Abstract: A method to remove a metals impurity from a petroleum feedstock for use in a power generating process is provided. The method comprising the steps of mixing a heated feedstock with a heated water stream in a mixing device to produce a mixed stream; introducing the mixed stream to a supercritical water reactor in the absence of externally provided hydrogen and externally provided oxidizing agent to produce a reactor effluent comprising a refined petroleum portion; cooling the reactor effluent to produce a cooled stream; feeding the cooled stream to a rejecter configured to separate a sludge fraction to produce a de-sludged stream; reducing the pressure of the de-sludged stream to produce a depressurized product; separating the depressurized product to produce a gas phase product and a liquid product; separating the liquid product to produce a petroleum product, having a reduced asphaltene content, reduced concentration of metals impurity, and reduced sulfur.

Abstract: A process for reducing coke formation during hydrocarbon upgrading reactions using a double-wall reactor comprising the steps of feeding a heated feed water to a shell-side volume of the double-wall reactor to produce a heat transfer stream, the double-wall reactor comprising an exterior wall and an interior wall, a reaction section volume, a heating element configured to heat the heat transfer stream, wherein heat is transferred from the heat transfer stream to the reaction section volume, feeding the hot water return exiting the shell-side volume through a filter; mixing the filtered water stream with a heated hydrocarbon feedstock; feeding the mixed stream to the reaction section volume in a configuration counter-current to the heat transfer stream; reacting the reaction flow stream at a reaction temperature, wherein the heat transferred to the reaction section volume is operable to maintain the reaction temperature above the critical temperature of water.

Abstract: A process for producing aromatics from a hydrocarbon source in the presence of supercritical water comprising the steps of mixing a pressurized, pre-heated water stream with a pressurized, pre-heated petroleum feedstock, the pressurized, pre-heated water stream at a pressure above the critical pressure of water and a temperature above the critical temperature of water, feeding the combined stream to a supercritical water reactor to create a modified stream, cooling and depressurizing the modified stream, separating the depressurized stream in a vapor-liquid separator, condensing the vapor stream, separating the condensed stream into a water recovery stream and a light product recovery stream, extracting the aromatics from the light product recovery stream, depressurizing the liquid stream, separating the depressurized liquid stream in a heavy separator into an upgraded product stream, and recycling part of the upgraded product stream to the pressurized, pre-heated petroleum feedstock as a product recycle.

Abstract: A method for upgrading a petroleum feedstock using a supercritical water petroleum upgrading system includes introducing the petroleum feedstock, water and an auxiliary feedstock. The method includes operating the system to combine the petroleum feedstock and the water to form a mixed petroleum feedstock and introducing separately and simultaneously into a lower portion of an upflowing supercritical water reactor. The auxiliary feedstock is introduced such that a portion of a fluid contained within the upflowing reactor located proximate to the bottom does not lack fluid momentum. An embodiment of the method includes operating the supercritical water petroleum upgrading system such that the upflowing reactor product fluid is introduced into an upper portion of a downflowing supercritical water reactor. The supercritical water petroleum upgrading system includes the upflowing supercritical water reactor and optionally a downflowing supercritical water reactor.

Abstract: A process for reducing coke formation during hydrocarbon upgrading reactions using a double-wall reactor comprising the steps of feeding a heated feed water to a shell-side volume of the double-wall reactor to produce a heat transfer stream, the double-wall reactor comprising an exterior wall and an interior wall, a reaction section volume, a heating element configured to heat the heat transfer stream, wherein heat is transferred from the heat transfer stream to the reaction section volume, feeding the hot water return exiting the shell-side volume through a filter; mixing the filtered water stream with a heated hydrocarbon feedstock; feeding the mixed stream to the reaction section volume in a configuration counter-current to the heat transfer stream; reacting the reaction flow stream at a reaction temperature, wherein the heat transferred to the reaction section volume is operable to maintain the reaction temperature above the critical temperature of water.

Abstract: An adaptive interference cancellation apparatus for cancelling a side lobe between neighboring cells installed in a repeater and capable of improving quality of a communication signal and preventing frequent handover by maintaining a serving base station signal among repeater signals and cancelling an interference signal from a neighboring cell is provided.

Abstract: A process for producing aromatics from a hydrocarbon source in the presence of supercritical water comprising the steps of mixing a pressurized, pre-heated water stream with a pressurized, pre-heated petroleum feedstock, the pressurized, pre-heated water stream at a pressure above the critical pressure of water and a temperature above the critical temperature of water, feeding the combined stream to a supercritical water reactor to create a modified stream, cooling and depressurizing the modified stream, separating the depressurized stream in a vapor-liquid separator, condensing the vapor stream, separating the condensed stream into a water recovery stream and a light product recovery stream, extracting the aromatics from the light product recovery stream, depressurizing the liquid stream, separating the depressurized liquid stream in a heavy separator into an upgraded product stream, and recycling part of the upgraded product stream to the pressurized, pre-heated petroleum feedstock as a product recycle.

Abstract: Provided is a method for controlling a time division duplexing (TDD) Tx/Rx switching timing in a cloud radio access network (CRAN) that can finely control a switching timing between transmission and reception of TDD signals with an additional component added to a digital unit (DU) and a radio unit (RU) in the CRAN.

Abstract: A device for maintaining synchronization of a plurality of FPGAs which can easily and precisely maintain the synchronization of the plurality of FPGAs in a device in which two or more FPGAs are interactively connected and operated is provided. The device is included in each of the plurality of FPGAs, and includes a trigger signal generator configured to generate an internal trigger signal itself; a trigger multiplexer configured to select one of the internal trigger signal generated by the trigger signal generator and a trigger signal input from the outside; a delay signal generator including a plurality of stages of flip-flops, each of the plurality of stages of flip-flops configured to delay the trigger signal by one clock cycle; and a synchronization multiplexer configured to select and output one of output signals of the plurality of stages of flip-flops of the delay signal generator.

Abstract: Long Term Evolution (LTE) cell detecting apparatus includes a secondary synchronization signal (SSS) reference signal generating unit for generating reference signals of all SSSs included in a specific subframe, a memory for storing a reference phase difference sequence with respect to the reference signal of the SSS generated, a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) operation unit for performing an FFT operation with respect to a received radio signal to output a primary synchronization signal (PSS) and an SSS, a time synchronization acquisition unit for acquiring LTE time synchronization by the PSS output from the FFT operation unit, and a cell detection unit for detecting an LTE cell by the time synchronization information acquired by the time synchronization acquisition unit and a correlation between a phase difference sequence of a received SSS output from the FFT operation unit and the reference phase difference sequence stored in the memory.

Abstract: Provided is a method for compressing and decompressing I/Q sample data in a cloud radio access network (CRAN) that uses a fixed compression ratio and also determines a bit to be removed according a magnitude of an absolute value of the I/Q sample data when the I/Q sample data transmitted and received between a digital unit (DU) and an radio unit (RU) in the CRAN is compressed and decompressed. A method for compressing I/Q sample data in the CRAN includes: calculating absolute values of all sample data in each unit block, the unit block being a basic unit of compression; determining an SMAX, the SMAX being sample data having a maximum of the absolute values; extracting sample data by a predetermined number of bits; coding information about the number of bits removed from high-order or low-order bits; and adding a sign bit before or after coding the information.

Abstract: A process for upgrading an oil stream by mixing the oil stream with a water stream and subjecting it to conditions that are at or above the supercritical temperature and pressure of water. The process further includes cooling and a subsequent alkaline extraction step. The resulting thiols and hydrogen sulfide gas can be isolated from the product stream, resulting in an upgraded oil stream that is a higher value oil having low sulfur, low nitrogen, and low metallic impurities as compared to the oil stream.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preparing a lithium-metal composite oxide, the method comprising the steps of: (a) mixing an aqueous solution of one or more transition metal-containing precursor compounds with an alkalifying agent and a lithium precursor compound to precipitate hydroxides of the transition metals; (b) mixing the mixture of step (a) with water under supercritical or subcritical conditions to synthesize a lithium-metal composite oxide, and drying the lithium-metal composite oxide; and (c) subjecting the dried lithium-metal composite oxide either to calcination or to granulation and then calcination. Also disclosed are an electrode comprising the lithium-metal composite oxide, and an electrochemical device comprising the electrode. In the disclosed invention, a lithium-metal composite oxide synthesized based on the prior supercritical hydrothermal synthesis method is subjected either to calcination or to granulation and then calcination.

Abstract: There is disclosed a base station apparatus having a cloud radio access network (CRAN) structure. The base station apparatus includes a digital unit (DU) that includes a baseband processing unit for processing signals of a baseband, a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) operation unit that converts baseband signals of a time domain into signals of a frequency domain, an Inverse FFT (IFFT) operation unit that converts signals of a frequency domain into signals of a time domain, and a radio unit (RU) that processes radio signals with respect to a terminal, and transmits and receives the processed signals, wherein the FFT operation unit and the IFFT operation unit are provided in the RU to reduce an amount of transmission and reception data between the DU and the RU.

Abstract: There is disclosed a Long Term Evolution (LTE) cell detecting apparatus in a multi-cell environment that may efficiently detect an LTE cell even in a multi-cell environment where interference occurs between adjacent cells.

Abstract: A method of compressing In-phase/Quadrature (I/Q) data transmitted and received between a Digital Unit (DU) and a Radio Unit (RU) in a Cloud Radio Access Network (CRAN) structure is disclosed. The method includes (a) calculating a minimum value DiMSB among meaningless higher-order bit digits Di,jMSB with respect to each of j-th I/Q samples having a predetermined resolution among i-th unit blocks that are units of compression, and (b) transmitting each of the samples after each of the samples is converted into a binary number and DiMSB number of higher-order bits, excluding a sign bit, are removed.

Abstract: This present invention generally relates to a process for upgrading and desulfurizing crude oil using supercritical water. In general, the invention provides a process for removal of contaminants from a crude oil stream by mixing the crude oil stream with supercritical water and then filtering out the precipitated solid compounds that result from mixing the crude oil stream with supercritical water.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lithium-containing metal composite oxide comprising paramagnetic and diamagnetic metals, which satisfies any one of the following conditions: (a) the ratio of intensity between a main peak of 0±10 ppm (I0ppm) and a main peak of 240±140 ppm (I240ppm), (I0ppm/I240ppm), is less than 0.117·Z wherein z is the ratio of moles of the diamagnetic metal to moles of lithium; (b) the ratio of line width between the main peak of 0±10 ppm (I0ppm) and the main peak of 240±140 ppm (I240ppm), (W240ppm/W0ppm), is less than 21.45; and (c) both the conditions (a) and (b). The peaks of the lithium-containing metal composite oxide are obtained according to the 7Li—NMR measurement conditions and means disclosed herein.

Abstract: A process for upgrading an oil stream by mixing the oil stream with a water stream and subjecting it to conditions that are at or above the supercritical temperature and pressure of water. The process further includes cooling and a subsequent alkaline extraction step. The resulting thiols and hydrogen sulfide gas can be isolated from the product stream, resulting in an upgraded oil stream that is a higher value oil having low sulfur, low nitrogen, and low metallic impurities as compared to the oil stream.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preparing a metal oxide solid solution in nano size. The metal oxide solid solution is prepared by reacting a reactant mixture containing water and at least two water-soluble metal compounds at 200 to 700° C. under a pressure of 180 to 550 bar in a continuous manner, wherein the reactant mixture contains the metal compounds at an amount of 0.01 to 30% by weight in total and the solid solution has a crystallite size of 1 to 1,000 nm. The metal oxide solid solution is, in particular suitable as a UV light shielding agent or as an oxygen storage component.