithm, a probability PF that the received data record indicates that the engineering asset is in a faulty state; determining what number of data records received in a look-back time Lt are indicative of the engineering asset being in a faulty state, wherein the look-back time Lt is a time period occurring before the time t at which the data record was collected; and predicting a probability of the engineering asset failing during a horizon time Ht, wherein the horizon time Ht is a time period after time t at which the data record was collected.

Abstract: A gas storage system is provided comprising a surface facility for gas production, and a storage vessel for storing pressurised gas from the surface facility, the gas being transferred from the storage vessel to the surface facility and/or a carrier vessel without substantial change in pressure, wherein the transfer is substantially driven by liquid displacement or elastomeric force.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system and method for detecting anomalous system behaviour. The system comprises a plurality of sensors and a trained autoencoder. The method of training comprises: obtaining training data and test data comprising multiple data records for at least one engineering asset which corresponds to the engineering asset whose behaviour is to be classified, wherein the data records comprise a plurality of sensor readings for the engineering asset; fitting the autoencoder to the obtained training data; running the test data through the encoder of the fitted autoencoder to obtain encodings of the test data; generating a plurality of data sets from the obtained encodings, wherein the generated plurality of data sets include under-represented data sets; cloning the fitted autoencoder to create a cloned autoencoder for each of the generated plurality of data sets; and aggregating the cloned autoencoders to form an over-arching autoencoder.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tube, in particular a heat exchanger tube for a heat exchanger, in which the tube comprises two components that are materially bonded to one another with an adhesive bond, which then encompass a tubular interior through which a coolant can flow. At least one of the components comprises an aluminum alloy of the class EN AW-5000, in particular AW-5005, AW-5005a, AW-5049, AW-5052, or AW-5754, containing 0.5% to 4% magnesium by weight. At least one of the components has a bonding agent layer that contains titanium (Ti) and zirconium, at least on its surface where the adhesive bond is formed.

Abstract: A lobe pump is provided. The lobe pump may include a housing having an inlet and an outlet for a medium to be pumped, at least one lobe mounted in the housing so as to be drivable and rotatable and which has at least two conveying vanes, and at least one sealing element per lobe mounted on a sealing body. The at least one sealing element runs over a contour of the at least one lobe during rotation of the at least one lobe and performs an outward travel movement from a minimum diameter of the at least one lobe to a maximum diameter of the at least one lobe and an inward travel movement from the maximum diameter of the at least one lobe to the minimum diameter of the at least one lobe on different sides of each of the at least two conveying vanes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a crosslinked unreinforced cellulose hydrate membrane crosslinked using at least two different crosslinking agents, to a method for the production thereof and to the use of the crosslinked unreinforced cellulose hydrate membrane according to the invention.

Abstract: The invention relates to a lobe pump with a. a housing (10), having an inlet (11) and an outlet (12) for the medium to be pumped, b. at least one lobe (20), which is mounted in the housing (10) so as to be drivable and rotatable and which has at least two conveying vanes (22) provided with a contour, which lobe conveys the medium to be delivered from the inlet (11) to the outlet (12), c. and one sealing element (30) per lobe (20), which is mounted on a sealing body (42) and runs over the contour of the lobe (20) during rotation of the lobe (20) and performs an outward travel movement from a minimum diameter of the lobe (20) to a maximum diameter of the lobe (20) and an inward travel movement from the maximum diameter of the lobe (20) to the minimum diameter of the lobe (20) on different sides of the conveying vanes (22), wherein d.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a crosslinked unreinforced cellulose hydrate membrane crosslinked using at least two different crosslinking agents, to a method for the production thereof and to the use of the crosslinked unreinforced cellulose hydrate membrane according to the invention.

Abstract: A thermoelectric module may include a fluid-tight housing having at least one thermoelectrically active element arranged therein. The at least one thermoelectrically active element may have a coating. The housing may form an outer encapsulation and the coating may form an inner encapsulation for the at least one thermoelectrically active element.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a first subunit of an HNB smoking article that comprises a rod-shaped body and a cavity arranged thereon, wherein a tubular body is arranged on and attached to one of the end faces of the rod-shaped body, such as via a cover strip attaching the tubular body to the rod-shaped body.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sulfated cellulose hydrate membrane, a method for the preparation thereof and the use of the membrane as adsorption membrane for the purification of viruses.

Abstract: A method for producing a thermoelectric converter may include equipping a substrate top side of an electrically conductive substrate with a first thermoelectrically active material and applying an electrically conductive upper conducting layer thereon, and equipping a substrate bottom side with a second thermoelectrically active material and applying an electrically conductive lower conducting layer thereon. The method may further include introducing a plurality of upper receptacles on the substrate top side and a plurality of lower receptacles on the substrate bottom side to produce an intermediate product. The method may additionally include applying an electrically conductive upper cover layer to an intermediate product top side and an electrically conductive lower cover layer to an intermediate product bottom side. The method may also include introducing a plurality of upper clearances on the intermediate product top side and a plurality of bottom clearances on the intermediate product bottom side.

Abstract: The invention relates to a thermoelectric module comprising a metal housing element and a ceramic layer that is applied to the metal housing element. The thermoelectric module further comprises an additional housing element arranged on the side of the metal housing element which is provided with the ceramic layer, the additional housing element and the metal housing element being joined to form a fluid-tight housing. The thermoelectric module finally comprises at least one thermoelectrically active material which is arranged inside the fluid-tight housing.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an analytical measuring and evaluation method for determining the interaction parameters between an analyte and a ligand, preferably in a biosensor. For example, a method is disclosed in which the concentration of the analyte is gradually changed at defined intervals ti and the initial association or dissociation rates or association and dissociation rate constants are determined. The disclosure further relates to a device for carrying out methods described in the disclosure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the separation of a mixture of a protein and its reaction product with a polyalkylene glycol, comprising the steps: a) providing a mixture comprising the protein and the reaction product in a fluid, b) bringing the mixture of step a) into contact with a microporous cellulose acetate membrane with adsorption of the reaction product onto the cellulose acetate membrane, the protein not becoming adsorbed onto the cellulose acetate membrane, c) removal of the protein from the cellulose acetate membrane, and d) desorbing the reaction product from the cellulose acetate membrane, the reaction product being selected from the group comprising the protein which is mono- or polyfunctionalized by the polyalkylene glycol, or mixtures thereof.

Abstract: A method for producing a thermoelectric module may include arranging a plurality of thermoelectric elements between a hot-side substrate and a cold-side substrate such that the plurality of thermoelectric elements are at a distance from one another, and electrically connecting the plurality of thermoelectric elements to one another by a plurality of conductor bridges. The method may also include providing a multi-layer reactive joining mechanism between at least one conductor bridge of the plurality of connector bridges and at least one of the hot-side substrate and the cold-side substrate. The method may further include activating an exothermic chemical reaction in the multi-layer reactive joining mechanism to release energy and form a substance-to-substance bond that joins the at least one conductor bridge and the at least one of the hot-side substrate and the cold-side substrate. The method may further include the multi-layer reactive joining mechanism forming an electrically insulating insulating layer.

Abstract: A method for the production of a heat exchanger is provided, particularly a sorption heat exchanger, in which several components of the heat exchanger have a ferrous based material, such as pipes, the pipes finishing the bottoms, and the bottoms and the pipes enclosing the housing components are coffered and then soldered. In one method, which reliably realizes the soldering of the joints with different widths, a brazing foil is introduced during the coffering of the components of the heat exchanger formed of steel or stainless steel between the joints of the components of the heat exchanger, and then the joints are filled with a low-melting solder and soldered without flux material.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a first subunit of a Heat Not Burn (HNB) smoking article, comprising a rod member and a cavity thereon; a tubular member is placed on and secured to one of the end faces of the rod member.