Abstract: A valve is used for vapor-tightly disconnecting two interconnected process units. The valve comprises a continuous duct which connects two vacuum evaporators that are individually provided with an outer vapor-proof jacket, and a blocking mechanism mounted in the duct. In order to allow the two interconnected vacuum evacuators to be disconnected in a vapor-proof manner such that the functional reliability is improved, a vapor-impinged surface of the valve duct is provided with a vapor condensation-repellent zone which is connected in a thermally conducting manner to a heating apparatus that envelopes the valve.

Abstract: A method for locating signal sources, particularly sound signal sources, is suggested using several spacially separated sensors whose output signals are processed in order to detect noise and to eliminate such noise under utilization of a normalizing factor, the normalizing factor considers particularly those frequencies which, for one reason or another, are uniquely attributable to noise.