Abstract: A method for determining a state of charge of at least one battery cell, having the following steps to enable an improved determination of the state of charge of a lithium iron phosphate cell: generating an alternating current pulse in a circuit connected to the at least one battery cell, determining an impedance of the at least one battery cell on the basis of the alternating current pulse and determining the state of charge by comparing the impedance to predefined map data, wherein a relationship between the impedance and the state of charge of the at least one battery cell is determined from the predefined map data.

Abstract: A method for determining a state of charge of at least one battery cell, having the following steps to enable an improved determination of the state of charge of a lithium iron phosphate cell: generating an alternating current pulse in a circuit connected to the at least one battery cell, determining an impedance of the at least one battery cell on the basis of the alternating current pulse and determining the state of charge by comparing the impedance to predefined map data, wherein a relationship between the impedance and the state of charge of the at least one battery cell is determined from the predefined map data.

Abstract: An internal resistance value of a vehicle battery is determined from a measured ripple current. An actual energy content of the vehicle battery is determined from the internal resistance value and a predetermined battery characteristic curve. A temperature value of the vehicle battery is measured and an available amount of energy of the vehicle battery for an emergency pulse is determined based on the actual energy content, an actual discharge current of the vehicle battery and the measured temperature value.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining a current state of charge value (SOC0, SOC1, SOC2) of a battery of a specific battery type, wherein a field of characteristic curves is provided, which, for certain different predetermined temperature ranges (?T), specifies an internal resistance (Ri) for the specific battery type in dependence on the state of charge (SOC) for the specific battery type, a current temperature (T) of the battery is measured, a current internal resistance value (Ri0, Ri1) of the battery is determined, and, on the basis of the current temperature (T) and the current internal resistance value (Ri0, Ri1), the current state of charge value (SOC0, SOC1, SOC2) of the battery is determined by means of the field of characteristic curves.

Abstract: A method for determining a performance information, including a capacity information, of a battery of a motor vehicle on-board power network connected to a DC converter is disclosed. The DC converter is configured to impress at least one AC current with at least one predetermined frequency into the on-board power network. The capacity information is derived from at least one first electrical parameter at an output of the DC converter to the on-board power network and from at least one second electrical parameter that describes a reaction of the battery to the impressed AC current. A motor vehicle configured to perform the method is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method for determining a performance information, including a capacity information, of a battery of a motor vehicle on-board power network connected to a DC converter is disclosed. The DC converter is configured to impress at least one AC current with at least one predetermined frequency into the on-board power network. The capacity information is derived from at least one first electrical parameter at an output of the DC converter to the on-board power network and from at least one second electrical parameter that describes a reaction of the battery to the impressed AC current. A motor vehicle configured to perform the method is also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining a current state of charge value (SOC0, SOC1, SOC2) of a battery of a specific battery type, wherein a field of characteristic curves is provided, which, for certain different predetermined temperature ranges (?T), specifies an internal resistance (Ri) for the specific battery type in dependence on the state of charge (SOC) for the specific battery type, a current temperature (T) of the battery is measured, a current internal resistance value (Ri0, Ri1) of the battery is determined, and, on the basis of the current temperature (T) and the current internal resistance value (Ri0, Ri1), the current state of charge value (SOC0, SOC1, SOC2) of the battery is determined by means of the field of characteristic curves.

Abstract: A process to check a connection between a battery (2) supplying a low-voltage network (1) of a motor vehicle (12), the voltage of which is less than the voltage of a high-voltage network (6) of the motor vehicle (12), and the low-voltage network (1); wherein a DC voltage converter (5), which is configured for exchanging electrical power between the high-voltage network (6) and the low-voltage network (1), connects the high-voltage network (6) to the low-voltage network (1); wherein a DC voltage converter (5) modulates the output voltage into the low-voltage network at a modulation frequency; wherein the current hereby applied and the voltage hereby applied are measured by the battery (2), and a resistance value is determined and evaluated with respect to at least one connection criterion, according to which a connection fault is determined when at least one connection criterion is not fulfilled.

Abstract: A process to check a connection between a battery (2) supplying a low-voltage network (1) of a motor vehicle (12), the voltage of which is less than the voltage of a high-voltage network (6) of the motor vehicle (12), and the low-voltage network (1); wherein a DC voltage converter (5), which is configured for exchanging electrical power between the high-voltage network (6) and the low-voltage network (1), connects the high-voltage network (6) to the low-voltage network (1); wherein a DC voltage converter (5) modulates the output voltage into the low-voltage network at a modulation frequency; wherein the current hereby applied and the voltage hereby applied are measured by the battery (2), and a resistance value is determined and evaluated with respect to at least one connection criterion, according to which a connection fault is determined when at least one connection criterion is not fulfilled.

Abstract: A method and a device for determining the actual capacity of a battery uses a set of characteristic curves, wherein at the start of a discharge process the initial voltage of the battery, the magnitude of the discharge current and the temperature of the battery are determined. From this, by comparison with the data provided in the set of characteristic curves, a characteristic curve is selected and an initial state of the battery is determined. At the end of the discharge process, the final voltage of the battery is measured. The final voltage is compared, at the end of the discharge, with the voltage expected based on the selected characteristic curve and, in the event that the final voltage is smaller than the voltage expected based on the discharge process, it is determined that the actual capacity of the battery is smaller than the available capacity assumed at the start of the discharge process.

Abstract: A method and a device for determining the actual capacity of a battery uses a set of characteristic curves, wherein at the start of a discharge process the initial voltage of the battery, the magnitude of the discharge current and the temperature of the battery are determined. From this, by comparison with the data provided in the set of characteristic curves, a characteristic curve is selected and an initial state of the battery is determined. At the end of the discharge process, the final voltage of the battery is measured. The final voltage is compared, at the end of the discharge, with the voltage expected based on the selected characteristic curve and, in the event that the final voltage is smaller than the voltage expected based on the discharge process, it is determined that the actual capacity of the battery is smaller than the available capacity assumed at the start of the discharge process.

Abstract: Non-silking iron oxide yellow pigments with high color density.Iron oxide yellow pigments in the .alpha.-FeOOH modification with a silking index of less than 5 were obtained in whicha) .alpha.-FeOOH seeds are produced by precipitation from an Fe(II)-containing solution with an alkaline precipitating agent in the presence of soluble aluminium salts in an amount of 3 to 9 wt. %. calculated as Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, with respect to precipitated .alpha.-FeOOH, and subsequent oxidation to .alpha.-FeOOH andb) pigment growth is performed by precipitating further iron with simultaneous oxidation, wherein the seed/time yield is less than 0.3 h.sup.-1 and the pH value is less than 3.9 over the entire period of pigment growth andc) pigment growth is terminated at a reproduction factor between 3 and 20.

Abstract: A gas burner for a heating furnace with at least one burner pipe (1) with flame openings (7). An intake opening (5) is provided in which primary air enters and wherein burnable gas enters through a gas nozzle (4) penetrating into the intake opening (5). The percentage of primary air remains extensively unaffected during changes in the gas pressure occurring as a consequence of a change in the nature of the gas.

Abstract: A weft thread insertion arrangement for the weft thread magazine of a warp knitting machine has a warp thread laying insert carriage. The carriage, in conjunction and cooperation with the main shaft of the warp knitting machine, is driven between two forwarding devices for forwarding the laid weft threads to a needle bed. The arrangement has a drive assembly including a computer and a servomotor. The computer has at least one data storage device for taking up the data associated with at least one movement path formula. A sensor is provided for determining the number of revolutions and the angular displacement position data of the main shaft, which is fed back to the computer to enable it to compute the required drive speed of the servomotor.

Abstract: The arrangement provides warp threads for an oscillating weft thread magazine for warp knitting machine. The machine uses a creel, a first delivery device with constant delivery speed, and a second delivery device with a variable thread drive speed. The latter speed corresponds to the instantaneous take-off speed of the weft thread by the carriage. A storage arrangement is located between the two delivery devices for smoothing out the differences between the constant delivery speed and the variable take-off speed. This arrangement enables use of elastic weft threads on the weft thread magazine, so that they are provided in a state of constant tension stage; in particular, tension-free or very slightly tensioned.

Abstract: Needle shaped alloy pigment powders consisting essentially of iron, silicon and aluminum, with up to 1.0% by weight of chromium and one or both of cobalt or tin in amounts from 0.3 to 3% by weight of cobalt and from 0.1 to 5.0% by weight of tin, based in each case on the iron, are useful as the magnetic powders used in magnetic recording devices.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a warp knitting machine having a weft thread insertion arrangement comprising two parallel transfer devices which carry the weft threads in holders having a predetermined separation from each other and which are driveable in the direction of the needle bed. Also included is a reciprocally moveable weft sled arrangement carrying thread guides to lay mutually crossing layers of diagonal weft threads that subtend mutually opposed angles to the stitch rows. The guides place the threads into the weft thread holders first in one of said transfer devices and then in the other transfer device in exact and predetermined separations. The invention is further directed to a novel fabric having inlaid weft and warp inlay threads.

Abstract: Sensitive magnetic pigment particles enclosed in about 0.1 to 5% by weight of a polymeric material thereby preserving the pigment magnetic properties. Advantageously, the polymer, which serves as a packing, is at least one member selected from the group consisting of polycarbonates, polyacrylates, polymethacrylates, polyesters, polyethers, polyurethanes, polyvinyl compounds, polyvinylidene compounds and cellulose compounds. These are compatible with the matrices used to make magnetic tapes.

Abstract: There is provided a lapping arrangement with circulating thread guides for a warp knitting machine. The arrangement has carriers for the thread guides. A transport arrangement moves the carriers in a guide means comprising two parallel segments connected by two turning segments. In the location of the parallel segments the transport arrangement comprises two forwarding helices in whose helical thread ride rollers which are attached to the carriers. In this way, a precise positioning of the thread guides is possible.

Abstract: There is provided a warp knitting machine for diagonally laying warp threads with thread guides that circulate around a continuous pathway. The warp threads are taken from spools located on a fixed creel and are led through a fixed thread feed arrangement located above the circulating path. The frame is rotatable about a perpendicular turning axis in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation of the thread guides. These rotations have the same circuit times. In this way it is possible to provide long time intervals between the stopping times necessary for the replacement of the spools. It also allows the use of many different types of thread material.