Abstract: The outdoor unit (1000) includes a housing whose inside is divided into a fan chamber (110) and a machine chamber (120). A compressor and a reactor that are heat-generating components are provided in a lower area of the machine chamber (120). An electric board (50) including a printed circuit board (51) and an electric component (52), and an electric component box (10) constituted by an inner box (11) and an outer box (12) and accommodating the electric board are provided above the heat-generating components. A lower face of the inner box (first thermal insulation plate) and a lower face of the outer box (second thermal insulation plate) constitute a double thermal insulation plate (10a).

Abstract: A power converter includes: a rectifying and boosting unit that rectifies first alternating-current power supplied from a commercial power supply and boosts a voltage of the first alternating-current power; a capacitor connected to an output end of the rectifying and boosting unit; an inverter to convert power output from the rectifying and boosting unit and the capacitor into second alternating-current power, and output the second alternating-current power to a device; and a control unit that reduces a current flowing through the capacitor by controlling the rectifying and boosting unit and by controlling the inverter such that the inverter outputs, to the device, the second alternating-current power containing a ripple dependent on a ripple of power flowing from the rectifying and boosting unit into the capacitor. The control unit controls operation of the power converter in accordance with an air-conditioning condition of an air conditioner.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a carbonated beverage that provides a good cooling sensation at the time of drinking, a production method thereof, and a method of improving cooling sensation of a carbonated beverage. The present invention relates to, for example, a carbonated beverage containing ethyl glycoside and at least one of citric acid or its salt, wherein a citric acid equivalent total concentration of the at least one of citric acid or its salt is 50 ppm or more, a ratio (B)/(A) of an ethyl glycoside concentration (B) to the citric acid equivalent total concentration (A) of the at least one of citric acid or its salt is 0.0003 to 200, and an ethanol concentration is less than 0.5 v/v %.

Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle control device configured to obtain a distribution between first-order follow-up control and second-order follow-up control based on information on a road curvature of a road on which a preceding vehicle traveling forward of a vehicle has traveled and information on a relative position between the vehicle and the preceding vehicle, the first-order follow-up control causing the vehicle to follow the preceding vehicle through use of a first-order trajectory, the second-order follow-up control causing the vehicle to follow the preceding vehicle through use of a second-order trajectory, and to output an instruction relating to steering of the vehicle for achieving the obtained first-order follow-up control and second-order follow-up control to a steering actuator unit relating to the steering of the vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle control device, a vehicle control method, and a vehicle control system according to the present invention obtains, when a vehicle traveling under a lane keeping control is to change lanes, based on a stored physical quantity related to a lateral position of the vehicle relative to a lane marker and a stored physical quantity related to a yaw angle of the vehicle relative to the lane marker, a physical quantity related to a target trajectory to allow the vehicle to cross a boundary toward a destination lane of the lane change to travel while keeping a predetermined position in a width direction of the destination lane of the lane change, and outputs, based on the physical quantity related to the target trajectory, a control command related to a steering to allow the vehicle to change lanes.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a monolith substrate used for an exhaust gas purifying catalyst that improves purification performance, a method for producing such monolith substrate, and an exhaust gas purifying catalyst comprising such monolith substrate. The present disclosure relates to a monolith substrate comprising an alumina-ceria-zirconia composite oxide and alumina, a method for producing such monolith substrate, and an exhaust gas purifying catalyst comprising such monolith substrate.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a monolith substrate used for an exhaust gas purifying catalyst that improves purification performance, a method for producing such monolith substrate, and an exhaust gas purifying catalyst comprising such monolith substrate. The present disclosure relates to a monolith substrate comprising an alumina-ceria-zirconia composite oxide and alumina, a method for producing such monolith substrate, and an exhaust gas purifying catalyst comprising such monolith substrate.

Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle control device configured to obtain a distribution between first-order follow-up control and second-order follow-up control based on information on a road curvature of a road on which a preceding vehicle traveling forward of a vehicle has traveled and information on a relative position between the vehicle and the preceding vehicle, the first-order follow-up control causing the vehicle to follow the preceding vehicle through use of a first-order trajectory, the second-order follow-up control causing the vehicle to follow the preceding vehicle through use of a second-order trajectory, and to output an instruction relating to steering of the vehicle for achieving the obtained first-order follow-up control and second-order follow-up control to a steering actuator unit relating to the steering of the vehicle.

Abstract: In order to address the technical problem of allowing an unshaped refractory material using a spinel-containing alumina cement to provide further improved corrosion resistance and slag infiltration resistance while reducing the occurrence of crack/peeling, an unshaped refractory material is provided which comprises a refractory raw material mixture having a particle size of 8 mm or less, with the refractory raw material mixture having an alumina cement at least a part of which is a spinel-containing alumina cement, and, with respect to 100 mass % of the refractory raw material mixture, the alumina cement contains CaO in an amount of 0.5 to 2.5 mass %, and the spinel-containing alumina cement contains spinel in an amount of 3.5 to 10.5 mass %.

Abstract: In order to address the technical problem of allowing an unshaped refractory material using a spinel-containing alumina cement to provide further improved corrosion resistance and slag infiltration resistance while reducing the occurrence of crack/peeling, an unshaped refractory material is provided which comprises a refractory raw material mixture having a particle size of 8 mm or less, with the refractory raw material mixture having an alumina cement at least a part of which is a spinel-containing alumina cement, and, with respect to 100 mass % of the refractory raw material mixture, the alumina cement contains CaO in an amount of 0.5 to 2.5 mass %, and the spinel-containing alumina cement contains spinel in an amount of 3.5 to 10.5 mass %.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a honeycomb structure including a honeycomb unit includes causing inorganic particles to contain water. The inorganic particles have a specific surface area of approximately 50 m2/g or more. Raw material paste for the honeycomb unit is prepared. The raw material paste includes a molding aid, water, and the inorganic particles containing water. The raw material paste is molded into a honeycomb molded body. The honeycomb molded body is fired to obtain the honeycomb unit. The honeycomb unit have a plurality of cells extending from a first end face to a second end face of the honeycomb unit along a longitudinal direction of the honeycomb unit and is separated by a plurality of cell walls.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a honeycomb structure including a honeycomb unit includes causing inorganic particles to contain water. The inorganic particles have a specific surface area of approximately 50 m2/g or more. Raw material paste for the honeycomb unit is prepared. The raw material paste includes a molding aid, water, and the inorganic particles containing water. The raw material paste is molded into a honeycomb molded body. The honeycomb molded body is fired to obtain the honeycomb unit. The honeycomb unit have a plurality of cells extending from a first end face to a second end face of the honeycomb unit along a longitudinal direction of the honeycomb unit and is separated by a plurality of cell walls.

Abstract: A continuous hot rolling method is available for continuously hot finish rolling steel pieces. The trailing end of a preceding steel piece and the leading end of a succeeding steel piece are cut by a drum shear which sandwiches the steel piece between its upper drum and lower drum, having cutting blades on the peripheries of the drums. The cut ends are heated to raise the temperatures thereof by high-frequency induction heating, pressed against each other to butt-join the cut ends. The joined steel pieces are then supplied to a rolling equipment. The trailing end of the preceding steel piece and the leading end of the succeeding steel piece are cut individually by two pairs of the cutting blades. One pair of the cutting blades has the obverses of the blades oriented in opposite directions in the obverse side and the reverse side of the steel piece.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for advancing cylindrical bodies. More than two underground cylindrical bodies are laid in longitudinal alignment with thrusting jacks disposed between them. A connecting member is arranged to pierce through them. A fastener is attached to one end of the connecting member while an advancing jack arrangement which has a removable-and-attachable fastener is attached to the other end of the connecting member. A suitable anchor body is disposed in front of the alignment of cylindrical bodies. Between the anchor body and each of the cylindrical bodies, there is provided a fixing member which pierces through them. Removable-and-attachable fasteners are disposed between the fixing member and the cylindrical bodies to interlink them for moving them forward underground one after another.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for constructing an underground structure by having a plurality of serially adjoining cylindrical bodies propelled underground one after another either in one direction or from opposite directions. A thrusting/pulling jack advancing arrangement, thrusting jack and pulling jack advancing arrangements, connecting and traction members, fixing pieces and fasteners are used in combination to propel each cylindrical body one by one by virtue of a sum total of reaction forces developed at other cylindrical bodies and some additional reaction facility, if necessary.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for advancing cylindrical bodies. More than two underground cylindrical bodies are laid in longitudinal alignment with thrusting jacks disposed between them. A connecting member is arranged to pierce through them. A fastener is attached to one end of the connecting member while an advancing jack arrangement which has a removable-and-attachable fastener is attached to the other end of the connecting member. A suitable anchor body is disposed in front of the alignment of cylindrical bodies. Between the anchor body and each of the cylindrical bodies, there is provided a fixing member which pierces through them. Removable-and-attachable fasteners are disposed between the fixing member and the cylindrical bodies to interlink them for moving them forward underground one after another.

Abstract: A method of advancing a plurality of longitudinally arranged movable constructional units forwardly successively in a self-running manner, wherein a plurality of prefabricated constructional units for construction of an underground structure of a form adapted for a special purpose such as tunnel excavation, heavy load transportation, underwater tunnel installation or muddy water dredging excavation are arranged along a common longitudinal line adjacent to each other and are provided with a forward advancement impelling mechanism, said mechanism comprising propulsion means positioned between the successive constructional units, a linking member extending over the entire length of the combined constructional units, impelling means and anchoring means arranged at respective certain locations on said linking member, and further with the necessary engineering facilities according to the employed purpose for construction, said method comprising actuating the first propulsion means to advance the forwardmost constru

Abstract: A polyolefin film is coated with an undercoat of a mixture of (a) graft copolymer of chlorinated polypropylene to which is grafted a chlorinated vinyl monomer or a styrene monomer and (b) acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber, and a top coat of vinylidine chloride copolymer.