Abstract: Provided are an atmospheric corrosion test procedure and an apparatus used for the test. The procedure involves a salt spray step for supplying salt content containing chloride ions on the surfaces of test pieces placed in a thermo-humidistat chamber and a subsequent dry-wet cyclic step including a dry sub-step for drying the surface of the test pieces in the thermo-humidistat chamber at a low relative humidity and a subsequent wet sub-step at a higher relative humidity than that in the dry sub-step, which are cycled. The salt content is supplied by spraying the salt water in the salt spray step. An exhaust step for removing the salt mist sprayed inside thermo-humidistat chamber is further inserted between the salt deposition step and the dry sub-step. The quantity of the salt content deposited on the surfaces of the test pieces is controlled by adjusting the quantity of the sprayed salt water.

Abstract: An aluminum die casting product which is improved in corrosion resistance and mechanical strength in particular in proof stress, and a reforming method of an aluminum die casting product are provided. The aluminum die casting product according to the present invention contains Si and Cu, and the largest particle of an Al—Cu metallic compound that exists at a crystal grain boundary between Si and Al has a diameter smaller than or equal to 10 ?m. The reforming method of the present invention is applied to an aluminum die casting product that contains Si and Cu, and the aluminum die casting product is heated at a temperature higher than or equals to 150° C. and lower than 250° C.

Abstract: A wind turbine-driven hydrogen production system controlling a power converter system such that the wind turbine stays in its operable range for a longer time and thus the hydrogen production system produces hydrogen for a longer time. The wind turbine-driven hydrogen production system varies an amount of electrical current supplied to an electrolytic hydrogen production system according to the rotational speed of the wind turbine to reduce variations in the rotational speed. Furthermore, the pitch angle of the wind turbine varies according to the speed. Thus, variations in the speed of the wind turbine can be reduced. A permanent-magnet generator is used as the electricity generator of the wind turbine to obtain a power supply at start-up. Alternatively, a power storage system used as assistive equipment at start-up is supplementarily added or only a power supply for the controllers is supplied from a system.

Abstract: There is provided a feed conveying apparatus in which the occurrence of a trouble due to a looseness of a disk cable is certainly prevented and feed is efficiently and stably conveyed into a feed conveying path by the disk cable without being left in the path. A cable driving unit has a looseness eliminating member for guiding the feeding direction of the disk cable and eliminating the looseness at a feeding start position where the disk cable is fed out from a tooth portion of the outer circumference of the driving wheel toward the downstream side in the tangential direction. The feed conveying path formed by a pipe or the like is equipped with a cable pressing metal fitting for guiding the disk cable along a bottom surface portion in the feed conveying path while suppressing the floating of the disk cable running in the feed conveying path from an upper position.

Abstract: A method of catalytically decomposing water, which comprises contacting water with a composite catalyst comprising a solid acid catalyst and a solid base catalyst at an elevated temperature, wherein the composite catalyst contains the solid acid catalyst in an amount of 36 to 65% by weight and the balance being the solid base catalyst, and wherein the temperature is higher than a temperature at which pH values of the (H2O/O2 redox) potential and (H2O/H2 redox) potential are equal to each other, the redox potentials being given by a water potential—pH value diagram.

Abstract: An interconnecting structure and a pixel structure suited to large-sized screens are formed. A counter line/electrode is formed on a TFT substrate, and the counter line/electrode is made of a stacked structure film in which a layer made of aluminum or an alloy essentially containing aluminum is covered with a high-melting point metal film, and a transparent conductive film which covers the stacked structure film.

Abstract: A wind turbine-driven hydrogen production system controlling a power converter system such that the wind turbine stays in its operable range for a longer time and thus the hydrogen production system produces hydrogen for a longer time. The wind turbine-driven hydrogen production system varies an amount of electrical current supplied to an electrolytic hydrogen production system according to the rotational speed of the wind turbine to reduce variations in the rotational speed. Furthermore, the pitch angle of the wind turbine varies according to the speed. Thus, variations in the speed of the wind turbine can be reduced. A permanent-magnet generator is used as the electricity generator of the wind turbine to obtain a power supply at start-up. Alternatively, a power storage system used as assistive equipment at start-up is supplementarily added or only a power supply for the controllers is supplied from a system.

Abstract: An interconnecting structure and a pixel structure suited to large-sized screens are formed. A counter line/electrode is formed on a TFT substrate, and the counter line/electrode is made of a stacked structure film in which a layer made of aluminum or an alloy essentially containing aluminum is covered with a high-melting point metal film, and a transparent conductive film which covers the stacked structure film.

Abstract: An interconnecting structure and a pixel structure suited to large-sized screens are formed. A counter line/electrode is formed on a TFT substrate, and the counter line/electrode is made of a stacked structure film in which a layer made of aluminum or an alloy essentially containing aluminum is covered with a high-melting point metal film, and a transparent conductive film which covers the stacked structure film.

Abstract: An interconnecting structure and a pixel structure suited to large-sized screens are formed. A counter line/electrode is formed on a TFT substrate, and the counter line/electrode is made of a stacked structure film in which a layer made of aluminum or an alloy essentially containing aluminum is covered with a high-melting point metal film, and a transparent conductive film which covers the stacked structure film.

Abstract: A method of catalytically decomposing water, which comprises contacting water with a composite catalyst comprising a solid acid catalyst and a solid base catalyst at an elevated temperature, wherein the composite catalyst contains the solid acid catalyst in an amount of 36 to 65% by weight and the balance being the solid base catalyst, and wherein the temperature is higher than a temperature at which pH values of the (H2O/O2 redox) potential and (H2O/H2 redox) potential are equal to each other, the redox potentials being given by a water potential—pH value diagram.

Abstract: An interconnecting structure and a pixel structure suited to large-sized screens are formed. A counter line/electrode is formed on a TFT substrate, and the counter line/electrode is made of a stacked structure film in which a layer made of aluminum or an alloy essentially containing aluminum is covered with a high-melting point metal film, and a transparent conductive film which covers the stacked structure film.

Abstract: An interconnecting structure and a pixel structure suited to large-sized screens are formed. A counter line/electrode is formed on a TFT substrate, and the counter line/electrode is made of a stacked structure film in which a layer made of aluminum or an alloy essentially containing aluminum is covered with a high-melting point metal film, and a transparent conductive film which covers the stacked structure film.

Abstract: An interconnecting structure and a pixel structure suited to large-sized screens are formed. A counter line/electrode is formed on a TFT substrate, and the counter line/electrode is made of a stacked structure film in which a layer made of aluminum or an alloy essentially containing aluminum is covered with a high-melting point metal film, and a transparent conductive film which covers the stacked structure film.

Abstract: An interconnecting structure and a pixel structure suited to large-sized screens are formed. A counter line/electrode is formed on a TFT substrate, and the counter line/electrode is made of a stacked structure film in which a layer made of aluminum or an alloy essentially containing aluminum is covered with a high-melting point metal film, and a transparent conductive film which covers the stacked structure film.

Abstract: A disc cable capable of preventing occurrence of fine pieces of a metal wire material caused by wear and damage of a metal wire and preventing mixing of the fine pieces into feed is provided. A cover layer 5 formed of synthetic resin is formed on the surface of a metal wire 4, and a groove-like part 6 to which the surface of the metal wire 4 is exposed is formed not forming a part of the cover layer 5 in a predetermined spacing relation in a longitudinal direction of a cable 2. Then, a disc 3 formed of synthetic resin is molded, and the synthetic resin is flown into the groove-like part 6 to form a protrusion 8 on the disc 3 to fixedly mount it on the cable 2 to produce a disc cable 1 having the discs 3 disposed in a predetermined spacing relation on the cable 2.

Abstract: To provide a feed carrying apparatus 1 capable of considerably reducing the carrying resisting force at a corner 3a of a pipeline 3 and also capable of considerably reducing the cost of the whole apparatus, and capable of carrying feed S smoothly and efficiently. A corner joint 48 formed on a bent pipe part 51 with a plurality of projections 52 projecting inward is disposed at the corner 3a of the pipeline 3. There is disposed a disk cable tension applying mechanism 271 in which a load corresponding to weight of a weight 277 is loaded to always urge fixed tension against a disk cable 2. At a corner 303a of a pipeline 303 are disposed a drive device 304 having a drive motor 313 connected to a drive sprocket 316 constituting a corner joint 310, or a drive device 404 having a drive sprocket 410 arranged away from an inclined wall 409d within a casing 409 formed with the inclined wall 409d.

Abstract: A turbine generator has a water cooling system for cooling the inside of a stator coil with water, wherein the water cooling system includes a water storage tank for storing water; pipes connecting the water storage tank and the stator coil, the pipes being provided in an inlet side and in an outlet side; a decarbonated air injection unit connected to the inlet side of the pipe by a pipe or a decarbonated air injection unit connected to the water storage tank; a heater for heating the water, the stator coil having an oxide film on a surface in contact with the water, the oxide film being formed before starting operation of the generator by high temperature water injected with the decarbonated air and heated by the heater; and a control unit for effecting control so that the decarbonated air is always and continuously injected into the cooling water during operation of the generator.

Abstract: A feed conveying system, in which a disk cable is not easily dislocated from a drive sprocket or get fatigued to break in a short period, and feed S returned does not disturb the operations of the drive sprocket and others, is provided. A cable inlet port is formed at the top end of a side wall and a cable outlet port is formed at the bottom end of a side wall. The drive sprocket is disposed at an upper one side portion within a housing, and a free pulley is disposed at a lower other side portion on a substantially same plane as the drive sprocket so to be freely movable in a horizontal direction, and a weight for applying a tensile force to the free pulley is disposed. A feed guide member, which has a drop frame section falling between the drive sprocket and the free pulley connected to a guide cylindrical section extending from the cable inlet port, is disposed. A drive device having the above component members is disposed in the feed conveying system.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device has good contact characteristics between an etched side end portion of a lower layer wiring line and an insulating film and the like, satisfactory step coverage, and satisfactory adhesion to a substrate so that disconnection of an upper layer wiring line and short-circuiting of the lower layer wiring line can be prevented to improve reliability. The liquid crystal display device comprises a wiring line having a laminated structure including a first layer which is made from a first metal layer formed over an insulating substrate and a second layer which is made from a second metal layer different from the first metal layer and is formed over the first metal layer, and the side end face of the first layer has a right-tapered shape with a taper angle of 60° or less, while the side end face of the second layer is approximately perpendicular to or counter-tapered with respect to the insulating substrate.