Abstract: Method, computer system and program for processing over the telephone net bets and games of chance including placements of bets and winning requests, comprising: a data base; call distribution means (ACD) connected to the telephone net for receiving incoming calls and distributing to a plurality of processing queues (Q1-QK), and a number N of listening and speaking terminals (P1-PM) connected to M first processing queues (Q); means (ASR1-ASRN) for evaluating a caller identification of a caller, a number N of speech recognition modules connected to N second processing queues (Q) for converting one or more bet placements of the caller into a machine processable set of data and storing it in the data bank together with the caller identity, and\ a selective evaluation device (ASRi, S) connected to the call distribution means (ACD) and, dependent of the input selection by the caller, controls the caller recognition means (ACD) to direct the call to a speech recognition module (ASR) in case placement of

Abstract: In an electric generating arrangement for a motor vehicle driven by an internal combustion engine, a fuel cell is provided to generate electric energy for operating electric consuming devices. For supplying the fuel cell with fuel, hydrogen gas is cracked from the liquid fuel for the internal combustion engine, and the remaining fuel constituents are either burnt directly in the internal combustion engine, or returned as a liquid condensate into the fuel tank.

Abstract: In an electric generating arrangement for a motor vehicle driven by an internal combustion engine, a fuel cell is provided to generate electric energy for operating electric consuming devices. For supplying the fuel cell with fuel, hydrogen gas is cracked from the liquid fuel for the internal combustion engine, and the remaining fuel constituents are either burnt directly in the internal combustion engine, or returned as a liquid condensate into the fuel tank.

Abstract: A process for the ignition of a regenerative soot filter adapted to be ignited in which the temperature, respectively, heat quantity necessary for the ignition of the filter is produced by charging a storage container located ahead of the soot filter or in connection with the soot filter which contains a hydride-forming alloy or a hydride-forming material. The necessary hydrogen is taken from a second storage container with a different alloy storing hydrogen, which is brought to a temperature by the exhaust gases so that a sufficient hydrogen pressure results therefrom. After the ignition, the second storage container is cooled off and the hydrogen is again conducted from the first storage container heated by the exhaust gases back into the second storage container so that the ignition operation can be repeated with renewed heating of the second storage container.

Abstract: A method of preheating vehicles equipped with internal combustion engines involves the utilization of the heat released when hydrogen is combined with a high-temperature hydride-forming material contained within a high-temperature reservoir. The high-temperature reservoir contains a sufficient quantity of low-temperature reservoir hydride-forming material that when hydrogen is added from a low-temperature reservoir to the high-temperature reservoir, the quantity of heat which is initially released by the low-temperature hydride-forming material is sufficient to raise the high-temperature reservoir hydride-forming material also contained in the high-temperature reservoir to the reaction temperatures required for absorption of hydrogen and the release of heat.

Abstract: A heating power plant and a process for operating the power plant with the power plant containing a thermal power installation for producing mechanical motive energy for driving an energy supply device as well as waste heat which may be utlized for heating purposes in the power plant. The thermal power installation may be shut down or operated at slight partial loads during periods of low energy needs with hydrogen being introduced into a metal hydride storage device which is capable of absorbing hydrogen. At times of higher energy need the thermal power installation is kept in operation under greater load conditions and hydrogen is removed from a metal hydride storage device which is capable of releasing such hydrogen. The release enthalpy required for releasing the hydrogen is provided by waste heat from the thermal power installation or by ambient air.

Abstract: A metal hydride storage device with a hydrogenatable storage metal powder and with an encapsulation of non-hydrogenatable material receiving the storage metal powder; the storage metal powder with a substantially uniformly distributed addition of about 2 to 10% by weight of powder-shaped non-hydrogenatable material forming a matrix powder, is contained in the encapsulation as form-rigid compressed or sintered body.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for at least partially recovering the exhaust heat of combustion operations in which hydrogen is used at least partially during the combustion, which is stored in the form of metal hydride in a metal storage device and is released therefrom by a supply of heat energy. Exhaust heat of the combustion is supplied to the metal hydride for the release of the hydrogen while the metal storage device freed at least to a large extent of the hydrogen is utilized as storage device of latently bound heat energy whose heat energy is utilized, such latently bound heat energy being released during the filling of the metal storage device with hydrogen into metal hydride.

Abstract: A thermally stressed heat-conducting structural part with a temperature gradient that forms during operation, in which at least one layer of metal hydride is embedded in a hydrogen-impervious and heat-conducting manner transversely to the temperature gradient.

Abstract: The passenger compartment of a motor vehicle operated at least partially on hydrogen may be heated after the engine is shut off by using a LT/HT hydride combination reservoir as the hydride reservoir for the vehicle. The heat capacity of the reservoir, present after the engine is shut off or produced by charging the HT reservoir with hydrogen from the LT reservoir, is supplied at least partially to the passenger compartment.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for cooling the interior of a motor vehicle which motor vehicle is powered at least in part by hydrogen liberated from a hydride. Cooling of the interior such as the passenger compartment or cargo area is achieved by using the heat of the interior to supply at least part of the heat necessary for heating the hydride to liberate hydrogen. The apparatus includes, in combination with the interior of a vehicle a hydride container and heat transfer mechanism for transferring the heat of the interior to the hydride container thus cooling the interior.

Abstract: A contactless switch element for electric currents, which is constructed as a hydrogen-diffusion-impervious but electrically non-conductive, encapsulated metal adapted to be reversibly hydrogenated or dehydrogenated.

Abstract: A method for separating deuterium from hydrogen in which the gaseous mixture of deuterium and hydrogen is brought into contact with TiNi, Ti.sub.2 Ni or a mixture of these alloys and after a delay sufficient for the absorption of hydrogen in the metal alloy, the non-absorbed residual gas is separated from the metal alloy.