Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same. In the electrode assembly, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound based on a winding axis to define a core and an outer circumference. The first electrode includes a first active material portion coated with an active material layer and a first uncoated portion not coated with an active material layer along a winding direction. At least a part of the first uncoated portion is defined as an electrode tab by itself. The first uncoated portion includes a first portion adjacent to the core of the electrode assembly, a second portion adjacent to the outer circumference of the electrode assembly, and a third portion interposed between the first portion and the second portion. The first portion or the second portion has a smaller height than the third portion in the winding axis direction.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same. In the electrode assembly, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound based on an axis to define a core and an outer circumference. The first electrode includes an uncoated portion at a long side end thereof and exposed out of the separator along a winding axis direction of the electrode assembly. A part of the uncoated portion is bent in a radial direction of the electrode assembly to form a bending surface region that includes overlapping layers of the uncoated portion, and in a partial region of the bending surface region, the number of stacked layers of the uncoated portion is 10 or more in the winding axis direction of the electrode assembly.

Abstract: A polyester resin and a coating composition containing the polyester resin are disclosed. The polyester resin includes a repeating unit obtained by copolymerizing (a) a divalent acid component and (b) a diol component containing (b-1) an isosorbide and (b-2) a cycloaliphatic diol, and has excellent heat resistance and solubility in a solvent. The cycloaliphatic diol may be one or more diol derivatives of a tricycle C7-14 alkane. A coating formed from a coating composition containing the polyester shows excellent heat resistance, hardness, chemical resistance, pollution resistance, and hydrolysis resistance.

Abstract: A copolymerized saturated polyester resin is formed by polycondensation of an acid component and an alcohol component. The acid component contains (a-1) 90 to 99% by mole of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid or a C1-2 alkyl ester thereof and (a-2) 0.5 to 2% by mole of a trifunctional or higher functional carboxylic acid or an anhydride thereof. The alcohol component contains (b-1) 45 to 80% by mole of an alicyclic polyhydric alcohol and (b-2) 20 to 55% by mole of an aliphatic polyhydric alcohol having a C1-3 alkyl side chain. A coating composition containing the copolymerized saturated polyester resin shows excellent corrosion resistance and chemical resistance. A coating film formed from the coating composition shows excellent processability and resin solubility, and is useful for coating a can and pre-coated metal.

Abstract: A recirculation valve includes a housing including a hot water fluid passage which is used to allow the hot water to flow through, a cold water fluid passage to allow the cold water to flow through, and a recirculation fluid passage to allow the hot water in the hot water fluid passage to flow into the cold water fluid passage, a water pressure plate provided to close the recirculation fluid passage when the cold water or the hot water is used, and to open the recirculation fluid passage when the cold and hot waters are not used, and a bimetal plate configured to open the recirculation fluid passage as the bimetal plate is spaced apart from a recirculation opening and to close the recirculation fluid passage by making contact with the recirculation opening, and positioned downstream of the recirculation opening in a direction in which the hot water flows.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a copolymerized saturated polyester resin and a coating composition containing same. Provided are a copolymerized saturated polyester resin and a coating composition having excellent hot water resistance, chemical resistance and processability when formed into a coating film, and showing excellent adhesiveness to a metal base, and thus particularly useful for coating a can and pre-coated metal (PCM).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a copolymerized saturated polyester resin and a coating composition containing same. Provided are a copolymerized saturated polyester resin and a coating composition having excellent corrosion resistance and chemical resistance when formed into a coating film, showing excellent processability and resin solubility, and thus particularly useful for coating a can and pre-coated metal (PCM).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyester resin composition for a hot melt adhesive and a polyester resin produced therefrom. The polyester resin is excellent in adhesiveness to plate substrates, flexibility, and processability.

Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a boiler system for bath heating and hot water that is capable of performing heating and hot water preheating by using a single circulation pump for both without the need to separately include a circulation pump for heating and a circulation pump for hot water preheating.

Abstract: A hot water supply system according to the present invention includes: a hot water supply unit configured to supply hot water; an opening and closing valve configured to connect a hot water supply pipe, which is configured to supply hot water to a user from the hot water supply unit, and a cold water supply pipe, which is configured to supply cold water introduced from a cold water inflow pipe to the user, to allow water to flow or configured to disconnect the hot water supply pipe from the cold water supply pipe to block the water from flowing; a circulation pump configured to circulate water supplied from the hot water supply unit through the hot water supply pipe, the opening and closing valve, the cold water supply pipe, and the hot water supply unit; and a control unit configured to, when a water-preheating signal of the user is input, open the opening and closing valve, and operate the circulation pump to preheat water which is to be supplied to the user.

Abstract: A recirculation valve includes a housing including a hot water fluid passage which is used to allow the hot water to flow through, a cold water fluid passage to allow the cold water to flow through, and a recirculation fluid passage to allow the hot water in the hot water fluid passage to flow into the cold water fluid passage, a water pressure plate provided to close the recirculation fluid passage when the cold water or the hot water is used, and to open the recirculation fluid passage when the cold and hot waters are not used, and a bimetal plate configured to open the recirculation fluid passage as the bimetal plate is spaced apart from a recirculation opening and to close the recirculation fluid passage by making contact with the recirculation opening, and positioned downstream of the recirculation opening in a direction in which the hot water flows.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyester resin composition for a hot melt adhesive and a polyester resin produced therefrom. The polyester resin is excellent in adhesiveness to plate substrates, flexibility, and processability.

Abstract: The present invention relates to: a polyester resin having excellent heat resistance and solubility in solvents; and a coating composition which contains the same, and is thus capable of forming a coating film having excellent heat resistance, hardness, chemical resistance, pollution resistance, and hydrolysis resistance.

Abstract: A hot water supply system according to the present invention includes: a hot water supply unit configured to supply hot water; an opening and closing valve configured to connect a hot water supply pipe, which is configured to supply hot water to a user from the hot water supply unit, and a cold water supply pipe, which is configured to supply cold water introduced from a cold water inflow pipe to the user, to allow water to flow or configured to disconnect the hot water supply pipe from the cold water supply pipe to block the water from flowing; a circulation pump configured to circulate water supplied from the hot water supply unit through the hot water supply pipe, the opening and closing valve, the cold water supply pipe, and the hot water supply unit; and a control unit configured to, when a water-preheating signal of the user is input, open the opening and closing valve, and operate the circulation pump to preheat water which is to be supplied to the user.

Abstract: Provided are a water-dispersible polyester resin having improved water resistance and chemical resistance, a water-dispersion emulsion containing the resin, and a method for preparing the resin. It is possible to minimize the use of organic solvents to be added to a water-dispersible polyester resin to thereby reduce hazard to a human body, does not create odor by excluding a use of amines, and can prepare a water-dispersion emulsion having excellent coating, adhesive property, and water-dispersion stability without using emulsifiers such as surfactants.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for measuring outer diameters of fuel rods of a nuclear fuel assembly, in which the fuel rods are standing upright and are used in a light water reactor. The apparatus includes a support unit fixed to a floor at a lower portion thereof so as to be kept insulated from vibrations caused by external forces, a measuring unit mounted on the support unit and moving up and down to measure the outer diameters of the fuel rods, and a transducer cooperating with the measuring unit, converting the measured outer diameters of the fuel rods into electrical signals, and sending the converted signals to the outside. Thus, the apparatus moves up and down to measure the outer diameters of the fuel rods, so that it can accurately check abnormalities in the outer diameters of the fuel rods.

Abstract: An engine torque compensation method is based on a change in the concentration of ethanol for a Flexible Fuel Vehicle (FFV). In the method, a concentration of ethanol in fuel that is supplied to an engine is acquired. A driver-required torque based on an opening rate of a throttle valve depending on manipulation of an accelerator by a driver is calculated. A torque correction factor depending on the opening rate of the throttle valve and the concentration of the ethanol is calculated. A final driver-required torque is obtained by multiplying the torque correction factor by the driver-required torque.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for measuring outer diameters of fuel rods of a nuclear fuel assembly, in which the fuel rods are standing upright and are used in a light water reactor. The apparatus includes a support unit fixed to a floor at a lower portion thereof so as to be kept insulated from vibrations caused by external forces, a measuring unit mounted on the support unit and moving up and down to measure the outer diameters of the fuel rods, and a transducer cooperating with the measuring unit, converting the measured outer diameters of the fuel rods into electrical signals, and sending the converted signals to the outside. Thus, the apparatus moves up and down to measure the outer diameters of the fuel rods, so that it can accurately check abnormalities in the outer diameters of the fuel rods.