Abstract: A controller for an internal combustion engine is configured to execute a determination process that determines that a deviation between a first change amount and a second change amount during a fuel cutoff operation is less than or equal to a threshold, and an anomaly diagnosing process that determines that an exhaust purification device is in a detached state when the determination process determines that the deviation is less than or equal to the threshold. The first change amount and the second change amount are change amounts per unit time of the temperature of exhaust gas on the upstream side and the downstream side of the exhaust purification device, respectively. The controller is configured to interrupt the determination process when the upstream-side temperature increases within a determination period.

Abstract: Provided is a light-emitting device including an organic light-emitting element and a control unit that controls the organic light-emitting element. The organic light-emitting element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic light-emitting layer which is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and in which separation of charges occurs due to incidence of excited light. The control unit changes a potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode so that recoupling of the charges occurs, in a second period after passage of a delay period from a first period in which the excited light is incident to the organic light-emitting layer.

Abstract: The toner contains binder resin-containing toner particles and silica fine particle S1, wherein the weight-average particle diameter of the toner is 4.0-15.0 ?m, both inclusive, peaks originating with the silica fine particle S1 are observed in 29 Si-NMR measurement of the silica fine particle S1, and, in the spectrum obtained by 29Si CP/MAS NMR or 29Si DD/MAS NMR, the peak area of a peak corresponding to the D1 unit structure in the silica fine particle S1, the peak area of a peak corresponding to the D2 unit structure in the silica fine particle S1, and the peak area of a peak corresponding to the Q unit structure in the silica fine particle S1 satisfy a prescribed relationship.

Abstract: The method for producing silicon metal and porous carbon from rice hulls is provided. The method comprises a first step S1 of producing a rice hull charcoal M2 containing SiO2 and C by heat treatment of rice hulls M1; a second step S4 of exposing the rice hull charcoal M4 to at least any one of heated first inert gas G2 or reducing gas to produce SiC; a third step S5 of exposing SiC to a heating atmosphere containing Cl2 gas to produce SiCl4 and porous carbon P1; a fourth step S7 of reacting SiCl4 and Zn to produce silicon metal P2 and ZnCl2; and a fifth step S9 of electrolyzing ZnCl2 to produce Zn and Cl2 gas. The Cl2 gas in the fifth step S9 is used in the third step S5, and Zn in the fifth step S9 is used in the fourth step S7.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a hydrogen separation material resistant to thermal shock, excellent in hydrogen separation characteristic and applicable to a hydrogen separation membrane, etc. and a manufacturing method thereof, as well as a hydrogen separation module and a hydrogen production apparatus comprising the same. In the hydrogen separation material, a silica glass membrane is formed on a porous support having a linear expansion coefficient of 2×10?6/K or less. The manufacturing method for the hydrogen separation material includes a porous support forming step of forming a porous support comprising porous silica glass and a silica glass membrane forming step of forming a silica glass membrane on the surface of the porous silica glass. The hydrogen separation module comprises the hydrogen separation material and a steam reforming catalyst. The hydrogen production apparatus comprises the hydrogen separation module.

Abstract: The method for producing silicon metal and porous carbon from rice hulls is provided. The method comprises a first step S1 of producing a rice hull charcoal M2 containing SiO2 and C by heat treatment of rice hulls M1; a second step S4 of exposing the rice hull charcoal M4 to at least any one of heated first inert gas G2 or reducing gas to produce SiC; a third step S5 of exposing SiC to a heating atmosphere containing Cl2 gas to produce SiCl4 and porous carbon P1; a fourth step S7 of reacting SiCl4 and Zn to produce silicon metal P2 and ZnCl2; and a fifth step S9 of electrolyzing ZnCl2 to produce Zn and Cl2 gas. The Cl2 gas in the fifth step S9 is used in the third step S5, and Zn in the fifth step S9 is used in the fourth step S7.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a hydrogen separation material resistant to thermal shock, excellent in hydrogen separation characteristic and applicable to a hydrogen separation membrane, etc. and a manufacturing method thereof, as well as a hydrogen separation module and a hydrogen production apparatus comprising the same. In the hydrogen separation material, a silica glass membrane is formed on a porous support having a linear expansion coefficient of 2×10?6/K or less. The manufacturing method for the hydrogen separation material includes a porous support forming step of forming a porous support comprising porous silica glass and a silica glass membrane forming step of forming a silica glass membrane on the surface of the porous silica glass. The hydrogen separation module comprises the hydrogen separation material and a steam reforming catalyst. The hydrogen production apparatus comprises the hydrogen separation module.

Abstract: An inverter-integrated electric compressor is structured to include a suction refrigeration path (61) for intensively flowing a sucked refrigerant (30) therethrough, such that the suction refrigerant path (61) is provided only in the vicinity of a switching device module (105), which is a main heat source in an inverter device portion (101), so that the sucked refrigerant is concentrated in only the vicinity of the switching device module, which is the main heat source in the inverter device portion. This enables effectively cooling the inverter device portion, with the sucked refrigerant, without involving adjustments of operating conditions for a refrigeration cycle.

Abstract: Fibrous basic magnesium sulfate particles are continuously produced by the process comprising the following steps: (1) placing in a reaction vessel a seed particle-containing aqueous dispersion comprising fibrous basic magnesium sulfate seed particles dispersed in an aqueous medium; (2) supplying magnesium hydroxide and magnesium sulfate continuously into the reaction vessel under heating and stirring the seed particle-containing aqueous dispersion, whereby depositing basic magnesium sulfate produced by the reaction between the magnesium sulfate and magnesium hydroxide in the presence of water on the surfaces of the fibrous basic magnesium sulfate seed particles, to give an aqueous dispersion containing an increased amount of fibrous basic magnesium sulfate particles; (3) taking the aqueous dispersion obtained in the step (2) continuously out of the reaction vessel; and (4) recovering fibrous basic magnesium sulfate particles from the aqueous dispersion taken out of the reaction vessel.

Abstract: Fibrous basic magnesium sulfate particles are continuously produced by the process comprising the following steps: (1) placing in a reaction vessel a seed particle-containing aqueous dispersion comprising fibrous basic magnesium sulfate seed particles dispersed in an aqueous medium; (2) supplying magnesium hydroxide and magnesium sulfate continuously into the reaction vessel under heating and stirring the seed particle-containing aqueous dispersion, whereby depositing basic magnesium sulfate produced by the reaction between the magnesium sulfate and magnesium hydroxide in the presence of water on the surfaces of the fibrous basic magnesium sulfate seed particles, to give an aqueous dispersion containing an increased amount of fibrous basic magnesium sulfate particles; (3) taking the aqueous dispersion obtained in the step (2) continuously out of the reaction vessel; and (4) recovering fibrous basic magnesium sulfate particles from the aqueous dispersion taken out of the reaction vessel.

Abstract: A core rod is inserted into a cladding pipe, moisture in a space between the core rod and the cladding pipe is removed, and an optical fiber is drawn while the space is connected to a dry-gas atmosphere and/or being decompressed and while the core rod and the cladding pipe are being unified with each other. Alternatively, the core rod is inserted into the cladding pipe, and an optical fiber is drawn from one end while moisture on the surface of the core rod and the internal surface of the cladding pipe is being removed. Accordingly, a high quality optical fiber is manufactured with good productivity.

Abstract: A core rod is inserted into a cladding pipe, moisture in a space between the core rod and the cladding pipe is removed, and an optical fiber is drawn while the space is connected to a dry-gas atmosphere and/or being decompressed and while the core rod and the cladding pipe are being unified with each other. Alternatively, the core rod is inserted into the cladding pipe, and an optical fiber is drawn from one end while moisture on the surface of the core rod and the internal surface of the cladding pipe is being removed. Accordingly, a high quality optical fiber is manufactured with good productivity.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to use the same FIFO line memory for both enlargement and reduction during variable-magnification processing in the scan direction, allowing reduction in circuit board area, reduction in power consumption, and reduction in cost, and to provide an image processing apparatus that allows variable-magnification processing to be carried out such that the speed of a scanning unit that captures image data during variable-magnification processing in the cross-scan direction is constant. During processing to enlarge an image in the scan direction, image data travels from CCD circuit board, passing through gate b of selector, is written to and read from FIFO memory, and from gate b of selector is written to memory provided at variable magnification unit. At variable magnification unit, image data is read from memory a plurality of times in correspondence to enlargement ratio, changing the magnification of the image data.

Abstract: An image forming one which is capable of shortening the first copy time and equalizing the image qualities of a plurality of all output copies when a plurality of copies of the original document are output using the memory copy function is provided. An image data of each one line of an original document is sequentially read by a scanner unit. Whenever the image data of a given portion of the original document less than one page thereof (for example, image data of 8 lines) is accumulated, it is subjected to irreversible compression in a compressing circuit. The irreversible compressed image data which is obtained by this irreversible compression is sequentially stored in a storage area of an image memory or HDD and thereafter is sequentially decompressed in a decompressing circuit. Image forming is sequentially conducted based upon the sequentially decompressed image data in a printing device.

Abstract: A method produces an optical fiber without requiring a vertically large space, and an apparatus implements the method. The method produces an optical fiber by heating a lower-end portion of an optical fiber preform with a heating element so that the optical fiber preform can be drawn. In this method, the optical fiber preform is drawn by moving a heat-generating portion of the heating element from the lower-end portion toward an upper-end portion of the optical fiber preform. The apparatus produces an optical fiber by heating a lower-end portion of an optical fiber preform with a heating element so that the optical fiber preform can be drawn. The apparatus comprises a mechanism for moving a heat-generating portion of the heating element from the lower-end portion toward an upper-end portion of the optical fiber preform.

Abstract: The data of the partial images of an original output from an original input scanning device is converted by an image reducing section into reduced images of data in accordance with the size of duplication. Each reduced image of data is stored in a data storage. A pattern matching section compares adjoining reduced partial images of data as to the overlapping image data, to check the congruency therebetween. Based on this judgement result, an address setting section generates a joining position address corresponding to the joining position in each storage area. A data output control section loads the adjoining reduced partial images of data stored in respective storage areas, in a sequentially, joinable manner, so that an image forming section forms a duplicated image of the original on a predetermined recording medium in accordance with the reduced image data.

Abstract: The present invention provide a compressor in which an oil for application or that for assembly has non-compatibility with a refrigerant to be charged in a refrigerant circuit and an lubricating oil to be charged in the compressor has compatibility with the refrigerant.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compressor in which an oil for application or that for assembly has non-compatibility with a refrigerant to be charged in a refrigerant circuit and an lubricating oil to be charged in the compressor has compatibility with the refrigerant.

Abstract: High purity magnesium oxide fine particles are produced by introducing a flow of a magnesium vapor-containing gas and a flow of an inert gas separately into a mixing region to provide a flow of a mixture gas; by introducing the flow of the mixture gas into an oxidizing region while a flow of a molecular oxygen-containing gas is introduced into the oxidizing region concurrently with the flow of the mixture gas; to provide a flow of a reaction mixture in which the magnesium vapor is oxidized, by introducing the flow of the reaction mixture containing the resultant magnesium oxide fine particles into a collecting region; and, by collecting the magnesium oxide particles from the reaction mixture by, for example, a filter located in the collecting region.