Abstract: A communication device (100) that operates as a management node in a first zone being a management domain on a network, the communication device (100) including: a communication unit (110) that executes communication with another node; and a control unit (130) that controls communication executed by the communication unit (110), in which the control unit (130) operates such that, when having received, from a user, a request regarding an application that chains one or more application functions (AFs) to act on a packet flowing in the network, the control unit (130) acquires information regarding the application from a second zone being a management domain other than the first zone, and then calculates a deployment destination of the AFs in the network including the first zone and the second zone based on the information.

Abstract: A current sensor is provided on a bus bar via which a reactor is connected to a power module. The reactor is separated from the current sensor by a partition made of metal having a magnetic shielding effect. An output terminal of the reactor is provided on either one of a surface of the reactor on a first side and a surface of the reactor on a second side, the first side being farther from a mounting surface of a power converter across a plane passing through the center of the reactor, the second side being closer to the mounting surface from the plane.

Abstract: A current sensor is provided on a bus bar via which a reactor is connected to a power module. The reactor is separated from the current sensor by a partition made of metal having a magnetic shielding effect. An output terminal of the reactor is provided on either one of a surface of the reactor on a first side and a surface of the reactor on a second side, the first side being farther from a mounting surface of a power converter across a plane passing through the center of the reactor, the second side being closer to the mounting surface from the plane.

Abstract: A fuel cell unit, includes: a fuel cell stack having a coolant channel inside where coolant flows in one direction, and having a first surface parallel to a direction in which the coolant channel extends; a boost converter disposed across a gap from the first surface without being partitioned by a heat shielding member, the boost converter including a current sensor and a capacitor disposed following the first surface; and a case that accommodates the fuel cell stack and the boost converter in a same space, wherein at least one of the current sensor and the capacitor is disposed on an upstream side from a middle of the coolant channel, in the direction in which the coolant channel extends.

Abstract: An electrical device is provided. The electrical device includes a case, a first electrical part, a second electrical part, and a connecting portion. The case includes a first case and a second case coupled to the first case. The first electrical part is fixed to the first case. The second electrical part is fixed to the second case. The connecting portion is configured to connect a first conductor extending from the first electrical part and a second conductor extending from the second electrical part each other. Either one of the first case and the second case includes a through hole. The connecting portion is disposed so as to be entirely visible from the through hole as viewed from an outside of the case.

Abstract: A power conversion device includes a case including an upper case and a lower case; an inverter that is accommodated in a first partial case and is fixed to the first partial case, the first partial case being one of the upper case and the lower case; and a capacitor that is connected to the inverter by a positive electrode bus bar and a negative electrode bus bar, the capacitor being disposed in an internal space of a second partial case that is another of the upper case and the lower case. The first partial case includes a fastening portion that extends from an internal space of the first partial case to the internal space of the second partial case. In the internal space of the second partial case, the capacitor is fastened to the fastening portion.

Abstract: A power conversion device includes a case including an upper case and a lower case; an inverter that is accommodated in a first partial case and is fixed to the first partial case, the first partial case being one of the upper case and the lower case; and a capacitor that is connected to the inverter by a positive electrode bus bar and a negative electrode bus bar, the capacitor being disposed in an internal space of a second partial case that is another of the upper case and the lower case. The first partial case includes a fastening portion that extends from an internal space of the first partial case to the internal space of the second partial case. In the internal space of the second partial case, the capacitor is fastened to the fastening portion.

Abstract: An electrical device is provided. The electrical device includes a case, a first electrical part, a second electrical part, and a connecting portion. The case includes a first case and a second case coupled to the first case. The first electrical part is fixed to the first case. The second electrical part is fixed to the second case. The connecting portion is configured to connect a first conductor extending from the first electrical part and a second conductor extending from the second electrical part each other. Either one of the first case and the second case includes a through hole. The connecting portion is disposed so as to be entirely visible from the through hole as viewed from an outside of the case.

Abstract: A conveying apparatus includes a circulation track and a plurality of travelers movable along the circulation track under a control of a controller for conveying articles. If no preceding article-conveying traveler exists on the front side of one of the travelers planned for receiving and conveying the article detected by a detection section, the planned traveler serves as a no-article conveying traveler, and the other traveler located adjacent the planned traveler serves as an article conveying traveler.

Abstract: A conveying apparatus includes a circulation track and a plurality of travelers movable along the circulation track under a control of a controller for conveying articles. If no preceding article-conveying traveler exists on the front side of one of the travelers planned for receiving and conveying the article detected by a detection section, the planned traveler serves as a no-article conveying traveler, and the other traveler located adjacent the planned traveler serves as an article conveying traveler.

Abstract: A state of a ballast water treatment system of a ship detected by a variety of sensors is monitored by transmitting it to a control means provided with a data storage/transmission means. The control means transmits from a satellite communication means to a satellite communication means on the receiving side via a communication satellite, and a host computer receives it. The host computer analyzes and monitors information from the various sensors S1 to S6 and sends back an optimal operation state, which is received by the satellite communication means on the ship side via the communication satellite, and the control means maintains an operation of the ballast water treatment system based on instructions from the host computer. According to the remote monitoring device for a ballast water treatment system as above, the ballast water treatment system can be monitored and controlled from remote.

Abstract: This method entails: collecting in advance untreated ballast water to which a chlorine-based active substance has not been added; measuring in advance the turbidity of the untreated ballast water; and adding a chlorine-based active substance with an adding amount determined on the basis of the turbidity. The amount of the chlorine-based active substance to be added is set according to the turbidity such that the concentration of total residual oxidants (TRO) is 0.5-3 mg/L (asCl2) when the ballast water is discharged.

Abstract: A ships' ballast water treatment agent is obtained by blending phosphate and sodium hydroxide into a hypochlorite solution and has pH of 10 to 13. A blending amount of phosphate is preferably such that a weight ratio of effective chlorine to phosphate acid (PO4) (effective chlorine:phosphate acid) is 30:1 to 2:1. A ships' ballast water treatment agent as such has excellent performance in killing bacteria and microorganisms, such as plankton, included in ships' ballast water and has stability and an anticorrosion property.

Abstract: A loss of heat that can be recovered in a heat recovery steam generator is eliminated, whereby a combined cycle electric power generation plant with high heat recovery efficiency is provided. A combined cycle electric power generation plant is adopted that includes a heat recovery steam generator 30 that generates steam for driving a steam turbine 20 using heat of exhaust gas of a gas turbine 10, a cooling air cooler 71 that causes high-pressure feed water supplied from a low-pressure economizer 37 of the heat recovery steam generator 30 and compressed air for turbine cooling extracted from a compressor 11 of the gas turbine 10 to perform heat exchange to heat the high-pressure feed water to thereby cool the compressed air, and a fuel gas heater 72 that causes the compressed air cooled in the cooling air cooler 71 and a fuel gas of the gas turbine 10 to perform heat exchange to further cool the compressed air to thereby heat the fuel gas.

Abstract: A state of a ballast water treatment system of a ship detected by a variety of sensors is monitored by transmitting it to a control means provided with a data storage/transmission means. The control means transmits from a satellite communication means to a satellite communication means on the receiving side via a communication satellite, and a host computer receives it. The host computer analyzes and monitors information from the various sensors S1 to S6 and sends back an optimal operation state, which is received by the satellite communication means on the ship side via the communication satellite, and the control means maintains an operation of the ballast water treatment system based on instructions from the host computer. According to the remote monitoring device for a ballast water treatment system as above, the ballast water treatment system can be monitored and controlled from remote.

Abstract: A ships' ballast water treatment agent is obtained by blending phosphate and sodium hydroxide into a hypochlorite solution and has pH of 10 to 13. A blending amount of phosphate is preferably such that a weight ratio of effective chlorine to phosphate acid (PO4) (effective chlorine:phosphate acid) is 30:1 to 2:1. A ships' ballast water treatment agent as such has excellent performance in killing bacteria and microorganisms, such as plankton, included in ships' ballast water and has stability and an anticorrosion property.

Abstract: A loss of heat that can be recovered in a heat recovery steam generator is eliminated, whereby a combined cycle electric power generation plant with high heat recovery efficiency is provided. A combined cycle electric power generation plant is adopted that includes a heat recovery steam generator 30 that generates steam for driving a steam turbine 20 using heat of exhaust gas of a gas turbine 10, a cooling air cooler 71 that causes high-pressure feed water supplied from a low-pressure economizer 37 of the heat recovery steam generator 30 and compressed air for turbine cooling extracted from a compressor 11 of the gas turbine 10 to perform heat exchange to heat the high-pressure feed water to thereby cool the compressed air, and a fuel gas heater 72 that causes the compressed air cooled in the cooling air cooler 71 and a fuel gas of the gas turbine 10 to perform heat exchange to further cool the compressed air to thereby heat the fuel gas.

Abstract: A connector has a plug connected to a first electric cable, and having a pin terminal and a plug holder, a socket connected to a second electric cable, and having a socket terminal and a socket holder, and a first tubular shield member and a second tubular shield member. The pin terminal of the plug is press-fitted and electrically connected to the socket terminal of the socket. The plug holder is connected to the socket holder. A first end of the first tubular shield member is electrically connected to a shield wire of the first electric cable. An elastic arm formed at an opening edge at a second end of the first tubular shield member is contacted to a conductive inner peripheral surface of the plug holder. A first end of the second tubular shield member is electrically connected to a shield wire of the second electric cable. An elastic arm of formed at an opening edge a second end of the second tubular shield member is contacted to a conductive inner peripheral surface of the socket holder.

Abstract: A connector has a plug connected to a first electric cable, and having a pin terminal and a plug holder, a socket connected to a second electric cable, and having a socket terminal and a socket holder, and a first tubular shield member and a second tubular shield member. The pin terminal of the plug is press-fitted and electrically connected to the socket terminal of the socket. The plug holder is connected to the socket holder. A first end of the first tubular shield member is electrically connected to a shield wire of the first electric cable. An elastic arm formed at an opening edge at a second end of the first tubular shield member is contacted to a conductive inner peripheral surface of the plug holder. A first end of the second tubular shield member is electrically connected to a shield wire of the second electric cable. An elastic arm of formed at an opening edge a second end of the second tubular shield member is contacted to a conductive inner peripheral surface of the socket holder.

Abstract: A semiconductor image sensor includes: a semiconductor substrate having a number of pixels disposed in a matrix shape, the semiconductor substrate comprising a first region including a charge accumulation region of a photodiode and a floating diffusion and a second region including transistors, each having a gate electrode and source/drain regions; a first silicon oxide film formed above the semiconductor substrate, covering the surface of the charge accumulation region in the first region and formed as side wall spacers on side of the gate electrode walls of at lease some transistors in the second region; and a silicon nitride film formed above the first silicon oxide film, covering the source/drain regions in the second region and having an opening at least in an area above the charge accumulation region in the first region. The semiconductor image sensor is provided which has a high sensitivity and can supply an output with small noises.