Abstract: A method for generating syngas comprising heating woodchips in a vessel comprising a circulatory pathway and a heat generator in thermal communication with the circulator pathway to thermally degenerate the woodchips by pyrolysis with the woodchips forming biochar and releasing syngas when undergoing pyrolysis. The method further comprises circulating the generated syngas along the circulatory pathway to thereby filter the syngas through at least one of the woodchips and the biochar undergoing pyrolysis, and discharging the filtered syngas from the vessel.

Abstract: A method is provided. The method includes determining that a data sector included in a select data track is in error, the data sector in error includes at least one identified data wedge. The at least one defective data wedge in the data sector in error is located. The method also includes moving the at least one defective data wedge by utilizing at least one spare wedge on the select data track.

Abstract: A multistage decoder circuit has an error reduction stage that includes an adaptation circuit. The adaptation circuit provides adaptable error reduction as a function of bit error rate. The multistage decoder circuit has an energization control circuit that couples to the adaptation circuit. The energization control circuit controls an energization of the adaptation circuit as a function of actual or expected channel quality.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to an electrolyte solution used to manufacture an electrolytic copper foil for a secondary battery electrode collector and a printed circuit, and based on a 1-liter electrolyte solution, the present invention contains: 0.5 to 40 mg of at least one sulfur compound selected from a disulfur compound, dialkylamino- T-oxomethyl- thioalkan sulfonic acid, and thioalkan sulfonic acid salt; 1 to 1000 mg of at least more than one kind of an organic compound selected from a group consisting of a poly aklylene glycol-type surfactant and low molecular gelatin; and 0.1 to 80 mg of chlorine ion.

Abstract: A device for assisting the cooling of computers, especially laptop computers, provides material having an upper surface distributed over at least two levels, preferably a corrugated surface, whereby it contacts the base of the laptop over only a part of said base, permitting the free passage of air across the support and between the laptop and the support, said support being formed from a material of high thermal conductivity, with a surface adapted for rapid transfer of heat between the material and air passing over said surface.