Abstract: A system, method, and computer product for monitoring and benchmarking client devices from a server. A server, data center, and/or cloud computing environment may monitor certain aspects of a remote desktop session. The rendering, capture, and compression of a desktop may be monitored. The time between the sending of frames to a thin client can be monitored, the network bandwidth available can be monitored and the time between sending a frame and receiving a response from the thin client can be monitored. Based on these values, a benchmark for the remote desktop experience can be determined.

Abstract: Included herein are embodiments of monitoring and benchmarking client devices from a server. A server, data center, and/or cloud computing environment may monitor certain aspects of a remote desktop session. The rendering, capture, and compression of a desktop may be monitored. The time between the sending of frames to a thin client can be monitored, the network bandwidth available can be monitored and the time between sending a frame a receiving a response from the thin client can be monitored. Based on these values, a benchmark for the remote desktop experience can be determined.

Abstract: Liquid such as water is deaerated by dissolving stripping gas such as carbon dioxide into the water while maintaining pressure, reducing the pressure, and then feeding the liquid into a vessel wherein a gas space is maintained over said water, wherein the pressure of said gas space is less than the pressure upstream, and separately withdrawing degassed liquid and evolved gas from said vessel at rates which maintain the pressure of said gas space below the pressure upstream of said means.

Abstract: Liquid, especially water, flowing at a first velocity and at a first pressure in a line having a first cross-sectional area, is deaerated by flowing said stream into and through a region in said line having a second cross-sectional area less than said first cross-sectional area, whereupon in said region the velocity of said stream increases, the pressure of said stream decreases, and gas dissolved in said stream evolves from said stream, and recovering said evolved gas separately from said liquid before it redissolves into said liquid.

Abstract: The amount of a ballast gas needed, to prevent combustion, deflagration, and/or detonations during a liquid phase reaction of molecular oxygen and a flammable process liquid, is reduced by using a ballast gas other than nitrogen. The ballast gas is selected to have a boiling point lower than the boiling point of the flammable process liquid and selected to produce a higher limiting oxygen value (LOV) in a mixture with the flammable process liquid vapor and molecular oxygen than the LOV for the corresponding mixture substituting just nitrogen for the inerting gas.

Abstract: A process for the selective and high yield preparation of 1,1-difluoroethane (CHF.sub.2 --CH.sub.3, HFC-152a) from chloroethene and anhydrous hydrogen fluoride is disclosed. The process involves the reaction of chloroethene with anhydrous hydrogen fluoride in a liquid phase between the temperatures of 30.degree. and 160.degree. C. in the presence of a tin catalyst and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of alkali metal halides and saturated halogenated hydrocarbons.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for the selective and high yield preparation of 1,1-difluoroethane (HFC-152a). The process comprises contacting chloroethene with anhydrous hydrogen fluoride in a liquid phase at a temperature from about 50.degree. C. and 95.degree. C. while in the presence of a tin(IV) catalyst and an alkali metal halide.

Abstract: This invention is a process for the selective preparation of fluorinated hydrocarbons from chlorinated hydrocarbons while minimizing formation of oligomeric and polymeric byproducts. The process comprises providing a liquid phase containing chlorinated hydrocarbon, HF, a tin catalyst, and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of metal and nonmetal alkoxides, and heating the mixture and isolating the fluorinated hydrocarbon formed.