Abstract: Provided is a method for producing alcohols by an olefin hydration reaction using a heteropolyacid catalyst, wherein the catalyst can be stably used on a long-term basis. The temperature difference within the catalyst layer in the olefin hydration reaction using a heteropolyacid catalyst is made less than or equal to a certain value. Specifically, in a method for producing alcohols in which a gas-phase hydration reaction is carried out using a solid acid catalyst that supports a heteropolyacid acid or salt thereof and supplying water and C2-C5 olefin to a reactor, the temperature difference within the catalyst layer in the reactor is established at less than or equal to 6° C.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing an alcohol through an olefin hydration reaction using a heteropolyacid catalyst, the method enabling the catalyst to be stably used over a long period. In the olefin hydration reaction, in which the heteropolyacid catalyst is used, the pressure loss during the period of passing a feed-material gas through a catalyst layer is regulated to a certain value or less. Specifically, the method for producing an alcohol comprises using a solid-acid catalyst including a supported heteropolyacid or salt thereof, supplying water and a 2C-5C olefin to a reactor, and hydrating the olefin in a gas phase, wherein the pressure loss during the period of passing the feed-material gas through a layer of the catalyst is regulated to 350 kPa or less.

Abstract: An information processing method for acquiring location information of an object includes acquiring location information of the object based on location management information in which identification information of the object, the location information of the object, and time information indicating an acquisition time of the location information are associated; acquiring the time information associated with the acquired location information as time information indicating a time before movement of the object starts, based on the location management information; tracking, by image processing, the object in a captured moving image of surroundings of the object based on the location information of the object; and acquiring current location information of the object at an end of the movement based on a result of the tracking. In the tracking, the object is tracked in a part of the captured moving image starting from a moving image time corresponding to the acquired time information.

Abstract: In the head unit 15, an opening 14a for exposing the nozzle surface of an inkjet head 3 and an opening 14b for exposing the nozzle surface of an inkjet head 4 are formed in a base member 14, and the width of the opening 14a in the sub scanning direction is set to a width at which the inkjet head 3 can be arranged at a first position 3A where the inkjet head 3 and the inkjet head 4 are arranged at the same position in the sub scanning direction and a second position where the inkjet head 3 and the inkjet head 4 are arranged at positions shifted in the sub scanning direction.

Abstract: A light-emitting device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a substrate having a first surface and a second surface that are opposed to each other; a plurality of light-emitting elements arranged in an array on the first surface side of the substrate; a partition wall formed above the plurality of light-emitting elements using a metal material and having an opening for each of the plurality of light-emitting elements; and a wavelength conversion layer that is provided in the opening and converts a wavelength of light outputted from the plurality of light-emitting elements.

Abstract: An injection molding device includes an injection device including a cylinder, a screw, and a nozzle provided at a front end of the cylinder, for discharging molten resin as the screw advances, a mold including a molded product cavity, and a resin channel between the molded product cavity and a portion abutting the nozzle, a channel pressure measuring device for acquiring channel pressure data in the resin channel, and a determination unit that determines presence/absence of clogging of a gate of the resin channel, based on features of the channel pressure data.

Abstract: A method and catalyst for producing an alcohol, which method includes supplying water and a C2-C5 olefin to a reactor and performing hydration in a gas phase using a solid acid catalyst. The solid acid catalyst is one in which a heteropolyacid or a salt thereof is supported on a silica carrier. The silica carrier is obtained by kneading a fumed silica obtained by a combustion method, a silica gel obtained by a gel method, and a colloidal silica obtained by a sol-gel method or a water glass method; molding the resulting kneaded product; and calcining the resulting molded body.

Abstract: A method for producing the silica carrier which includes kneading fumed silica obtained by a combustion method, silica gel obtained by a gel method, and colloidal silica obtained by a sol-gel method or a water glass method, molding the resulting kneaded product, and calcining the resulting molded body. The silica carrier has, in the measurement of pore size distribution, mesopores with a pore size of 2 to 50 nm and macropores with a pore size of more than 50 nm and 1,000 nm or less.

Abstract: A thermal print head includes a heat-generating substrate, a resistor layer, a conductive layer, a first substrate, a second substrate, and a third substrate. The heat-generating substrate includes a heat-generating substrate obverse face and a heat-generating substrate reverse face that are spaced apart from each other in a thickness direction. The resistor layer is supported by the heat-generating substrate. The conductive layer is supported by the heat-generating substrate, and electrically connected to the resistor layer. The first substrate is located upstream of the heat-generating substrate in a sub-scanning direction. The second substrate is located upstream of the first substrate in the sub-scanning direction. The third substrate is bonded to the first substrate and the second substrate and higher in flexibility than the first substrate.

Abstract: A tube pump that sends a fluid includes a tube, a roller, and a roller holder. In the roller holder, a guide groove is formed that receives a shaft of the roller and defines a range in which the roller is movable with respect to the roller holder. The roller holder has an inner side surface and an outer side surface as surfaces defining the guide groove in the roller holder. The inner side surface has a protrusion protruding toward the outer side surface.

Abstract: A method for producing an alcohol by hydrating an olefin using a heteropolyacid catalyst is provided, in which the catalyst can be stably used over a long period. The method is for producing an alcohol by supplying water and an olefin having 2-5 carbon atoms to a reactor and hydrating the olefin in a gas phase using a solid acid catalyst loaded with a heteropolyacid or a salt thereof, and is characterized in that a raw-material mixture to be supplied to the reactor has an aldehyde compound content of 70 mol ppm or less.

Abstract: A method for producing an alcohol by hydrating an olefin using a heteropolyacid catalyst is provided, in which an alcohol having high product purity can be stably produced over a long period of time. The method is for producing an alcohol by supplying a raw material mixture comprising water and an olefin having a carbon atom number of X, wherein X is an integer of 2 to 5, to a reactor and subjecting them to a hydration reaction in a gas phase using a solid acid catalyst on which a heteropolyacid or a salt thereof is supported to obtain a reaction product, wherein the content of an impurity olefin having a carbon atom number of Y, wherein Y is an integer of 2 to 6 and Y and X are different, contained in the raw material mixture is 700 mol ppm or less.

Abstract: A thermal print head includes a heat-generating substrate, a resistor layer, a conductive layer, a first substrate, a second substrate, and a third substrate. The heat-generating substrate includes a heat-generating substrate obverse face and a heat-generating substrate reverse face that are spaced apart from each other in a thickness direction. The resistor layer is supported by the heat-generating substrate. The conductive layer is supported by the heat-generating substrate, and electrically connected to the resistor layer. The first substrate is located upstream of the heat-generating substrate in a sub-scanning direction. The second substrate is located upstream of the first substrate in the sub-scanning direction. The third substrate is bonded to the first substrate and the second substrate and higher in flexibility than the first substrate.

Abstract: A method and catalyst for producing an alcohol, which method includes supplying water and a C2-C5 olefin to a reactor and performing hydration in a gas phase using a solid acid catalyst. The solid acid catalyst is one in which a heteropolyacid or a salt thereof is supported on a silica carrier. The silica carrier is obtained by kneading a fumed silica obtained by a combustion method, a silica gel obtained by a gel method, and a colloidal silica obtained by a sol-gel method or a water glass method; molding the resulting kneaded product; and calcining the resulting molded body.

Abstract: A light emitting type capsule treatment tool for irradiating light with a specific wavelength required for photoimmunotherapy, includes a power receiving coil, a magnetic member, a light emitting member and a capsule. The power receiving coil is formed by winding a conductive wire and configured to receive electric power supplied from an external transmission antenna via a magnetic flux. The magnetic member is placed on an inner circumference of the power receiving coil. The light emitting member is configured to be supplied with electric power from the power receiving coil and to emit the light with the specific wavelength. The capsule houses the power receiving coil, the magnetic member and the light emitting member.

Abstract: A method for producing the silica carrier which includes kneading fumed silica obtained by a combustion method, silica gel obtained by a gel method, and colloidal silica obtained by a sol-gel method or a water glass method, molding the resulting kneaded product, and calcining the resulting molded body. The silica carrier has, in the measurement of pore size distribution, mesopores with a pore size of 2 to 50 nm and macropores with a pore size of more than 50 nm and 1,000 nm or less.

Abstract: A diaphragm pump, a pump unit and an inkjet printer are provided. A housing of the diaphragm pump includes: a circular supporting groove portion for supporting a supported portion, and a passage opening for passing the supported portion to the supporting groove portion in a direction indicated by an arrow, where a shape of an outer edge of a cross section of the supported portion orthogonal to the direction indicated by an arrow is a shape of an outer edge of a circle in which a part of the outer edge is missing. A width of the passing opening at a coupling portion of the supporting groove portion and the passing opening is greater than or equal to a minimum width of the supported portion in the direction orthogonal to the direction indicated by the arrow and smaller than a maximum width of the supported portion in the relevant direction.

Abstract: A thermal printhead includes a substrate, a resistor layer with heat generation portions supported by the substrate and aligned in a primary scanning direction, a wiring layer supported by the substrate to form a conductive path to the heat generation portions, an insulating layer interposed between the substrate and the resistor layer, and a reflection layer located opposite to the heat generation portions with respect to the insulating layer. The reflection layer overlaps with the heat generation portions as viewed in a thickness direction of the heat generation portions and has a greater heat reflectivity than the insulating layer.

Abstract: Provided is a technology for allowing only a wireless terminal satisfying a security policy to be connected to an in-company network without causing a significant increase in costs. The terminal management device including a determination part communicating with a wireless terminal via a different communication network from the wireless network system, and determining whether or not the wireless terminal satisfies a predetermined security policy, and a connection information transmission part transmitting connection information for connection to the wireless relay device to the wireless terminal which is determined to satisfy the security policy by the determination part is provided in a wireless network system that includes a wireless access point device constituting an in-company network and connecting a wireless terminal for which predetermined connection information has been set.

Abstract: A light emitting type capsule treatment tool for irradiating light with a specific wavelength required for photoimmunotherapy, includes a power receiving coil, a magnetic member, a light emitting member and a capsule. The power receiving coil is formed by winding a conductive wire and configured to receive electric power supplied from an external transmission antenna via a magnetic flux. The magnetic member is placed on an inner circumference of the power receiving coil. The light emitting member is configured to be supplied with electric power from the power receiving coil and to emit the light with the specific wavelength. The capsule houses the power receiving coil, the magnetic member and the light emitting member.