Abstract: The present invention provides a target substance transfer method, a crystal production method, a composition production method, and a target substance transfer device, which allow the concentration of a target substance to be increased easily and effectively. The target substance transfer method is a method for transferring a target substance 103 from a first phase 101 that is a liquid or solid phase containing the target substance 103 to a second phase 102 including: a phase approximation step of bringing the first phase 101 and the second phase 102 into close proximity; and a bubble collapse step of forming bubbles in the vicinity of a boundary between the first phase 101 and the second phase 102 and then causing the bubbles to collapse.

Abstract: An expandable and contractable shade assembly includes a plurality of closed cell structures aligned vertically one above another with juncture lines defined between adjacent structures. Each closed cell structure includes a front face and a separate back face. The front face and the back face are offset from one another in relation to a vertical axis. In one embodiment, for instance, the front face of a higher cell is connected to both the front face and back face of a lower cell, while the back face of the higher cell is only connected to the back face of the lower cell. In an alternative embodiment, the front face of a higher cell is only connected to the front face of a lower cell, while the back face of the higher cell is connected to both the front face and the back face of the lower cell. The above configuration can increase strength and dimensional stability of the interconnected cells.

Abstract: A retractable safety gate has a mounting assembly, a control assembly, a delaying assembly, an operating assembly, a blocking cloth, a grip assembly and a receiving assembly. The control assembly has a controller, a ratchet unit and a spiral spring. The spiral spring is connected between the controller and the ratchet unit. Thus, the controller is pulled back to the original position to be closed by the spiral spring, thereby reducing number of the components such that the retractable safety gate has a simplified structure.

Abstract: An operating control system for a retractable shade including a roller reversibly rotatable within a headrail includes a clamp system for gripping an endless operating cord in a neutral position to prevent rotation of the roller and a tensioner if properly mounted in a fixed position will release the clamp system to permit rotation of the roller while positioning the runs of the endless cord in a closely spaced relationship to minimize the risk of an infant or child becoming entangled in the cord.

Abstract: A covering for an architectural opening has a horizontal movable rail supported by cords, with a variety of configurations, some of which prevent the horizontal movable rail from skewing, most of which conceal the cords.

Abstract: A screen structure which is unusually effective at removing stickies from recyclable fiber but is tolerant of substantial swings in throughput which result in variations in the flow velocity through the screen—slot velocity. One example of the screen structure is created by forming a very large number of similarly shaped vanes then locking them into a ring structure to form a cylindrical screen basket but equivalent surface configurations can also be formed into sheet stock.

Abstract: A method of making a multi-ply wiper/towel product with cellulosic microfibers. The method includes compactively dewatering a nascent web that includes at least about 10% fibrillated cellulosic microfibers and has an apparently random distribution of fibers. The dewatered web having the apparently random distribution of fibers is applied to a transfer surface. The web is belt-creped from the transfer surface utilizing a creping belt. The belt-creping step occurs under pressure in a belt creping nip defined between the transfer surface and the creping belt. The web is dried to form a dried web having a plurality of fiber-enriched hollow domed regions protruding from an upper side of the dried web. The hollow domed regions have a sidewall of a relatively high local basis weight formed along at least a leading edge thereof.

Abstract: A method of making a multi-ply wiper/towel product with cellulosic microfibers. The method includes compactively dewatering a nascent web that includes at least about 10% fibrillated cellulosic microfibers and has an apparently random distribution of fibers. The dewatered web having the apparently random distribution of fibers is applied to a transfer surface. The web is belt-creped from the transfer surface utilizing a generally planar polymeric creping belt provided with a plurality of perforations through the belt. The belt-creping step occurs under pressure in a belt creping nip defined between the transfer surface and the creping belt. The web is dried to form a dried web that includes a plurality of fiber-enriched hollow domed regions protruding from an upper side of the dried web. The hollow domed regions have a sidewall of a relatively high local basis weight formed along at least a leading edge thereof.

Abstract: The disclosure provides tissue webs, and products incorporating the same, where the webs comprise wood and bamboo fibers. More specifically the disclosure provides soft and durable through-air dried tissue webs comprising at least about 10 percent bamboo fiber by weight of the web. In the through-air dried tissue webs of the present disclosure, bamboo typically replaces high average fiber length wood fibers, which increases the bulk of the through-air dried web without negatively effecting softness or durability.

Abstract: A short-cut microfiber-containing mixture is provided comprising a plurality of water non-dispersible short-cut polymer microfibers having a fineness of 0.5 d/f or less; water; and a sulfopolyester dispersed in said water, wherein the sulfopolyester has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of at least 40° C., and wherein the sulfopolyester exhibits a melt viscosity of less than about 12,000 poise measured at 240° C. at a strain rate of 1 rad/sec.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for improving papermaking or board making process. The method comprises forming a fibre stock, and leading the fibre stock to a headbox and feeding it to a wire to form a wet fibrous web. A at least one polysaccharide having 1,4-?-anomeric configuration in linkages between saccharide units of the polysaccharide backbone or the main polysaccharide backbone is applied to the fibre stock after machine chest or on the wet fibrous web. The invention relates also to paper made by the method and to the use of polysaccharide.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of improving dewatering efficiency, increasing sheet wet web strength, increasing sheet wet strength and enhancing filler retention in a papermaking process The method improves the efficiency of drainage aids or wet web strength aids or wet strength aid by coating at least some of the filler particles with a material that prevents the filler materials form adhering to a those additives. The drainage additive or wet web strength additive or wet strength aid holds the cellulose fibers together tightly and is not wasted on the filler particles.

Abstract: A method for individualizing a trichome from an epidermis of a non-seed portion of a trichome-bearing plant in the Stachys genus to form a fibrous structure is provided. The method comprises contacting the plant with a device to separate the trichome from the epidermis and incorporating the separated trichome into fibrous structure.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hand-held apparatus for controlling the condition of a circulating band in a papermaking machine; the apparatus comprises a hand-held body which carries: a moisture measuring device, equipped with at least one microwave sensor; a permeability measuring device, comprising at least one water delivery nozzle and a flowmeter associated with the nozzle; and a control unit connected to the measuring devices for processing signals coming therefrom; the body is equipped with at least one handle portion to be grasped by an operator for manually moving and manoeuvring the apparatus.

Abstract: A headbox is provided that comprises at least one first inlet channel adapted to receive furnish comprising fibres, at least one turbulence generator connected to the first inlet channel, a second inlet channel adapted to receive a non-fibrous high consistency composition, and a sliced cone connected to the turbulence generator and the second inlet channel. The first inlet channel and the turbulence generator are arranged so that the furnish is passed through the first inlet channel and further to the turbulence generator and thereafter to the sliced cone. The second inlet channel is arranged so that the non-fibrous high consistency composition is passed through the second inlet channel and directly to the sliced cone bypassing the turbulence generator.

Abstract: A clothing for a paper machine is configured as a film-shaped continuous band that is closed in the circumferential direction and that has a perforated useful area and at least one edge extending between the useful area and a lateral edge. The edge area has a perforation density lower than the perforation density of the useful area.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a salt core to be introduced into a foundry mold by casting of parts made of aluminum, aluminum alloy, or light alloys obtained according to casting operations in order to form a foundry preform. The core is a salt powder and undergoes for its shaping an isostatic compression of the salt powder. The core obtained with the desired shapes is then introduced into the foundry mold to make the form to be obtained, and the shape resulting from the foundry operation is a preform including the salt powder core obtained by isostatic compression. The preform is then forged with its core at a pressure ranging between 600 and 700 MPa to obtain the final form of the product to be obtained, and the core subsequently removed.

Abstract: A method for interlocking structural steel components with a metal-filled interlock is disclosed herein. The method comprises placing a mold about aligned contoured portions of structural steel components and attaching a crucible and a spout to the mold. The crucible is charged with exothermic reactive metals which are ignited, forming a molten metal filler. The molten metal filler melts a metal plug in the crucible or spout and the molten metal filler flows into the mold and about the aligned contoured portions of the structural steel components. Cooling of the molten metal filler forms a metal-filled interlock. Molds for performing the disclosed method are also disclosed herein.

Abstract: A die brace and method of use thereof for securing the relationship of one or more die tie bars and an associated back plate of a movable die core, such as a die core of a metal casting die. Embodiments of such a die brace generally include a collar that is adapted to fit over the die tie bar(s), a back plate bracket element that is adapted for affixation to a die core back plate, and a bracing leg that connects the collar to the bracket element.

Abstract: A non-electroslag remelting type clean metal ingot mold includes an ingot mold body and a insulating riser arranged on the ingot mold body; an insulated heating and heat preservation device is vertically arranged in the ingot mold body and divides the space in the ingot mold body into a plurality of independent cavity units; and the cavity units are distributed in two rows in the ingot mold body. Because the insulated heating and heat preservation device is arranged in the ingot mold body and divides the space in the ingot mold body into a plurality of independent cavity units, most of impurities and segregates in liquid metals are enriched in the part in contact with the isolation and heat insulation mechanism during the directional solidification and crystallization of the liquid metals and the enriched alloy segregates, and the impurities can be easily eliminated by utilizing flame or other processing methods.

Abstract: The pouring spout changer according to the invention is characterised in that it is provided with a dummy plate (14) for closing the casting channel of the casting device in an emergency. The dummy plate (14) can be brought into the closed position by the same actuation member (11) by means of which a worn pouring spout (21) is replaced by a new pouring spout (22) during normal operation. The changing device can also be used as a casting nozzle changer, preferably with a nozzle gripper for removing the worn casting nozzles.

Abstract: A binder for mold material mixtures is a four-component material. It contains at least one phenolic resin component, at least one isocyanate component, at least one alkyl/alkenyl benzene and at least one dialkylated and/or dialkenylated naphthalene. The phenolic resin component acts as the polyol component and contains phenolic resin obtainable from the reaction between a phenol compound and an aldehyde compound. The isocyanate component contains at least one polyisocyanate with at least two NCO groups per molecule. The alkyl/alkenyl benzene has a boiling point above 250° C. The dialkylated and/or dialkenylated naphthalene has a boiling point above 270° C.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the preparation of a polymer composite material for building air conditioning or dehumidification having superior water-adsorbing ability, durability and antibacterial properties by electro spinning. Specifically, the disclosed method for preparing a polymer composite material for building air conditioning or dehumidification includes: (S1) adding a crosslinking agent or a crosslinking agent and a porous filler for conferring durability and antibacterial properties into a hydrophilic polymer solution antibacterial properties to prepare a polymer composite material solution; (S2) electrospinning the polymer composite material solution to prepare a nanofiber sheet; and (S3) crosslinking the nanofiber sheet by heat-treatment.

Abstract: A robotic tubesheet walker having two rails connected by a central hinge, wherein the central hinge can be opened or closed by an actuation device. Upon each rail is mounted a carriage, wherein each carriage can move along its respective rail toward or away from the central hinge by means of a drive mechanism. Each carriage further contains at least two “gripper” attachment mechanisms, such as camlocks, to grip the tubesheet. The grippers either insert into tube holes within the tubesheet to fasten the respective carriage to the tubesheet, or retract to disengage. Further attached to the central hinge is a tool support fixture, and attached to the tool support fixture is a coupler that holds maintenance or inspection tools.

Abstract: A geothermal system includes a first circuit including a first heat exchanger exchanging heat with a controlled space, a second circuit including a second heat exchanger exchanging heat with an outdoor temperature sink that varies seasonally, a geothermal heat exchanging assembly arranged to exchange heat between a geothermal source and the fluid in both the first and second circuits and a pumping device allowing the first circuit to function as a heat pump. The flow in both the first and second circuits is seasonally reversible to alternately heat or cool the controlled space. An expansion motor connected in series with the second circuit in communication between the second heat exchanger and the geothermal heat exchanging assembly is driven by expansion of fluid in the second circuit to function as a Rankine cycle in either seasonal direction of the flow to power the pumping device in both seasonal directions.

Abstract: A radiant climate control system having a panel system. The panel system includes a first panel and a second panel. The first panel has an attachment surface. An impermeable channel is formed in the attachment surface. The second panel is attached to the attachment surface and covers at least a portion of the impermeable channel. The second panel has a greater thermal conductivity than the first panel to promote thermal energy transfer between a fluid in the impermeable channel and an environment proximate the panel system through the second panel. The panel system is joined with a compatible panel system, and the impermeable channel of the first panel is mated with a compatible channel of the compatible panel system, thereby allowing fluid communication between the panel system and the compatible panel system.

Abstract: At least one heat generating radio unit in an active antenna system unit, the cooling system comprising at least one fan and an air duct, where each heat generating radio unit to be cooled by the cooling system is arranged connected to a heat sink unit comprising cooling fins, the heat sink unit being arranged to transfer heat between the radio unit and the ambient air, where the at least one fan is arranged to generate a primary air flow of ambient air in the air duct between at least one air duct inlet and at least one air duct outlet, where the air duct is arranged to extend in the longitudinal direction (A) of the active antenna system unit along each of the said heat sink units and to border on each of the said heat sink units.

Abstract: Provided is a thermal energy network system including: a first thermal station that stores first thermal energy using a first heat source and supplies the first thermal energy to a first demand source used for residence or commerce; and a second thermal station that stores second thermal energy using a second heat source and supplies the second thermal energy to a second demand source used for industry, wherein the first thermal station and the second thermal station manage a base load of a thermal energy network, and the first thermal energy and the second thermal energy are transferred between the first thermal station and the second thermal station as needed.

Abstract: A container data center includes a container, a cooling system, and a number of heat dissipation units. The cooling system is positioned on a top of the container. The heat dissipation units are arranged on opposite sidewalls of the container respectively. Each heat dissipation unit includes an air duct attached to the sidewall and a guiding piece. The guiding piece is slantingly spaced from the sidewall. The hot air from the container flows into the air duct. The airflow around the container is guided to the air duct, to cool the air duct. The hot air in the air duct is cooled and then flows to the cooling system.

Abstract: A seat for a cabin of a vehicle, presenting breathable seating and backrest portions (7, 8). The seat (1) has a shell (11), which is rigidly coupled to the rear side (4al) of the backrest (4) and presents an air intake (15) and air vents (12a-12d) for the cabin, and an air-conditioning unit (16), which is housed in the shell (11) and has a coolant inlet (21), an expansion valve (22) connected to the coolant inlet (21), an evaporator (23) connected to the expansion valve (22) for cooling the air sucked in, a coolant outlet (24) connected to the expansion valve (22) and an electric fan (25). In the shell (11) and in the base (2) of the seat (1) there are air distribution chambers (18, 32) communicating with the outlet (19) of the air-conditioning unit (16), the air vents (12a-12d) and the breathable seating and backrest part portions (7, 8).

Abstract: A vehicular air conditioning system for saving energy includes: a first indoor cooling heat exchanger for suctioning in and cooling the air within or outside a vehicle; an indoor air conditioning heat exchanger installed on the downstream cooling heat exchanger for regulating the temperature of the applicable air, a refrigeration cycle connected to the applicable indoor air conditioning heat exchanger, a heating element mounted in the vehicle, and a circuit for the machine coolant circulating between the applicable heating element and the applicable first indoor cooling heat exchanger, and in which the air flow path for air flowing into the indoor air conditioning heat exchanger is structured by merging a flow path passing through the first indoor cooling heat exchanger to a flow path not passing through the first indoor cooling heat exchanger, and is also configured to allow switching to either of the two flow paths.

Abstract: A cooling module for cooling substrates, in particular solar cells having a paste printed thereon after passing through a heating module is described. The cooling module comprises an elongated cooling chamber having an inlet opening, which is adjacent to a heating module, and an outlet opening, as well as a transport unit for transporting substrates through the elongated cooling chamber, wherein the transport unit defines a transport plane for the substrates. At least one first cooling unit is provided. The cooling unit has a plurality of first plate elements, which are arranged in substance perpendicular to and above the transport plane in the cooling chamber, at least one first conduit which extends through the first plate elements and is in a thermally conducting relationship therewith, and at least one conveying unit for conveying a cooling fluid through the first conduit.

Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention, there is provided an adjustable heat dissipation assembly and a method for manufacturing and assembling same. The heat dissipation assembly may include: a heat dissipation frame including a base with at least two side walls, the base and the side walls define an internal space suitable for accommodating a device that requires cooling; and an adjustable plate, configured to be placed over the device in between the side walls, and secured to the side walls, the distance of the adjustable plate from the base of the heat dissipation frame when it is not secured to the side walls being adjustable.

Abstract: Heat exchanger assemblies and manufacturing methods that are capable of promoting continuously downward and/or horizontal flow of fluids through a coolant tube of a heat exchanger assemble to reduce the risk of internal clogging. The heat exchanger assembly includes at least one coil adapted to contain a fluid therein and at least two support members supporting the coil. The coil is formed of at least one tube having an inlet at an uppermost extent thereof, an outlet at a lowermost extent thereof, a plurality of parallel horizontal rows, and a plurality of bends at opposite ends of the horizontal rows and fluidically interconnecting the horizontal rows thereof in series to define a serpentine configuration. The coil is adapted to achieve a continuously downward and/or horizontal flow of the fluid therein.

Abstract: Various embodiments of thermal compression bonding transient cooling solutions are described. Those embodiments include a an array of vertically separated micro channels coupled to a heater surface, wherein every outlet micro channel comprises two adjacent inlet micro channel, and wherein an inlet and outlet manifold are coupled to the array of micro channels, and wherein the heater surface and the micro channels are coupled within the same block.

Abstract: A heat exchanger is provided that includes an expansion joint that accommodates thermal expansion of an inner casing relative to an outer casing. The expansion joint is positioned between the inner casing and the outer casing and is shielded from high temperature fluid flows by a wall of the heat exchanger and by thermal insulation.

Abstract: Embodiments of silicon-based thermal energy transfer apparatus for gain medium crystal of a laser system are provided. For a disk-shaped crystal, the apparatus includes a silicon-based manifold and a silicon-based cover element. For a rectangular cuboid-shaped gain medium crystal, the apparatus includes a first silicon-based manifold, a second silicon-based manifold, and first and second conduit elements coupled between the first and second manifolds. For a right circular cylinder-shaped gain medium crystal, the apparatus includes a first silicon-based manifold, a second silicon-based manifold, and first and second conduit elements coupled between the first and second manifolds.

Abstract: A heat transfer device is provided for conducting heat from a heat source. The heat transfer device generally includes an evaporator for generating a vapor, a condenser in fluid communication with the evaporator, and a vapor flow restrictor interposed between the evaporator and the condenser, wherein the vapor flow restrictor can increase vapor pressure in at least a portion of the evaporator relative to vapor pressure in the condenser.

Abstract: Methods of preventing overheating of computer equipment in a cabinet when a supply coolant to a cooler in the cabinet fails. An example embodiment is a data center that includes a plurality of cabinets configured to house computer equipment. At least two coolant supply lines from which the cabinets receive coolant are made available, with each of the supply lines providing the coolant to multiple cabinets. Moreover, the cabinets are arranged in rows and columns such that the cabinets along a row are spaced closer together than the cabinets along a column. Furthermore, each row of the cabinets receives coolant from alternating coolant supply lines.

Abstract: A terminal box cover for a ram air fan assembly includes a body defining a top wall having an outer surface. The body extends between a forward end and a rearward end. An opening is formed in a forward wall at the forward end. The opening allows electric supply feeders to move into an internal space defined by the cover when mounted on a terminal box base. The outer surface extends from the forward end to the rearward end such that the forward wall is thicker than a rear wall at the rearward end. The thickness is defined as a distance extending away from the top wall. A separator wall is defined extending from the inner surface. The separator wall extends from the front wall toward the rear wall, but is spaced from the rear wall. The separating wall has a curved inner lip at a rearwardmost end. In addition, a ram air fan assembly, a system including a heat exchanger, and a method of replacing a box cover are also described.

Abstract: An integrated cooling apparatus for actively cooling one or more electronic components in an electronic device such as a computer is provided. The cooling apparatus includes a radiator and a pump integrally mounted on the radiator. The pump can include a pump housing having a first pump housing member attached to the radiator and a second pump housing member detachably securable to the first pump housing member. The apparatus includes a flow inlet and a flow outlet for attaching hoses or conduits to the radiator for actively moving a liquid coolant to and from an external or remote heat exchanger via tubing. An external heat exchanger can be fluidly connected to the integrated cooling apparatus via two or more tubes and thermally attached to the electronic component to be cooled, such as a computer graphics card, microprocessor or other circuit component.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an insulated thermal interface material for applying between an electronic element and a thermal dissipating element. The insulated thermal interface material at least comprises a base, a first filler and a second filler. The base is a polymer and the first filler is graphene. The first filler and the second filler are dispersed in the base.

Abstract: A heat exchanger includes flat tubes and fins. The plate-like fins are spaced from one another by a predetermined distance in the direction in which the flat tubes extend. The flat tubes are inserted in pipe insertion portions of the fins. In the fins, parts of the fins between vertically adjacent ones of the flat tubes are heat transfer parts. Each of the heat transfer parts includes protrusions and louvers. The protrusions are located at a windward region of the heat transfer part and formed by making the heat transfer part protrude in an inverted V shape. The louvers are located in a leeward region of the heat transfer part and bend out from the heat transfer part.

Abstract: A heat exchanger includes flat tubes and fins. The fins are corrugated fins, and are disposed between the flat tubes that are vertically arranged. Between the vertically arranged flat tubes, heat transfer parts of each of the fins are arranged in the direction in which the flat tubes extend. Each of the heat transfer parts include louvers that extend in an up-and-down direction. Bent-out ends of the windward louvers include main edges, upper edges, and lower edges. The upper edges and the lower edges are tilted relative to the main edges. The tilt angle ?5 of the lower edges relative to the main edges is smaller than the tilt angle ?4 of the upper edges relative to the main edges.

Abstract: The present invention provides a heat exchanger having an inner tube forming an inner flow path and having an inlet and an outlet; an outer tube radially surrounding at least a portion of the inner tube and spaced radially outwardly therefrom to form an annular space; and a thermally conductive spiral element wound around the inner cube and disposed in the space, wherein the spiral element forms, in conjunction with the inner tube and the outer tube, a helical flow path through the space, the helical flow path in fluid communication with an inlet and an outlet of the outer tube, and wherein the outer tube is thermally isolated from the spiral element. The invention further provides for collars connecting the outer tube to the inner tube.

Abstract: A primary heat exchanger for use in an environmental control system of an aircraft is provided having a rectangular core. The core includes a plurality of alternately stacked first fluid layers and second fluid layers. The core has a length to width ratio of about 4.88 and a width to height ratio of about 2.37. A first header is positioned adjacent a first surface of the core and a second header is positioned adjacent a second opposite surface of the core. The first header and the second header form a portion of a flow path for a first fluid. An inlet flange is positioned adjacent a third surface of the core. An outlet flange is positioned adjacent a fourth, opposite surface of the core to form a portion of a flow path for a second fluid.

Abstract: A heat sink device for use with a component for the heat transfer, the component being either a heat source or a heat sink. The device includes the features of: A base having a curvilinear surface, which may include but not limited to a cylinder a hyperboloid, an elliptical paraboloid, a hemisphere, a sphere or a torus. The device includes an inlet for the flow of fluid through the device and an outlet to vent or drain the fluid. The device also includes a heat transfer zone located on the surface and intermediate the inlet and outlet, with the zone including a plurality of transverse channels and a plurality of oblique channels extending between adjacent transverse channels, such that the oblique and transverse channels define a fluid path for the fluid from the inlet to the outlet.

Abstract: A stack of heat transfer plates configured to be arranged within a block-type heat exchanger. The stack of heat transfer plates comprises pairs of heat transfer plates that are stacked such that a flow path for a first fluid is formed between the stacked pairs of heat transfer plates, wherein a pair of the stacked pairs of heat transfer plates comprises a first heat transfer plate and a second heat transfer plate that are joined such that a flow path for a second fluid is formed between the first and second heat transfer plates. The pair of heat transfer plates comprises corrugations that are arranged on a respective side of an elongated joint that joins the first and second heat transfer plates. A related plate heat exchanger is also disclosed.

Abstract: A heat exchanger with a heat exchanger block is disposed between two collecting tanks, whereby the collecting tank have a cover and a tube bottom, The tube bottom has upstanding edge regions. T-shaped tabs are disposed at an upper end of the upstanding edge regions, whereby the collecting tank has a flange rear engageable at least in part by the T-shaped tabs.

Abstract: A heat sink includes a base and a heat exchange element coupled to the base. The heat exchange element includes a foam structure that is coupled to the base.