Abstract: A screw (20) for rotating within a material supply cylinder (22) to plasticize a material is able to reciprocate in the axial direction, between a retracted position away from a communicating passage (41) through which a plasticization chamber (23) leads to an injection chamber (33), and an advanced position at which the screw closes off the communicating passage. The screw position adjustment device includes: a thread (50) immovable with respect to the material supply cylinder, and having a through-hole (51) extending in the axial direction; a position adjustment nut (56) threadably engaged at the outside peripheral face of a thread for determining the retracted position; a fastener (58) for securing the position of the position adjustment nut; and a casing (72) covering the position adjustment nut and the fastener, and having an opening (73) for moving closer to the position adjustment nut and the fastener.

Abstract: [Object] To detect states of a plurality of secondary batteries whose kinds are different with high accuracy.

Abstract: To provide a secondary battery state detecting device that decreases the deterioration in capacity of the secondary battery and is low in arithmetic cost. A secondary battery state detecting device that detects a state of a secondary battery includes discharge means (discharge circuit (15)) for subjecting the secondary battery (14) to a pulse discharge, acquiring means (controller (10)) for controlling the discharge means to subject the secondary battery to at least one pulse discharge, and acquiring a time variation of a voltage value at that time, calculating means (controller (10)) for calculating a parameter of a predetermined function having time as a variable by fitting the variation of the voltage value acquired by the acquiring means using the predetermined function, and detecting means (controller (10)) for detecting the state of the secondary battery on the basis of the parameter of the predetermined function calculated by the calculating means.

Abstract: A state detecting method and device of a secondary battery correct impact resulting from state quantities caused by variation and calculate a state of charge with high accuracy. The state detecting method includes a first step of acquiring a detected voltage value and a detected current value, a second step of acquiring state quantities caused by variation such as a detected temperature value, a third step of determining if the detected voltage value is the voltage threshold value or greater, a fourth step of determining if the detected current value is the current threshold value or less, a fifth step of determining if a duration time of the current threshold value or less has elapsed a determination time, a sixth step of setting a state of charge in a reference state as the state of charge, and a seventh step of correcting the state of charge in the reference state.

Abstract: Provided are a secondary battery degradation determination method and a secondary battery degradation determination device which can detect degradation of a secondary battery in advance even before an engine starts. When it is determined in Step S1 that a vehicle is in a stop state, a stable-state open-circuit voltage OCV is measured in Step S2 and internal resistance R1 is calculated in Steps S3 and S4. On the other hand, when it is determined in Step S1 that a starter 21 is operated, a maximum discharge current value Inew is measured in Step S5 and a maximum discharge current value Is is updated in Steps S6 and S7. In Step S14, a minimum voltage Vs is calculated. In Step S15, the stable-state open-circuit voltage OCV and the minimum voltage Vs are compared with predetermined threshold values to perform the degradation determination of a secondary battery 10.

Abstract: A secondary battery state detecting apparatus for detecting a state of a secondary battery installed in a vehicle is provided, which includes a current detecting unit that detects an electric current flowing to the secondary battery, a voltage detecting unit that detects a voltage of the secondary battery, and a determining unit that determines, in a case where an external device is directly connected to terminals of the secondary battery and the secondary battery is charged or discharged without passing through the current detecting unit, whether or not an irregular charging-discharging has occurred, in accordance with a change in a current value and a voltage value detected by the current detecting unit and the voltage detecting unit.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for treating an exhaust gas containing CO2, that can adjust the concentration of an oxidation inhibitor in an absorbent to the concentration enough to inhibit oxidation, without measuring the concentration of the oxidation inhibitor in an alkanolamine contained in a CO2 absorbent. Disclosed are a method and a device for adjusting the compositional ratio of an absorbent, in which absorption and release of carbon dioxide are performed by adding an oxidation inhibitor to an alkanolamine absorbent when the sum of the concentrations of ammonia and an alkylamine in an absorber column outlet gas of a CO2 absorption equipment.

Abstract: Disclosed is a nonaqueous secondary battery (100) comprising a positive electrode (155) having a positive current collector (151) made of a metal, and a positive electrode active material (153) composed of a lithium-metal complex oxide. The surface of the positive electrode active material (153) is coated with a lithium salt (158) having an average thickness of 20-50 nm.

Abstract: A method of recovering carbon dioxide, includes bringing gas to be processed containing carbon dioxide (CO2) and oxygen into contact with the CO2-absorbing solution in an absorption column to form a CO2-rich solution; circulating the solution in a regeneration column to thermally release and recover CO2 and recirculating the absorbing solution as a CO2-poor solution inside the absorption column; and performing heat exchange between the solution being delivered from the absorption column to the regeneration column and the solution recirculated from the regeneration column to the absorption column, wherein an alkanolamine aqueous solution containing a silicone oil and/or an organosulfur compound is added to the solution inside the absorption column and/or the solution recirculated from the regeneration column to the absorption column to adjust the composition of the absorbing solution inside the absorption column.

Abstract: A method for anodizing aluminum, wherein an object (29) made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy is anodized in an electrolytic solution (25), and thereby an anodized aluminum film is formed on a surface of the object (29), is provided. The electrolytic solution (25) is comprised of at least one acid selected from organic acids having two or more carboxylic groups, moves at an average speed of 15 cm/sec or less along at least an outer surface of the object (29). The anodization is performed under conditions that a temperature of the outer surface of the object (29) is 80° C. or less, and current density is in a range from 10 to 170 A/dm2.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a CO2 removal apparatus that prevents release of an amine compound of an absorbing solution from a CO2 absorption device. The CO2 removal apparatus includes a desorption column 13 that heats and regenerates an amine compound aqueous solution discharged from a decarbonator 1 making counterflow contact of a combustion exhaust gas and an amine compound aqueous solution; and reflux means that refluxes an amine compound aqueous solution regenerated in the desorption column 13 to the decarbonator 1 via a cooler 19. A contact section that makes counterflow contact of reflux water of the desorption column 13 and a CO2-removed combustion exhaust gas is formed in two stages, and the cooler 19 on the downstream side of the desorption column is also formed in two stages. Reflux water from the first stage cooler is supplied to the first stage contact section, and reflux water from the second stage cooler is supplied to the second stage contact section.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for treating an exhaust gas containing CO2, that can adjust the concentration of an oxidation inhibitor in an absorbent to the concentration enough to inhibit oxidation, without measuring the concentration of the oxidation inhibitor in an alkanolamine contained in a CO2 absorbent. Disclosed are a method and a device for adjusting the compositional ratio of an absorbent, in which absorption and release of carbon dioxide are performed by adding an oxidation inhibitor to an alkanolamine absorbent when the sum of the concentrations of ammonia and an alkylamine in an absorber column outlet gas of a CO2 absorption equipment.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a laser driving device including: a sample-hold section; a first pulse generating section; a second pulse generating section; a light emission waveform generating section; a storing section; and a sampling pulse generating section.

Abstract: A method of recovering carbon dioxide, including bringing gas to be processed containing carbon dioxide (CO2) and oxygen into contact with the CO2-absorbing solution according to Claim 1 in an absorption column to form a CO2-rich solution; subsequently circulating the solution in a regeneration column to thermally release and recover CO2 and recirculating the absorbing solution as a CO2-poor solution inside the absorption column; and performing heat exchange between the solution being delivered from the absorption column to the regeneration column and the solution recirculated from the regeneration column to the absorption column, wherein an alkanolamine aqueous solution containing a silicone oil and/or an organosulfur compound represented by the Formula (A) or (B) is added to the solution inside the absorption column and/or the solution recirculated from the regeneration column to the absorption column to adjust the composition of the absorbing solution inside the absorption column so as to include the alkan

Abstract: A laser driving device includes a storage unit that stores signal patterns for recording-waveform control representing level information of each divided driving signal to drive a laser device on a space and a mark based on the divided driving signals. Also, it includes a pulse generator that generates the reference pulse and the switching pulse based on a first transmission signal and a second transmission signal. The first transmission signal contains timing information for acquiring a reference pulse that represents a timing of repetitively switching between the space and the mark. The second transmission signal contains timing information for acquiring a switch pulse that represents a timing of switching the signals. Among level information for each of the signals in the storage, reference level information is read together with the reference pulse. Other level information after the reference level information is sequentially read for each switching pulse.

Abstract: A laser driving system and method using a write strategy technique where a write strategy signal is generated based on a set of pulses that include timing information and power level information. The set of pulses originate from a set of transmission signals that embody spaces and marks for both starting and changing the set of pulses.

Abstract: A laser driving device includes: a first pulse generating section; a second pulse generating section; a light emission waveform generating section; a light emission level pattern storing section; and a second storing section. The second storing section stores sampling pulse patterns. Therefore setting information of the sampling pulse can be selected without a control line.

Abstract: A method for anodizing aluminum, wherein an object (29) made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy is anodized in an electrolytic solution (25), and thereby an anodized aluminum film is formed on a surface of the object (29), is provided. The electrolytic solution (25) is comprised of at least one acid selected from organic acids having two or more carboxylic groups, moves at an average speed of 15 cm/sec or less along at least an outer surface of the object (29). The anodization is performed under conditions that a temperature of the outer surface of the object (29) is 80° C. or less, and current density is in a range from 10 to 170 A/dm2.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a laser driving device including: a sample-hold section; a first pulse generating section; a second pulse generating section; a light emission waveform generating section; a storing section; and a sampling pulse generating section.

Abstract: A laser driving device includes: a first pulse generating section; a second pulse generating section; a light emission waveform generating section; and a light emission level pattern storing section.