Abstract: Using various embodiments, methods, systems, and device for a computing based interactive animatronic device are described. In one embodiment, the animatronic device can connect to a computer network, and has its processing system coupled to an internally located computing electronic device (e.g., a Smartphone, tablet, etc.). In another embodiment, the computing electronic device is externally located, but within a local network of the animatronic device. In yet another embodiment, the computing electronic device is located on a remote computer network. In another embodiment, the computing electronic device can be internally located within the animatronic device, externally located within the same network as the animatronic device, externally located on a remote network, or a combination thereof. In one embodiment, the electronic device has various sensors and has provides the ability to be versatile with many functionalities, while being a companion buddy to the user of the animatronic device.

Abstract: A connected running toy is provided including a connected vehicle hauled by a driving vehicle, the connected vehicle includes a bogie and a casing, and the bogie has a front wheels support member turning on a running surface about a vertical shaft, which supports rotatably a front axle on which front wheels are provided and on which a movable coupling portion is formed to project forwards to be coupled with another vehicle, a rear wheels support member turning on the running surface about a vertical shaft and which supports rotatably a rear axle on which rear wheels are provided, a front link member fixed to the front wheels support member, a rear link member connected to the front link member and fixed to the rear wheels support member and a fixed coupling portion projecting in an opposite direction to the driving vehicle to be connected to a further vehicle.

Abstract: Aerophone toy building blocks to make a plurality of combination of sounds comprising of a plurality of building blocks, each the block having four walls, a top lid and a bottom cap to make a body having an inner space; at least two of the walls, the lid and the cap having releasable couplers; each the block having aerophone musical instruments to produce sounds; each the block having a plurality of airway channels inside the inner space, the airway channels are connected to the adjacent airway channels; the blocks having the same or different sizes, whereby larger blocks create lower pitched sounds, while smaller blocks create higher pitched sounds; the blocks having the same or different materials to let the instrument produce different sounds; the musical instrument being mounted either onto or inside of the body of the building block, or being permanently encased within the material of a block; and an air source to be attached to the plurality of building blocks to provide an air flow to each aerophone in

Abstract: The present application provides an assembly structure of a building block, and particularly relates to an assembly structure allowed to be engaged with secondary main bodies of additional building blocks from various directions and generating the encasing and decorating effects. The assembly structure includes a main body of a building block. An exterior of the main body is provided with connection surfaces. The connection surfaces face toward various directions of the circumferences of the main body, respectively. Each of the connection surfaces includes at least one stud to be engaged with an engaging recess of a secondary main body of an additional building block. Therefore, the main body can be engaged with the secondary main bodies of the additional building blocks from various directions to enhance the overall aesthetic appearance and make assembling building blocks more convenient.

Abstract: A toy throwing disk is configured for spinning about a rotational axis during flight and for producing bubbles during the spinning flight. The disk includes a bubble solution reservoir with outlets, aperture arrays receive bubble solution from the reservoir through conduits and cooperating with passing air during the spinning flight to convert the bubble solution into bubbles. The conduits include an adaptation of hydrostatic valving to control the delivery of the bubble solution and prevent leaking.

Abstract: A medical toy kit and storage device comprising a housing to contain a plurality of medical themed toys, where the housing is shaped as an ellipsoid; a lid atop the housing, where the lid is attached on a hinge; a pair of wheels at a bottom end of the housing; a handle attached to the housing opposite to the pair of wheels; and a set of lights positioned near the handle, where the set of lights flash to resemble an emergency vehicle. With the kit and storage device children are able to learn about medical instruments by being exposed to what they are and how they work.

Abstract: The proposed system, floating salt farm, is for producing crystallized salt and bittern by using extracted seawater affected by volcanic eruption activities originating from erupted underwater volcanic vents, and in which the extracted seawater contains amounts of specific chemical elements. The proposed system further comprises a farm facility which includes a refinery and a treatment facility, which are both used for further processes including the process of extracting specific chemical elements from produced crystallized salt and bittern which contain amounts of highly concentrated and specific chemical elements.

Abstract: The invention provides several innovations relative to MVC thermal distillation methods and facilities in order to decrease their specific electricity consumption to values of only 2 to 4 kWh/m3 of distillate produced, as well as their manufacturing costs. The vapour transport system is reduced to its simplest expression and has a practically null total dynamic pressure loss. The compression system including the compressor motor) is completely integrated into the evaporator-condenser, installed in the inlet of the condensation zones, preferably provided with a system preventing overheating of the vapour, and driven at a high speed of rotation. Preferably, the auxiliary equipment is installed in the enclosure in a partial vacuum (hermetic chamber). According to one particular embodiment, the condensation zones have a section that decreases with the path of the vapour. The exchangers on the incoming and outgoing flows are supplied with continuously balanced heat loads.

Abstract: The present application relates to a distillation device and a distillation method, and according to the distillation device and method of the present application, channeling occurring during the separation of a mixture may be blocked, thereby enhancing the separation efficiency and achieving energy saving.

Abstract: An adsorption separation unit and process. Valves are used to provide positive isolation between the various components of the unit, for example, when maintenance is required or when repairs are to be made. The valves comprises a first sealing element, a second sealing element and a bleed space between the sealing elements. A valve in a bleed line can be used to drain any fluid in the bleed space when the sealing elements are position in the sealing position.

Abstract: A method and system for controlling an interface emulsion layer within an oil treatment vessel includes injecting a water flow through a plurality of radial eductors arranged about a radial eductor manifold located in the brine water layer. Each radial eductor is oriented vertically to the radial eductor manifold and the horizontal axis of the oil treatment vessel. The water flow through the plurality of radial eductors causes a swirling flow pattern in a volume of water around each radial eductor that is effective for promoting a collapse of the interface emulsion layer. The water flow through each radial eductor, which may be a recycled water flow, is preferably in a range of 1 to 5 feet per minute.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a external-perfusion hollow-fiber membrane module containing a hollow-fiber membrane bundle including a plurality of hollow-fiber membranes; and a casing that houses the hollow-fiber membrane bundle, wherein the hollow-fiber membrane bundle has one end that is fixed to an inside of the casing by a potting portion in an open state, and the external-perfusion hollow-fiber membrane module is configured to perform degassing on a gas contained in a liquid inside the casing, the gas being introduced into an inside from an outer surface of the hollow-fiber membrane.

Abstract: An at least two shaft reactor/mixer, in particular for process engineering treatment of highly viscose, elastic and/or solid containing reaction substance and mixture, in which at the housing inner wall inwardly directed static mixing elements are arranged, which interact with scrapers of the at least two shafts in such a way, that in the area of the spaces between the scrapers the static mixing elements and the housing inner wall sheer forces, in particular a flow disturbance, are generated in an enhanced manner. In addition, there is a system including an end cap for a one or multiple shaft reactor/mixer and a discharge screw connector block being connectable with the end cap in a detachable manner.

Abstract: A non-chemical-feed biofilm filtration method is elucidated, and a biofilm filtration device that can achieve a desired filtration water quality level by controlling the backwash flow for a filter media is provided. The biofilm filtration device has a biofilm formed on the surface of a granular filter media filled into a filter vessel and cleans water to be filtered by passing the water in a filtration direction to a filter layer formed from the filter media. A backwashing mechanism is provided such that the flow velocity (V) for backwashing water passing through in a direction opposite to the filtration direction during backwashing of the filer media is set in a range having a lower limit which is a value (Vs) at which a prescribed backwashing effect can be obtained and an upper limit which is the value (Vm) when the backwashing expansion coefficient for the filter media is 0.

Abstract: A wastewater lifting station is provided, in which at least one solids collection tank contains at least one screen for guiding wastewater therethrough and retain solids. The screen divides the solids collection tank into a region containing solids and a region free of solids, and is connected in a pivotable manner by at least one hinge to a flange of the solids collection tank. The screen in an edge region away from the hinge has a rake of comb-type webs and holes that are open on one side in the screen plane. The wastewater containing solids flows through a feed into the collection tank, is filtered through the screen, and the wastewater that is free of solids is collected in a tank downstream. When the wastewater lifting station pumps, the wastewater that is free of solids is pumped by a pump in counterflow through the screen into a pressurized line while the feed is shut off by a check valve, and the screen pivots about the hinge and is back-flushed during the process.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a seal having an annular body including an upper surface and a lower surface. The annular body also includes an outer side surface and an inner side surface that join the upper surface to the lower surface. The inner side surface contributes to defining an endcap-engaging surface of the seal including: a first endcap surface engaging portion that is sized for engaging a portion of an upper surface of an endcap, a second endcap surface engaging portion that is sized for engaging an outer side surface of the endcap, and a third endcap surface engaging portion that is sized for engaging a lower surface of the endcap. The annular body includes an upper portion connected to a lower portion. The upper portion of the annular body of the seal is defined by a rounded seal portion. The lower portion of the annular body of the seal is defined by a flexible tang portion and a flexible leg portion.

Abstract: A spin-on filter that eliminates the use of a nut plate and reduces the number of separate components. Instead, the spin-on filter utilizes the end plate of the filtercartridge to perform a number of functions, including closing the open end of the filter shell, sealing between the dirty and clean fluid sides, sealing between the filter and the mounting head to prevent leakage outside the filter to environment, attaching the filter cartridge to the shell, and sealing the end of the filter media.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a tool and methods of using the tool to physically manipulate one or more filtration components, such as filter packs including stacked filtration discs. The tool may include two arms pivotally coupled to another, and may also have respective gripping portions configured to grasp an appropriate region of a filtration component. The arms may be movable toward and away from one another between grasping and non-grasping positions. When in the grasping position, the gripping portions may engage with a complementary coupling member of the filtration component(s). To separate one filtration component from another, the tool may be manipulated so as to decouple and lift the filtration component from a substrate.

Abstract: Fine fiber products including fiber webs, as well as related assemblies, systems and methods, are described. In some embodiments, fiber webs described herein may include fine fibers and relatively low amounts of degraded polymer formed during a fiber extrusion process. The fiber webs may be used for filter media applications.

Abstract: A ventilation member (1A) includes a wall portion (2a), an attachment portion (2b), and a plurality of recessed portions (2d). The wall portion (2a) is formed to define the recessed portions (2d) and is configured to allow a gas to pass through between its inner surface facing the recessed portions (2d) and its outer surface opposite to the inner surface. The attachment portion (2b) is formed to extend outwardly around a rectangular opening (2c) and provides an attachment surface adapted to be attached to a housing (50) that needs to be ventilated. The ventilation member (1A) is a member formed of a porous resin, and at least the wall portion (2a) and the attachment portion (2b) are integrally formed.

Abstract: An aircraft engine having a device for separating oil from an air-oil volume flow, where a fluid volume flow with a lower oil load than the air-oil volume flow supplied to the device can be discharged from the device via a line area. The fluid volume flow can be supplied via the line area to a unit by means of which a pressure in the line area downstream of the unit can be increased.

Abstract: Some embodiments provide a centripetal air or gas cleaning apparatus for removing particulates from air or gas. The apparatus comprises an inlet, housing, impeller, a clean air outlet, and a particulate outlet. The housing has an inner conical surface. The impeller's rotation creates negative pressure towards the inlet that intakes particulate-pervaded air or gas into the housing. The rotation also induces an accelerating force that throws the particulate-pervaded air or gas against the outer walls of the housing. Here, the particulates separate from the air or gas, penetrate a high-pressure zone, and are ejected through the particulate outlet located in the high-pressure zone. The air or gas, having less inertia, deflects away from the high-pressure zone where it is then subjected to a centripetal force that drives the air or gas towards the center of the housing behind the impeller where it is ejected through the clean air outlet.

Abstract: Disclosed here is a separator. The separator includes a cylindrical body in which a spatial portion is provided for separation, a supply pipe provided so that the mixture is introduced in a tangential direction of the cylindrical body to generate a revolving gas flow of the mixture in the spatial portion, a discharge pipe provided so that the first material is discharged to the outside through a rising gas flow of a central portion of the spatial portion, and a deflector provided to be parallel to the supply pipe in a circumferential direction of the spatial portion to prevent the mixture introduced into the spatial portion through the supply pipe from rising.

Abstract: A filter element has a curved filter medium body, which at least partially encloses a flow chamber, and a carrier connector that is guided through the filter medium body. The carrier connector is a carrier of a sealing element for sealing the contact with a flow channel, wherein a section of the sealing element is arranged between the carrier connector and the filter medium body.

Abstract: An oil separator causes air containing oil to strike an impingement member to separate the oil from the air and recover the oil. The oil separator includes a body having an inlet for introducing air and an outlet for discharging air. The oil separator further includes a cartridge that is assembled to the body and accommodates the impingement member. The oil separator further includes a drain bowl for storing the separated oil. The oil separator further includes an assembling structure. The body and the cartridge are assembled through one or two actions by using the assembling structure.

Abstract: A filtering device, particularly for filtering air contaminated by oily mists, vapors, aerosols and the like, comprising a cylindrical containment enclosure that is provided with a closure element that is provided with an air intake, a filtering assembly being accommodated inside the containment enclosure, the device further comprising a conveyance spiral that is arranged axially inside the containment enclosure and in contact with an inner surface of the enclosure.

Abstract: A rigid support is disposed in a filtration media element. A first gas-permeable filtration media layer is disposed in an overlapping orientation with a second gas-permeable filtration media layer. The first and second layers define a void in which the support is disposed. The first layer is attached to the second layer near opposing edges of the first and second layers and at an attachment termination point substantially centrally located on the filtration media element. The filtration media element has a first media end and an opposite, second media end. The support has a first support portion that extends from the first media end toward the attachment termination point. The support has second and third support portions that extend from the first support portion toward the second media end with a gap between the second and third support portions in which the attachment termination point is disposed.

Abstract: Acid mist is extracted from electrolytic cells and conveyed to a first device for trapping electrolyte droplets and condensing the hazardous contaminating sulfuric add vapors, then gaseous discharges are collected in a manifold, and the first devices are either connected directly to a second multi-chamber device for condensing the acid waste vapors that have not been trapped, which is connected to a gas extractor system which exhausts said gas either directly to the atmosphere or to a chemical treatment system for purification prior to discharge; or alternatively, the manifold discharges directly to an extractor system, which in turn discharges either directly to a centralized waste gas and vapor removal system or to the atmosphere. The recovery and recycling system further comprises a system for collecting condensates for reuse in the process and two systems for the measurement, control and regulation of acid mist extraction flows.

Abstract: Certain aspects and examples are directed to sorbent devices and methods of using them. In certain embodiments, a sorbent device comprising a body comprising a sampling inlet, a sampling outlet and a cavity between the inlet and the outlet, the cavity comprising a serial arrangement of at least four different sorbent materials is described. In some embodiments, the sorbent materials are arranged from a material with a weakest sorbent strength to a material with a strongest sorbent strength with the weakest sorbent strength material adjacent to the sampling inlet.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a carbon dioxide capturing system includes an absorber to discharge an absorption liquid having absorbed carbon dioxide, a regenerator to discharge the absorption liquid having released the carbon dioxide, a first line to introduce the absorption liquid discharged from the absorber to the regenerator, a second line to introduce the absorption liquid discharged from the regenerator to the absorber, and a heat exchanger to exchange heat between absorption liquids flowing in the first and second lines. The system further includes a bypass line to branch from the first line between the absorber and the heat exchanger and introduce the absorption liquid to the regenerator without passing through the heat exchanger, a valve on the bypass line, an instrument to measure a value indicating a state of the regenerator, and a controller to control a degree of opening of the valve based on the measured value.

Abstract: A spray dryer absorber operative for removing gaseous pollutants from a hot process flue gas and a vibrator device for removing accumulated deposits therefrom is provided. The spray dryer absorber includes a spray dryer chamber equipped with a plurality of dispersers and atomizers mounted at a roof of the spray dryer chamber. The vibrator device is operative to remove accumulated deposits from the spray dryer absorber and its components, such as its dispersers and atomizers, to avoid spray dryer absorber performance interference caused by such deposit accumulations.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for removing a target gas from a gas stream rich in the target gas and to an absorbent solution for absorbing a gas, such as carbon dioxide, from a gas stream. The invention involves the use of a photoactive compound that is convertible from a first state to a second state upon irradiation to facilitate removal or collection of a target gas from a gas stream.

Abstract: Methods for separating carbon dioxide from a gas stream are described. The methods include (a) providing a stream having a gas therein; and (b) contacting the stream with a sorption composition thereby removing at least a portion of the gas from the stream. The sorption composition includes a solid support, a linking moiety, and a gas-capture moiety or a reaction product thereof; wherein the gas-capture moiety has a formula according to Formula (I): wherein R1 to R3 may be the same or different and are selected from H or hydrocarbyl (e.g.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a resin composition including a substance capable of reacting reversibly with a carbon dioxide gas, and a hydrocarbon-based polymer; a carbon dioxide gas separation membrane obtained from the resin composition; a carbon dioxide gas separation membrane module including the separation membrane; and a carbon dioxide gas separation apparatus including at least one type of the module.

Abstract: In a spiral-shaped acidic-gas separation module which is obtained by winding a laminate including an acidic gas separation layer that includes a facilitated transport film, a permeating gas channel member which becomes a channel of acidic gas having permeated through the facilitated transport film is formed using a metal net having a wire diameter of 0.4 mm or less. In this manner, a spiral-shaped module for acidic-gas separation which prevents damage to the facilitated transport film and exhibits a predetermined performance for a long period of time is provided.

Abstract: Systems and methods for cooling and/or separating a component from a fluid are disclosed herein. Such systems and methods can include one or more of a separator (e.g., a dehumidifier), a chiller, and/or an expirator, each of which can include a selective transfer membrane. Such systems and methods can be used for a wide variety of applications including, for example, cooling and/or dehumidifying air.

Abstract: An exhaust treatment apparatus (ATA) is provided for reducing one or more components of the airstream directed through the ATA. The ATA includes an airstream inlet, an airstream outlet, and an airstream path directed through the ATA from the airstream inlet to the airstream outlet, and at least one corona/NTP generating region for altering a composition of an airstream passing through the ATA. The ATA includes an outer enclosure forming one electrode surface and a second electrode surface positioned within and electrically insulated from the outer enclosure electrode surface, where an area between the outer enclosure electrode surface and the second electrode surface forms at least a part of the airstream path directed through the ATA. The second electrode surface comprises a series of ridges positioned along the airstream path and directed towards the outer enclosure that encourage corona generation.

Abstract: A treatment process of PF5 including an absorption step for inducing absorption of PF5 by an acidic solution containing an acid to obtain a solution containing PF5A?, an adjustment step to adjust concentration of HCl in the solution, and a thermolysis step for heating the solution containing PF5A? ions obtained in the absorption step or the adjustment step to decompose the solution to an acidic mixture containing H3PO4 and HF.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for removing methane from ventilation air in a mining situation is provided by a carbonation reactor CAR which reacts a ventilation air methane stream VAR with a carbon dioxide scavenger to form a mineral carbonate which is passed to a calcination reactor CAL in which a regeneration reaction decomposes the mineral carbonate back to a mineral or mineral oxide. Additional heat may be added to the CAL by steam, solar energy or by burning drainage gas, natural gas, or coal. Steam or supercritical fluid given off by the CAR can be utilized for heating, cooling, or energy generation. The carbon dioxide scavenger can be any metal, metal oxide, mineral or mineral waste having a carbonation tendency, used in the process referred to as “Mineral Carbonate Looping Reactor” (MCLR), or can be stone dust from the mining site used in the process referred to as “Stone Dust Looping Reactor” (SDLR).

Abstract: An improved catalytic substrate for use with a can in an automotive exhaust system. The improvement includes an insulation material thermally separating the substrate into a central zone and an outer zone surrounding the central zone. The insulation material, central zone and outer zone collectively defining a modified substrate. The insulation material is adapted such that in an operating condition, the gas flow through the modified substrate is characterized by a static pressure that, on the upstream-facing surface of the modified substrate has a peak at a point generally central to the upstream-facing surface of the modified substrate; as the upstream-facing surface extends radially away from the point to the periphery, decreases, but for a surge after the upstream-facing surface extends beyond the insulation material.

Abstract: A catalyst system for reducing N2O emissions in the exhaust system of a vehicle is provided and comprises a support in communication with the exhaust gas stream, with the support including an exhaust gas inlet and an exhaust gas outlet. The support has at least one exhaust gas passage therethrough. The support, which may be in the form of a monolithic, multi-cell honeycomb construction, comprises a first catalytic zone and a second catalytic zone positioned downstream from the first zone. The first catalytic zone includes rhodium or a rhodium-enriched catalyst, while the second catalytic zone includes palladium or a palladium-enriched catalyst.

Abstract: An aftertreatment system utilizes chemical reactions to treat an exhaust gas flow. A device for use within an aftertreatment system includes a silver-based NOx storage catalyst and a zeolite. The silver-based NOx storage catalyst and the zeolite store NOx through a low temperature startup period of operation. In one embodiment, the zeolite includes a barium Y zeolite.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the generation of steam via the use of a combustion process to produce heat and, in one embodiment, to a device, system and/or method that enables one to control one or more process parameters of a combustion process so as to yield at least one desirable change in at least one downstream parameter. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to measuring or determining at least one process parameter of a combustion system and using the information obtained from same to control at least one component of the combustion system.

Abstract: Device for producing pure water, where the water to be purified is caused to be membrane distilled using one or more units (1), wherein each of the units comprises a space which on its one side comprises a first disc-shaped wall (4,4?) and on its other side a membrane (3,3?) through which gaseous water can pass but not liquid water, and a second disc-shaped wall (5,10), which walls are disposed on different sides of and at a distance from the membrane, wherein water is led in between the first wall (4,4?) and the membrane (3,3?), and wherein the second wall (5,10) is caused to be colder than the water.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for separating a composition of matter with the aid of a membrane cascade having at least two stages, in which a separation is effected in each stage at at least one membrane at a separation temperature set for the particular stage. The invention further relates to a corresponding membrane cascade, to the use of said membrane cascade for catalyst separation from homogeneously catalysed mixtures, and to a process for hydroformylation, in which the catalyst is separated by means of a membrane cascade. The problem addressed thereby is that of specifying a membrane-based process for separating compositions of matter, which has a minimum membrane area requirement and nevertheless fulfils the separation task and separation performance required. This problem is solved by the use of a membrane cascade with falling separation temperature.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a fluid purification device is provided. The method included forming a filter receptacle, and the filter receptacle may be configured to receive a filter. Moreover, the method includes attaching the filter receptacle to one or more membrane material and sealing the one or more membrane material such that a holding portion of the filtration device is formed, the holding portion including a first holding part and a second holding part. The method also includes attaching the filter to the filter receptacle such that the attachment forms a seal.

Abstract: The invention relates to repairing and/or modifying a surface of a membrane in osmotically driven membrane systems by the introduction of one or more substances to the membrane.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for materials that include a pre-designed patterned, porous membrane (e.g., micro- and/or nano-scale patterned), structures or devices that include a pre-designed patterned, porous membrane, methods of making pre-designed patterned, porous membranes, methods of separation, and the like.

Abstract: Membrane comprising a carrier and a rejection layer, wherein said membrane is a multiple channel membrane. The rejection layer is a polyamide layer. Process for making multiple channel membranes coated with a polyamide layer.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is polymer membrane for gas separation or concentration which contains a hybrid nanoporous material, an application thereof, and a manufacturing method thereof. Especially, the hybrid nanoporous material has a window size of 4 ? to 15 ? or has gas adsorption characteristics for a gas to be separated, which is different from those for other gases, and thus the present invention may provide the polymer membrane having improved gas permeation selectivity, an application thereof, and a manufacturing method thereof.