Abstract: A power supply comprises a DC power source, first and second DC/DC converters, and a protection circuit. The DC power source provides DC power at a variable bulk voltage. The first DC/DC converter converts the DC power from the DC power source to DC power at a high voltage suitable for powering a high-voltage load. The second DC/DC converter receives DC power from the first DC/DC converter, converts the received DC power to DC power at a low voltage, and delivers the DC power at the low voltage to a low-voltage load. The protection circuit selectively transfers DC power from the first DC/DC converter to the high-voltage load. The DC power source may be an AC/DC converter receiving AC power from a power generator driven by an aircraft engine.

Abstract: A device for moving a fluid, including a moving part to move the fluid, and a synchronous motor, where the synchronous motor includes a stator with at least one stator coil and a rotor with at least one rotor magnet, and where the moving part can be driven directly by the synchronous motor and acts as its rotor.

Abstract: A method and device for sterilizing a flange connection including a sealing seat used for establishing a connection between product-bearing pipelines, and where the sealing seat of the flange connection is treated by thermal energy input from the not product-bearing side.

Abstract: In a device for treating a liquid foodstuff product containing a solid with a heat exchanger charged with the foodstuff product under pressure and/or a degasser, which is charged with a reduced pressure, followed or preceded by a pressure reduction device, the pressure reduction device has at least one brake pump through which the foodstuff product flows. In a method the pressure with which the foodstuff product is conveyed through the brake pump is reduced by a rotary movement of the brake pump.

Abstract: A method of processing a juice and/or soda product in a beverage processing plant, where the juice and/or soda product is obtained from one or several starting products, including determining the color and turbidity of at least one starting product of a juice and/or soda product, and/or the color and turbidity of the obtained juice and/or soda product by means of at least one sensor of the beverage processing plant, comparing the determined color and turbidity with a stored color and a stored turbidity of at least one starting product of a predetermined juice and/or soda product, and/or with a stored color and a stored turbidity of the predetermined juice and/or soda product, and operating the beverage processing plant based on the result of this comparison.

Abstract: A method and a device for the aseptic filling of a liquid food product that contains at least one solid particle, including disinfection with a disinfection unit of at least a part of the external surface of at least one first container which contains the solid particle, and disinfection of at least a second container, opening of the disinfected first container with an opening unit and removal of the solid particle, and filling via a filling unit of a disinfected second container with the solid particle and a liquid food.

Abstract: A device and method for the mixing of a beverage where, due to the fact that an aqueous mixed phase, in which the recipe constituents needed for mixing the beverage are contained and which has a higher water content than the prepared mixed beverage, is collected in a tank, the mixed phase can be added specifically to a beverage mixture of excess concentration in order to adjust the desired final concentration. The mixed phase preferably contains returned proportions of the prepared mixed beverage.