Abstract: The present invention includes a process for producing a protein product from plants and yeasts. The process comprises the steps of: a) providing a thin stillage or a thin stillage concentrate; b) separating a protein concentrate from the provided thin stillage from a) by means of solid-liquid separation; c) diluting the protein concentrate from b) with an aqueous process liquid to a dry substance content of at most 15 wt. %, tempering the diluted protein concentrate to a temperature of at least 60° C.

Abstract: An antenna structure for a contactless wearable structure having a plurality of antenna tracks on the substrate, the opposite ends of which are connectable to form an antenna when the substrate is bent, a plurality of capacitor elements on the substrate that are couplable to the antenna for adjusting the resonance frequency of the antenna, and at least one predefined separation region, by means of which it is possible to adjust which of the plurality of capacitor elements are electrically conductively connectable to the antenna when the substrate is bent, in order to form at least one capacitor with a predetermined total capacitance that is electrically conductively coupled to the antenna.

Abstract: A chip arrangement including a chip module which includes a chip, a contact-based interface in accordance with ISO 7816 which is electrically conductively connected to the chip, and an antenna structure which is electrically conductively connected to the chip and provides a contactless interface, and a carrier which comprises a chip module receptacle and a booster antenna structure which, when the chip module is arranged in the chip module receptacle of the carrier, inductively couples to the antenna structure of the chip module, wherein the chip module is arranged releasably in the chip module receptacle.

Abstract: A computer-readable storage medium may include executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, may be configured to establish a connection to a node of a distributed ledger network that maintains a distributed ledger. The processor may obtain a first dataset from a first user, perform pre-processing on the first dataset to obtain a first data asset based on the first dataset, and store the first data asset. The processor may calculate a first value for the first data asset and generate a first data proposition based on the first data asset. The processor may obtain acceptance data from a second user, which may include data indicating acceptance by the second user of the first data proposition. The processor may transmit a first distributed ledger record to the node of the distributed ledger network.

Abstract: A computer-readable storage medium may include executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, may be configured to establish a connection to a node of a distributed ledger network that maintains a distributed ledger. The processor may obtain a first dataset from a first user, perform pre-processing on the first dataset to obtain a first data asset based on the first dataset, and store the first data asset. The processor may calculate a first value for the first data asset and generate a first data proposition based on the first data asset. The processor may obtain acceptance data from a second user, which may include data indicating acceptance by the second user of the first data proposition. The processor may transmit a first distributed ledger record to the node of the distributed ledger network.

Abstract: The present application relates to a process for cracking a hydrocarbon feedstock, using to the largest extent electrically powered equipment where the power is obtained from renewable sources or low-carbon sources. In particular, it relates to a furnace for steam cracking a hydrocarbon feedstock, wherein the furnace comprises one or more tubes for transporting the hydrocarbon feedstock and dilution steam; and an electrically heated infrared emitter for transferring heat to the tubes. It also relates to a process for steam cracking a hydrocarbon feedstock using infrared radiation.

Abstract: The present application relates to a process for cracking a hydrocarbon feedstock, using to the largest extent electrically powered equipment where the power is obtained from renewable sources or low-carbon sources. In particular, it relates to a process for cracking a hydrocarbon feedstock, including bringing the hydrocarbon feedstock and dilution steam to supersonic velocities in the reactor, followed by applying a shockwave to induce cracking of the hydrocarbon feedstock, to convert at least a part of the hydrocarbon mixture to produce olefins.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing polyether carbonate polyols by adding alkylene oxide and carbon dioxide to a H-functional starter substance in the presence of a DMC catalyst or a metal complex catalyst based on the metals cobalt and/or zinc, wherein (?) alkylene oxide and carbon dioxide are added to a H-functional starter substance in a reactor in the presence of a DMC catalyst or a metal complex catalyst based on the metals cobalt and/or zinc, characterized in that the alkylene oxide contains a proportion of 5 to 50 wt. % ethylene oxide, based on the overall weight of the alkylene oxide used, and the addition of the ethylene oxide is carried out in an atmosphere containing carbon dioxide.

Abstract: A method for separating a double metal cyanide catalyst (DMC catalyst) from polyol, comprising: A) initially charging a polyol comprising DMC catalyst, an alcohol, and optionally a filtration aid into a reactor, the mixture being heated, B) filtering the mixture from step A), and C) optionally separating the alcohol from the filtrate of step B), wherein in step A), as the alcohol, 4% by weight to 12% by weight of ethanol, based on 100% by weight of polyol, without a chelating agent is used.

Abstract: A computer-readable storage medium may include executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, may be configured to establish a connection to a node of a distributed ledger network that maintains a distributed ledger. The processor may obtain a first dataset from a first user, perform pre-processing on the first dataset to obtain a first data asset based on the first dataset, and store the first data asset. The processor may calculate a first value for the first data asset and generate a first data proposition based on the first data asset. The processor may obtain acceptance data from a second user, which may include data indicating acceptance by the second user of the first data proposition. The processor may transmit a first distributed ledger record to the node of the distributed ledger network.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of suspensions of nano-fibrillar cellulose by providing cellulose fibres and at least one filler and/or pigment; combining the cellulose fibres and the at least one filler and/or pigment; and fibrillating the cellulose fibres in the presence of at least one filler and/or pigment, as well as the suspensions of nano-fibrillar cellulose obtained by this process and their uses.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of suspensions of nano-fibrillar cellulose by providing cellulose fibres and at least one filler and/or pigment; combining the cellulose fibres and the at least one filler and/or pigment; and fibrillating the cellulose fibres in the presence of at least one filler and/or pigment, as well as the suspensions of nano-fibrillar cellulose obtained by this process and their uses.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of an aqueous suspension comprising at least one calcium carbonate-comprising material, the calcium carbonate-comprising material having a ratio of particles having an average particle size d80 value to particles having an average particle size d20 value [d80/d20] in the range from 1.5 to 4 and the use of the calcium carbonate-comprising material in paper and board applications, in cosmetics, in caulks and sealants, in adhesives, in paints and coatings, in fibre applications, in plastics applications or for the replacement of PCC in general.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing an aqueous suspension comprising precipitated calcium carbonate. The invention further relates to an aqueous suspension comprising precipitated calcium carbonate as well as a partially dewatered or essentially completely dried precipitated calcium carbonate obtainable by the process and the use of the aqueous suspension comprising precipitated calcium carbonate and/or the partially dewatered or essentially completely dried precipitated calcium carbonate in paper making, paper coating, plastic, agricultural, adhesives, sealants and/or paint applications.

Abstract: A high-strength multi-phase steel having tensile strengths of no less than 580 MPa, preferably with a dual-phase structure for a cold-rolled or hot-rolled steel strip having improved forming properties, in particular for lightweight vehicle construction is disclosed, containing the following elements (contents in % by mass): C 0.075 to ?0.105; Si 0.200 to ?0.300; Mn 1.000 to ?2.000; Cr 0.280 to ?0.480; Al 0.10 to ?0.060; P ?0.020; Nb ?0.005 to ?0.025; N ?0.0100; S ?0.0050; the remainder iron, including conventional steel-accompanying elements not mentioned above.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of suspensions of nano-fibrillar cellulose by providing cellulose fibres and at least one filler and/or pigment; combining the cellulose fibres and the at least one filler and/or pigment; and fibrillating the cellulose fibres in the presence of at least one filler and/or pigment, as well as the suspensions of nano-fibrillar cellulose obtained by this process and their uses.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing polyether carbonate polyols by agglomeration of alkyl oxides and carbon dioxide on carboxylic acid in the presence of a double metal cyanide (DMC) catalyst, wherein one or more carboxylic acids are continually added to the reactor during the reaction, characterized in that the carboxylic acid is at least difunctional and has a pKa value greater than or equal to 1.5, and the adding of the one or more carboxylic acids occurs such that, at any time in the method according to the invention, the molar concentration of unconverted carboxylic acid in the reaction mixture does not exceed a value in the amount of 0.001 mol/g multiplied by the mass of the catalyst used per liter of reaction mixture, specified in grams, and two carboxylic acid groups present in the same molecule are separated from each other at least by one carbon atom. The method further relates to the polyether carbonate polyols obtained according to the invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of an aqueous suspension comprising at least one calcium carbonate-containing material. The invention further relates to calcium carbonate-containing material having a ratio of particles having an average particle size d80 value to particles having an average particle size d20 value [d80/d20] of ?2.50 and the use of the calcium carbonate-containing material in paper and board applications, in cosmetics, in caulks and sealants, in paints and coatings, or in plastics applications.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of suspensions of nano-fibrillar cellulose by providing cellulose fibers and at least one filler and/or pigment; combining the cellulose fibers and the at least one filler and/or pigment; and fibrillating the cellulose fibers in the presence of at least one filler and/or pigment, as well as the suspensions of nano-fibrillar cellulose obtained by this process and their uses.

Abstract: The invention provides a process for preparing polyether carbonate polyols by addition of alkylene oxides and carbon dioxide onto H-functional starter substance in the presence of a double metal cyanide (DMC) catalyst or in the presence of a metal complex catalyst based on the metals zinc and/or cobalt, wherein (?) alkylene oxide and carbon dioxide are added onto H-functional starter substance in a reactor in the presence of a double metal cyanide catalyst or in the presence of a metal complex catalyst based on the metals zinc and/or cobalt, wherein a reaction mixture comprising the polyether carbonate polyol is obtained, and wherein (?) the reaction mixture obtained in step (?) remains in the reactor or is transferred continuously into a postreactor, wherein the content of free alkylene oxide in the reaction mixture is reduced in each case in the manner of a postreaction, characterized in that a component K is added during the postreaction, component K being selected from at least one compound containing a p