Abstract: A medium supply device includes: a stacking unit in which media are stackable in a vertical direction; a first regulating unit that is provided on the stacking unit and that regulates positions of side portions of the media in a width direction; a supply unit that supplies air to more than one of the media stacked on the stacking unit so that the more than one of the media are raised and separated from each other; a transport unit that successively feeds the media that are raised and separated from each other by the supply unit; a detection unit that detects conditions of the media that are raised and separated from each other by the supply unit from outside in the width direction; a second regulating unit that is attached to an upper section of the stacking unit when the media stacked in the stacking unit are second media and that regulates positions of side portions of the second media in the width direction, the second media having a smaller dimension than first media in the width direction; and a moving u

Abstract: A medium transport device includes a first transporter configured to transport a medium by nipping the medium along with rotation, a second transporter configured to transport the medium and disposed on an upstream side of the first transporter in a transport direction of the medium, a first adjuster configured to adjust a position of the medium in a width direction by moving the first transporter and the second transporter in the width direction of the medium with the medium nipped by the first transporter and the second transporter, and a second adjuster configured to adjust a contact pressure of the first transporter for the medium and a contact pressure of the second transporter for the medium based on resistance caused when the medium is moved in the width direction.

Abstract: Provided is a conveying apparatus, including: a conveying roller that conveys a recording medium; a first helical gear that rotates integrally with the conveying roller; a gear unit that engages with the first helical gear and generates a thrust force to the conveying roller. The gear unit includes a second helical gear and a third helical gear, and a thrust force that the conveying roller receives from the second helical gear acts in an opposite direction of a thrust force that the conveying roller receives from the third helical gear.

Abstract: A medium feeding device includes: multiple transporters each including a stacking unit on which a medium is stackable in a vertical direction, a feeder that feeds air to multiple media, each of which is the medium, stacked on the stacking unit to cause the multiple media to float and separate, a delivery unit that successively delivers the media floated and separated by the feeder, and a detector that detects a state of the medium floated and separated by the feeder; and at least one processor configured to: upon detection of a state of possibility of jam or multi feeding of the medium by the detector of one of the multiple transporters during transport, switch to another transporter at a predetermined timing to feed the medium; and upon detection of the state of possibility of jam or multi feeding of the medium by the detector, change an amount of air feed by the feeder of the one transporter before being switched.

Abstract: A feeding support apparatus includes a processor configured to: present plural parameters related to blowing conditions of a plural blowing units that support feeding by blowing air to paper accommodated in a paper storing unit; blow air from the plural blowing units based on the plural parameters and perform feeding from the paper storing unit in a case where an instruction for test-feeding based on the plural presented parameters is given; present a correction parameter obtained by correcting at least one of the plural parameters in a case where an error has occurred during feeding from the paper storing unit; and blow air from the plural blowing units based on the correction parameter and perform feeding from the paper storing unit in a case where an instruction for test-feeding based on the presented correction parameter is given.

Abstract: A medium supply device includes: a loading unit on which media are loadable in an up-down direction; a supply unit that supplies air to a plural media loaded on the loading unit to float and separate the plural media; a transporting unit that sequentially feed the media that are floated and separated by the supply unit; a photographing unit that photographs a state in which the media are floated and separated by the supply unit; and a light irradiation unit that irradiates end portions of the media on a photographing side of the photographing unit with light from a plural different positions in the up-down direction.

Abstract: A medium transport device includes: a first transport unit that is provided in a first transport path, and nips and transports a medium by a pair of rotating bodies; a second transport unit that is provided in a second transport path different from the first transport path, and nips and transports a medium by a pair of rotating bodies; a first rotation drive unit that rotationally drives the pair of rotating bodies of the first transport unit; a second rotation drive unit that rotationally drives the pair of rotating bodies of the second transport unit; and a pressure contact force adjustment unit that is provided in at least one of the first transport unit or the second transport unit, and adjusts a pressure contact force of the pair of rotating bodies.

Abstract: A sheet transporting device includes: a skew correcting component configured to correct any skew of a sheet by executing speed-gap driving in which first and second transporting components that are arranged at respective positions in a direction intersecting a direction of sheet transport are driven for a predetermined time period with a speed gap between the first and second transporting components; and a changing component configured to change, with reference to a characteristic relevant to sheet transport, a state of the speed-gap driving of the skew correcting component.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising a conveyance roller configured to convey a print medium, a print unit configured to execute printing on the print medium, a platen arranged to face the print unit and configured to support the print medium, a sensor configured to emit light to the platen and detect light from the platen, and a control unit configured to execute first control of acquiring, as a first value, a detected value before the print medium reaches a light irradiation region of the sensor, and acquiring, as a second value, a detected value after the print medium is conveyed to include the light irradiation region, wherein the control unit further execute second control of correcting a conveyance amount of the print medium by the conveyance roller based on the first value and the second value.

Abstract: A medium conveying apparatus includes a plurality of feed rollers, each feed roller rotating independently at a respective speed to feed a medium, a first sensor located on a downstream side of the plurality of feed rollers in a medium conveying direction and also in a central part in a direction perpendicular to the medium conveying direction, to detect the medium, a second sensor and a third sensor located on both sides of the first sensor in the direction perpendicular to the medium conveying direction, to respectively detect the medium, and a processor to change the speed of one of the plurality of feed rollers at least until the first sensor detects the medium when any of the second sensor or the third sensor detects the medium and the first sensor does not detect the medium within a predetermined time.

Abstract: A sheet transporting device includes first and second position correcting components provided at respective positions in a direction of sheet transport and each being configured to correct a position of a sheet in a direction intersecting the direction of sheet transport by being shifted in the direction intersecting the direction of sheet transport while holding the sheet, and a changing component capable of changing an amount of correction of the position of the sheet individually for the first and second position correcting components.

Abstract: System for handling cardboard reels to feed machines that produce cardboard tubes, comprising a station (F) for picking up the reels configured to receive a stack (2) of overlapping cardboard reels (1), a station (U) for unwinding of the reels, and handling means (D) for moving the reels (1) along a predetermined path. The means (D) for moving the reels comprise pneumatic means intended to pressurize a space (S) inside the stack of reels, in which said space includes the interface between an uppermost reel of the stack and the underlying reel, and gripping means configured and controlled to perform grip and release of the highest reel in the stack respectively.

Abstract: System for handling cardboard reels to feed machines that produce cardboard tubes, comprising a station (P) for picking up the superimposed cardboard reels (1), a reel unwinding station (1) comprising at least one unwinding unit (UU) capable of supporting the reels to be unwound, in the unwinding station (U) being also provided splicing means configured to splice a tail portion (TY) of a reel (1 Y) being exhausted with a new reel (1W), and handling means (D) for moving the reels (1) along a predetermined path between the reel pick-up station (P) and the unwinding station (U). Said at least one unwinding unit (UU) comprises several supports (403; 404) mounted on a vertical axis carousel structure (G).

Abstract: A stacking apparatus of a sheet-shaped workpiece includes a pick-and-place machine that holds and picks up a sheet-shaped workpiece cut out from a sheet material and places the workpiece onto a stacking position to stack sequentially, a detector that is provided in the pick-and-place machine and detects a position of the workpiece in a lifted state by the pick-and-place machine and a controller that controls the pick-and-place machine. The controller calculates a position shift of the workpiece based on the position of the workpiece detected by the detector and adjusts, based on the calculated position shift, a holding position of a workpiece by the pick-and-place machine in a future operation.

Abstract: A sheet post-processing device includes a discharge port, a discharge tray, and a sheet holding member. On the discharge tray, a sheet discharged through the discharge port is stacked. The sheet holding member is swingably attached above the discharge port, and holds the sheet stacked on the discharge tray. The sheet holding member has a plurality of link members and a joint portion. The plurality of link members are coupled to each other along a discharge direction of the sheet. The joint portion couples the plurality of link members to each other. The sheet holding member is capable of changing a shape thereof by being bent at the joint portion in an up-down direction.

Abstract: A post-processing apparatus includes a blade, a transfer mechanism, a sheet folding roller pair, a motor, a drive control device, and a control device. The blade presses into the sheet to form a fold line in the sheet. The transfer mechanism moves the blade toward and away from the sheet. The sheet folding roller pair conveys the sheet with the fold line formed by the blade by pinching the sheet at a nip between the sheet folding roller pair. The motor rotatively drives the sheet folding roller pair. The drive control device controls drive of the motor. The control includes a control circuit. When, through the processor executing a control program, the control device controls the transfer mechanism to withdraw from the nip the blade having been pressed into the sheet and the nip by the transfer mechanism, the control device controls the drive control device to stop the motor.

Abstract: A cable spool structurally configured for attaching to a surface such as a networking equipment and to support a plurality of fiber optic cables so as to enhance management of fiber optic-cables in high-density applications disclosed. The cable spool comprises an attachment portion and a spool portion. An inner end of the attachment portion is structurally configured to be fixed to the surface. An outer end of the attachment portion is structurally configured to be free standing. The spool portion is moveable relative to the attachment portion between a first position and a second position.

Abstract: A cord reel has a housing made from a first sidewall and a second sidewall that are detachable and form a spool-receiving cavity. A spool is disposed within the spool-receiving cavity of the housing. A first port is formed in the first side of the housing and a first length of cord extends from the housing via the first port. A second port is defined by cooperating recesses in the first sidewall and the second sidewall and a second length of cord that is wound around the spool retractably extends out of the second port. One or both of a side weather guard and a cord weather guard are installed to protect the cord reel against weather. The side weather guard is mounted to the first sidewall and covers the first port, and the cord weather guard is mounted between the first and second sidewalls to cover the second port.

Abstract: A cord reel holder that mounts to a licensin for a cord reel that houses a cord reel with a fixed length cord and a retractable length cord. The retractable length cord is carried by the cord reel such that a length of the retractable length cord that extends from the housing is adjustable by rotating a reel within the housing. The cord reel holder has a housing with a front wall, a rear wall, and connecting sidewalls that maintain the front wall in a fixed position relative to the rear wall. The cord reel housing defines a receptacle that is sized to receive the cord reel. Each of the front wall and the rear wall has a series of apertures that correspond with mounting apertures for mounting a license plate to a vehicle, and the connecting sidewall has connection points for securing the cord reel within the receptacle.

Abstract: The invention relates to an elevator drive unit for managing a regenerative power of an elevator system. The elevator drive unit comprises: first terminals for connecting the elevator drive unit to the mains; second terminals for connecting the elevator drive unit to an elevator hoisting motor; a frequency converter for enabling a bidirectional transfer of power between the mains and the elevator hoisting motor; and a control unit. The control unit is configured to: obtain an indication representing a detection of a special operational situation of the elevator system, introduce a non-zero power limit specific to the detected special operational situation of the elevator system, and control the frequency converter to limit supply of the regenerative power from the elevator hoisting motor to the mains to the power limit. The invention relates also to an elevator system and a method for managing a regenerative power of an elevator system.

Abstract: A system for detecting a presence of a person in a hoistway, having: one or more controllers configured to authenticate the person in the hoistway; the one or more controllers being operationally connected to an elevator car in the hoistway and configured to determine whether the person is within a predetermined distance of the elevator car from a signal emitter on the person; wherein when the person is within the predetermined distance of the elevator car, the one or more controllers is configured to transmit a feedback request to the person and stop the elevator car unless the one or more controllers receives feedback to the feedback request within a predetermined period of time.

Abstract: A braking mechanism includes a wedge selectably engageable with a guide rail, and a frictional surface defined on the wedge configured for selective engagement with the guide rail in an overspeed condition. The frictional surface includes a friction coating of polycrystalline blocky diamond material. An elevator system includes an elevator car, a guide rail along which the elevator car travels, and a braking mechanism located at the elevator car and selectably engageable with the guide rail to slow or stop travel of the elevator car along the guide rail. The braking mechanism includes a wedge having a frictional surface configured for selective engagement with the guide rail in an overspeed condition. The frictional surface includes a friction coating of polycrystalline blocky diamond material.

Abstract: An apparatus for transporting a load, in particular a stairlift, includes a frame displaceable along a rail, a load carrier rotationally mounted on the frame for rotation around a horizontal axis, an adjusting motor for rotating the load carrier relative to the frame around the horizontal axis, a rotation blocking device for blocking of the load carrier with respect to the frame in a braking operation mode, and a decoupling means to decouple the load carrier from the rotation blocking device and/or the frame from the rotation blocking device so that a limited amount of movement of the load carrier and/or the frame with respect to the rotation blocking device is allowed in the braking operation mode of the rotation blocking device. A resilient member resists at least part of said movement of the load carrier and/or the frame with respect to the rotation blocking device.

Abstract: An elevator motor mounting structure includes a bracket attachment part arranged above a car entrance, a bracket for supporting a motor, and a bolt for fixing the bracket to the bracket attachment part. The bracket includes a cutout that allows a shank of the bolt to enter the cutout when the bracket is attached to the bracket attachment part. The cutout has an entrance-direction cutout portion that extends inward of a car from a side end of the bracket in which the side end faces outward in an entrance direction of the car, and a width-direction cutout portion that extends from an inner end of the entrance-direction cutout portion in a width direction of the car entrance.

Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring the bottom of the doors to an elevator to increase safety in and around the elevator cab and prevent dangerous conditions when a hallway or cab door to the elevator is damaged, loose, misaligned, or malfunctioning.

Abstract: A method for using a lifting magnet and a lifting magnet. The lifting magnet includes a plurality of electromagnet coils that are each independently ON/OFF-controllable and voltage-controllable, and a magnetic pole that is excited by application of a voltage to the electromagnet coils. An electromagnet coil to be used for lifting steel plates is determined based on a total thickness of the steel plates to be lifted. An amount of passing magnetic flux ?r in the magnetic pole in a case where magnetic flux passes through only the steel plates to be lifted when the electromagnet coil is used is calculated. An application voltage to be applied to the electromagnet coil used for lifting the steel plates is determined based on the amount of passing magnetic flux ?r. The application voltage is applied to the electromagnet coil.

Abstract: The lifting device is presented comprising a lifting yoke comprising fastening means connecting to a crane during operation, a support element comprising a support surface dimensioned to support an area of a unit to be lifted, connecting means securing the lifting yoke to the support element during operation, and at least a part of the support element comprises a transport frame corresponding to a lower frame of a container such as a standard container. The lifting device comprises a packed state and an operational state, and in the packed state the components of the lifting device are configured to fit within the dimensions of a container such as a standard container, and in the operational state the components of the lifting device are configured to operate as a lifting device.

Abstract: In order to move a stack of flat laminar products, a carrying device is used which has a support part, which is positioned above the stack, and a strap, which is secured to the support part. The strap is guided around the stack on the lower face and is secured to the support part, whereupon the support part is pressed against the stack by tensioning the strap and the stack, surrounded by the strap on the lower face, is then lifted. The stack is subsequently placed on a target storage area, and the strap is then released from the stack. The strap is gripped by a gripping device and is drawn from a strap storage spool, mounted on the support part, and the strap is placed around the stack. The strap is wound onto the strap storage spool in order to tension the strap.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, apparatuses, and methods for and related to dynamic control of torque and or lateral thrust applied to a load suspended load on a suspension cable to thereby achieve a target orientation or position or to otherwise move with reduced self-induced cyclic motion, with better behavior, and or to respond to changes in the load or disturbance forces.

Abstract: A lifting gear has a load chain sprocket and a drive shaft. The drive shaft drives the load chain sprocket. The lifting gear has a motor having a motor shaft. The motor shaft and the drive shaft are coupled by a brake clutch system. The brake clutch system includes a clutch part and a brake hub on a brake thread of the drive shaft. The clutch part has dogs and the brake hub has pegs. A vane disk is between the clutch part and the brake hub. The vane disk has vane bodies on a coupling portion of the drive shaft. A pressure plate is positioned in a rotationally fixed manner on the drive shaft. Two friction disks are between the brake hub and the pressure plate, and a brake disk is between the two friction disks, and the brake disk is mounted in a rotationally fixed manner.

Abstract: A lifting and lowering control system, which drives a carrier device of a stacker to perform lifting and lowering operations, includes a driving module, a position sensor, and a processor. The driving module is connected with the carrier device for driving the carrier device to move from the initial position to the lifting position, which is defined as a first travel, and to move from the lifting position to the placing position, which is defined as a second travel. The position sensor detects a first or a second displacement amount respectively generated by the first or the second travel. The processor receives and stores the first and the second displacement amounts. The processer is allowed to read the stored first or second displacement amount and accordingly control the driving module to trigger the carrier device to carry out the first or the second travel at non-constant speeds.

Abstract: A swing frame roll clamp may include a mounting plate mountable to a lift truck and a pair of opposed clamp arms. The clamp arms may be configured to selectively and alternately grasp and release a cylindrical load, and each opposed clamp arm may be capable of becoming either a short arm or a long arm relative to the other opposed clamp arm.

Abstract: An adapter for a vehicle jack comprises a puck, a riser, and an optional nipple. The puck has a puck bottom surface, a puck top surface, and a puck sidewall having a puck first exterior dimension. The riser extends from the puck top surface and has a riser top surface and a riser sidewall having a second exterior dimension. The optional nipple extends from the riser top surface and has a nipple top surface and a nipple sidewall having a third exterior dimension. The puck bottom surface is configured to associate with a top surface of a jack pad of the vehicle jack while the nipple is configured to associate with a portion of a vehicle chassis.

Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle accessory assembly suitable for releasably and securely receiving a track of a trail jack, the vehicle accessory assembly being connectable to a standard two-inch receiver hitch system or a ball hitch system and/or a pintle hitch system such that one or more wheels of a vehicle may be freed from an obstruction on a road or trail, the obstruction being one or more of soft sand, mud, marshy land, snow, potholes and/or sinkholes and wherein the vehicle accessory assembly allows for the lifting and movement of the vehicle in a range of directions in order to free it from the obstruction on the road or trail.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of scissors lifting equipment, in particular to scissors lifting equipment with a hydraulic buffer for maintenance and a control method thereof. The scissors lifting equipment includes a hydraulic buffer and a scissors mechanism. The hydraulic buffer includes a hydraulic cylinder and a piston rod. The hydraulic cylinder has a lower connection end, and the piston rod has an upper connection end. The hydraulic buffer can support the scissors mechanism after being connected to the scissors mechanism via the upper connection end and the lower connection end. With characteristics of strong buffer capacity and load capacity, the hydraulic buffer, when supporting the scissors mechanism, not only is safe and stable, but also resists impact with buffer performance, thereby avoiding damage to the hydraulic buffer and the scissors mechanism.

Abstract: Systems and methods of the invention relate to cleaning a portion of a beverage line of a beverage distribution system based upon a signal received from a remote source. An administrative (also referred to as “admin”) system can manage a cleaning system from a remote location in which a remote signal can drive a cleaning system and at least one or more electric valves within the beverage distribution system. A controller component (local to the beverage distribution system) can receive the remote signal from the admin system, wherein a cleaning system (e.g., via a cleaning line) or a dispensing system (e.g., via a hose) can be selected to enable a cleaning mode or a dispensing mode.

Abstract: Kegs of beer may be connected in parallel alongside one or more valves that connect to a flushing fluid supply. When a beer is selected, the associated beer valve opens so that beer can be dispensed. After a pour is completed, the system automatically flushes the beverage tubing line clean by opening a flushing fluid valve, allowing flushing fluid to cleanse the line. This flushing of the line enables the system to dispense a beer from a recently flushed line for each pour, and/or dispense many different beers because leftovers of a beer from an earlier pour do not contaminate the line for later pours. The system is also configured to measure the time poured based on information from a sensor in a dispenser (e.g., a tap handle). The time poured and a measured flow rate are used to calculate the total price to charge a customer for the beer.

Abstract: A method for calibrating a filling system is disclosed. In a first calibration step, a calibration of a calibration variable of a first flow or level measuring device is performed at a first calibration point. In a first deviation determination step, the first control and evaluation unit of the measuring device determines an average deviation of the calibration variable from a desired value. In a first correction step, the first control and evaluation unit corrects a calibration parameter taking into account the determined deviation. In a first transmission step, the first control and evaluation unit transmits the determined deviation and/or the corrected calibration parameter to the second control and evaluation unit. In a first adaptation step, the second control and evaluation unit corrects a calibration parameter at a first calibration point, taking into account the deviation transmitted by the first control and evaluation unit or the transmitted calibration parameter.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for evaluating data representing the three-dimensional shape of at least a portion of the surface of a human being or animal, in the following referred to as 3D data, wherein 3D data of at least two data sets, each representing the three-dimensional shape of at least a portion of the surface of a human being or animal and each taken from a database of three-dimensional shapes, in the following referred to as 3D data sets. Auxiliary devices may be manufactured based on 3D data stored in the data base, and a method for obtaining the 3D data to be stored in the data base is also disclosed.

Abstract: An MEMS optical microphone, including a casing including an inner cavity and a sound inlet that communicates the inner cavity with outside; an MEMS module including a diaphragm suspended in the inner cavity, an aperture is provided penetrating through the diaphragm, and a size of the aperture increases or decreases with acoustic pressure applied to the diaphragm; an optoelectronic module including an electromagnetic radiation source and a sensor arranged on opposite sides of the diaphragm, the sensor is configured to receive a light beam emitted by the electromagnetic radiation source, the light beam covers the aperture, and a size of the light beam is larger than a maximum size of the aperture; and an integrated circuit module electrically connected with the MEMS module and the optoelectronic module. Dynamic range of the MEMS optical microphone is improved, wider range of sound signals can be sensed, and higher sensitivity can be realized.

Abstract: An MEMS optical microphone, including: a shell including an inner cavity and a sound inlet that communicates the inner cavity with outside; a MEMS module including a diaphragm suspended in the inner cavity, a light flap is formed in the diaphragm, when an acoustic pressure is applied, an aperture is formed by opening of the light flap, and a size of the aperture increases or decreases with a magnitude of the acoustic pressure applied; an optoelectronic module including an electromagnetic radiation source and a sensor arranged on opposite sides of the diaphragm, and a light beam passes through the aperture to the sensor; and an integrated circuit module electrically connected with the optoelectronic module. Advantages of high sensitivity and flat frequency response are realized.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device (100) for supporting one or more MEMS components (160), comprising a base component (110), which substantially consists of a first material with a first coefficient of expansion ?1, an interposer (120), which is integrally bonded to the base component (110) in one or more first connection regions (140) and substantially consists of a second material with a second coefficient of expansion ?2, and a support substrate (130), which is integrally bonded to the interposer (120) in one or more second connection regions (150) and substantially consists of a third material with a third coefficient of expansion ?3, wherein the support substrate (130) is configured to support the one or more MEMS components (160), and for the coefficients of expansion the following holds true: ?1>?2??3, preferably ?1>?2=?3.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are microelectronics package architectures having self-aligned air gaps and methods of manufacturing the same. The microelectronics packages may include first and second substrates, first and second traces, and a photosensitive material. The first trace may be attached to the first substrate and comprise a first sidewall. The second trace may be attached to the first substrate and comprise a second sidewall. The second traced may be spaced a distance from the first trace with the second sidewall facing the first sidewall. First and second portions of the photosensitive material may be attached to the first and second sidewalls, respectively. The second substrate may be attached to the first and second traces. The first and second substrates and the first and second traces may form the air gap in between the first and second traces.

Abstract: A method for producing hydrogen product having a low carbon intensity is provided. The method includes the steps of: (a) converting a hydrocarbon feedstock to a hydrogen product using a hydrocarbon reforming process; (b) providing at least some of the required energy for the hydrogen production process from a biomass power plant; and (c) processing one or more flue gas streams from the biomass power plant in a carbon capture unit to reduce CO2e emissions. The hydrogen product has a carbon intensity preferably less than about 1.0 kg CO2e/kg H2, more preferably less than 0.45 kg CO2e/kg H2, and most preferably less than 0.0 kg CO2e/kg H2.

Abstract: A crude oil is processed to form a hydrocarbon feed stream. The hydrocarbon feed stream is exposed to heat in an absence of oxygen to the convert the hydrocarbon feed stream into a solids stream and a gas stream. The gas stream is separated into an exhaust gas stream and a first hydrogen stream. The carbon is separated from the solids stream to produce a carbon stream. Electrolysis is performed on a water stream to produce an oxygen stream and a second hydrogen stream. At least a portion of the oxygen of the oxygen stream and a second portion of the carbon of the carbon stream are combined to generate power and a carbon dioxide stream. The carbon dioxide is used in dry reforming to produce syngas.

Abstract: A method for producing hydrogen product having a low carbon intensity is provided. The method includes the steps of: (a) converting a hydrocarbon feedstock to a hydrogen product using a hydrocarbon reforming process; (b) providing at least some of the required energy for the hydrogen production process from a biomass power plant; and (c) processing one or more flue gas streams from the biomass power plant in a carbon capture unit to reduce CO2e emissions. The hydrogen product has a carbon intensity preferably less than about 1.0 kg CO2e/kg H2, more preferably less than 0.45 kg CO2e/kg H2, and most preferably less than 0.0 kg CO2e/kg H2.

Abstract: Method for preparing a synthesis gas suitable for the synthesis of ammonia or methanol, the method comprises the step of feeding to the radiant portion of a primary reformer an oxygen-enriched air obtained by mixing air with an oxygen stream generated by water electrolysis.

Abstract: A method of operating a reformer furnace is disclosed. The method comprises using a carbon margin in balancing the furnace temperature thereby leading to carbon free formation operation and improved efficiency.

Abstract: A method for producing hydrogen product having a low carbon intensity is provided. The method includes the steps of: (a) converting a hydrocarbon feedstock to a hydrogen product using a hydrocarbon reforming process; (b) providing at least some of the required energy for the hydrogen production process from a biomass power plant; and (c) processing one or more flue gas streams from the biomass power plant in a carbon capture unit to reduce CO2e emissions. The hydrogen product has a carbon intensity preferably less than about 1.0 kg CO2e/kg H2, more preferably less than 0.45 kg CO2e/kg H2, and most preferably less than 0.0 kg CO2e/kg H2.

Abstract: An ozone generator (100) includes: a flow path (1) through which gas flows from an inlet (5) to an outlet (6); an ozone generation unit (3) disposed in the flow path (1); and an ozone sensor (4) disposed in the flow path (1) and upstream of the ozone generation unit (3). The flow path (1) has an upstream-side flow path (130) that forms a gas passing space (AR) located upstream of the ozone generation unit (3) and through which the gas flows from one side to another side in a predetermined direction. The inlet (5) is disposed closer to an outer circumferential portion (131) of the upstream-side flow path (130) than the ozone sensor (4).