Abstract: An air valve assembly and an inflatable cushion, which comprises an air storage bag, a first check valve and a second check valve. In specific application, the air valve assembly can be integrally installed on the inflatable cushion, and users can rapidly inflate inflatable products by repeatedly pressing the air storage bag. By arranging the first check valve and the second check valve, the inflatable product can be quickly inflated, and at the same time, the air of the inflatable product can be prevented from leaking to the outside during the inflation process, thus improving the air tightness of the inflatable product.

Abstract: A gas shutoff valve is provided. The gas shutoff valve includes a valve seat, a valve rod, an elastic sealing mechanism, a plastic base, and a sealing cover plate. The valve rod extends through the plastic base and into the valve seat, and is connected to the elastic sealing mechanism. The sealing cover plate is mounted on the valve seat, and the elastic sealing mechanism is disposed between the valve seat and the sealing cover plate. And one end of the elastic sealing mechanism away from the valve seat abuts against the sealing cover plate.

Abstract: A tire inflation valve having anti-rotation features has an external valve seat, and includes a valve body, a valve stem extending through the length of the valve body, and anti-rotation features disposed interior to the valve body. The valve stem is configured to move relative to the valve body, such that a resilient seating surface disposed at a proximal end of the valve stem is displaced relative to a valve seat formed by an exterior surface of a proximal end of the valve body. The anti-rotation features may include a complementary slot and protrusion, a keyway and complementary protruding ridge, and/or complementary channels and lateral protrusions.

Abstract: Butterfly valve housing for a butterfly valve having a closing element mounted rotatably in the housing, wherein receiving openings are arranged in the housing between the two flange connection discs and between the reinforcement structure, wherein the receiving openings are directed from the outer circumference in the direction of the vertical centre axis, into which the inserts can be inserted into the housing, wherein the inserts are arranged form-fittingly in the receiving openings.

Abstract: An equalization shutoff valve includes a housing having an outward extending flange around an open end of the housing, retaining clips attached to the flange configured to engage a battery pack compartment, and piston guides disposed inside the housing; a piston having guide notches engaging the piston guides, and a first flow port; a spring disposed between the housing and the piston to urge the piston in a direction away from a closed end of the housing; and a locking tab cover attached to the housing with the piston inside the housing, and having a second flow port and locking tabs with clip ports. The housing is attached to the battery pack compartment through the retaining clips so that air flows from inside the battery pack compartment, and when pressure inside the housing increases, increased pressure pushes the spring and the piston to allow air to exit from the housing.

Abstract: The present application relates to an insert arrangement for engaging with a solenoid arrangement and for closing a valve cavity of a damping arrangement. The insert arrangement comprises: an armature member adapted in shape and size to provide a base portion and an axial portion extending out of the base portion in a direction parallel to a first axis, a casing member adapted to extend around the axial portion to define a receiving space between the axial portion and the casing member. The solenoid arrangement is at least partly arrangeable in said receiving space, and the casing member is further adapted with a magnetically conducting material for substantially closing a magnetic field generated by the solenoid arrangement. The insert arrangement further comprises fixating means for fixating the armature member to the damping arrangement, wherein said fixating means are arranged on the casing member.

Abstract: A pressure regulating system includes a valve including a valve inlet and a valve outlet, a regulating piston positioned in a fluid pathway between the valve inlet and the valve outlet, a chamber in fluid communication with the regulating piston, a pressure setting valve in fluid communication with the chamber, a solenoid valve in fluid communication with the chamber and a sense line fluidly communicating with the valve inlet with the solenoid valve. The pressure setting valve is configured to vent gas to an ambient environment when a pressure within the chamber exceeds a threshold value. The solenoid valve is configured to move from a first position to a second position, the first position fluidly connecting the chamber with the sense line, and the second position fluidly connecting the chamber to the ambient environment (and thereby disconnecting the sense line from the chamber).

Abstract: A method of operating a diaphragm valve is specified. The diaphragm valve comprises a fluid housing having a valve seat formed therein, a diaphragm which cooperates with the valve seat to open or close a flow path through the fluid housing, and at least two sensors from the following group: a capacitive sensor, which is arranged such that the diaphragm is located at least in sections in the electric field of the capacitive sensor, a temperature sensor, a pressure sensor, a force sensor, a pH sensor, a stress sensor and a vibration sensor, wherein an index value is formed from the measured values of the different sensors by means of a data fusion algorithm at at least two points in time, wherein a degree of wear of the diaphragm is determined on the basis of a change in the index value. Furthermore, a diaphragm valve is specified.

Abstract: An electromagnetic valve for an anode supply of a fuel cell system, the electromagnetic valve configured as a purge or drain valve including an actuator including a magnet coil configured to electromagnetically actuate an armature, and a valve plunger operatively connected with the armature; a valve seat openable and closable as a function of an actuation of the valve plunger so that a media connection between an inlet and an outlet is controlled through a valve chamber, wherein the valve seat and the inlet are configured at a connection spout connected with the actuator, and wherein an additional magnet coil is provided as a heating coil.

Abstract: A heating arrangement for a valve includes a thermally conductive heating wire embedded within a body of the valve. Also provided is a valve body formed by additive manufacture and having a thermally conductive heating wire embedded therein to which electric power is applied to cause the thermally conductive heating wire to generate heat in the valve body. A method of manufacture is also provided.

Abstract: A vacuum valve or door having a closure plate for closing an opening in a wall. The opening has opposing first and second longitudinal edges and shorter opposing first and second transverse edges. A sealing unit seals the closure plate against the wall in the closed position. The sealing unit includes a supporting frame having opposing first and second longitudinal legs and shorter opposing first and second transverse legs, on which supporting frame there is mounted on one side a circumferential closure plate seal and on the other side a circumferential wall seal. The supporting frame is secured to fastening points on the wall, with central portions of the first and second longitudinal legs being free with respect to the wall, or the supporting frame is secured to fastening points on the closure plate, with the central being free with respect to the closure plate.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system for vertical deployment of leaching lines onto a slope of a mine leach pad. The system includes an elevated guidewire having a first end disposed at a top of the slope and a second end disposed at a bottom of the slope; the elevated guidewire being elevated above a surface of the slope; a deployment apparatus moveably coupled to the elevated guidewire and having one or more attachment mechanisms disposed thereon; and one or more leaching lines coupled to the attachment mechanisms; wherein movement of the deployment mechanism from the top of the slope to the bottom of the slope pulls the one or more leaching lines down the slope and deploys the one or more leaching lines vertically onto the surface of the slope.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a utility support framing system for structurally suspended concrete slab over void form foundation systems. The inventive utility support framing system avoids problems created by expansive soils which damage utility lines under foundation systems. The inventive utility support framing system permits suspending utility pipes within an interior space of the foundation system while avoiding the problems of the prior art.

Abstract: In an embodiment of the disclosed principles, a firestop device is provided for a variety of fire rated or fire blocking construction suitable for PENETRATIONS of plastic or metal pipes, cables, conduits or other construction materials is disclosed. The firestop device is sized for the penetrating item and is as easy to install as the brackets and grommets that the various trades are familiar with, but it will provide firestop capacity as well. This means life safety will be improved my providing an easier solution with a prescribed dose of intumescent (expanding firestop) material.

Abstract: A hose which has at least the following plies in the following order: an innermost layer (A4) which is based on thermoplastic material or thermoplastic elastomer material; an internal layer (A5) which is applied to the innermost layer (A4) and which is based on elastomer material; at least one reinforcing element ply (B, B1, B2), wherein the reinforcing element is arranged at an angle smaller than the neutral angle of 54.7°, and possibly an external layer (C) which is based on polymer material. The hose is suitable in particular as a pressure carrier hose for refrigerant lines, in particular for CO2, for use as a pressure carrier of corrugated pipes.

Abstract: A method of forming a flexible, stretchable, crush resistant axially extending hose includes: providing coils entirely of thermoplastic material to form a continuous and hollow helix; providing a thin, narrow, elongate web of thermoplastic material that extends between adjacent coils of the helix and has edge regions welded to adjacent ones of the coils to form a single continuous wall with the web having a centrally located fold situated between adjacent ones of the coils; and subjecting the hose to an annealing process while axially compressing the hose so that molecules of the thermoplastic material forming the coils of the helix and the thin elongate web are relaxed such that stress is substantially absent from the hose when the coils of the helix are close together.

Abstract: Illustrated and described is a floating hose segment (4) with an inner hose element (14) which has a first outer surface (22) which faces away from a line region (16), an outer hose element (24) which has a second inner surface (26) which delimits an interior space through which the inner hose element (14) extends, and a second outer surface (28) which faces outward away from the inner hose element (14), and a communication device (46) which is adapted to transmit information directly or indirectly to a central control device (54), wherein at least one sensor device (42) is provided which is adapted so as to be capable of detecting the presence of at least one substance in the region between the first outer surface (22) and the second inner surface (26), wherein the at least one sensor device (42) is linked to the communication device (46) such that information relating to the presence of the at least one substance between the first outer surface (22) and the second inner surface (26) can be transmitted to th

Abstract: A quick connection clamping hoop, including an upper clamping hoop body and a lower clamping hoop body that are both in a semi-annular shape; where the upper clamping hoop body and the lower clamping hoop body each have one end as a plug connecting end and the other end as a connecting end; connecting ends of the upper clamping hoop body and the lower clamping hoop body each are provided with a lug, and the connecting ends of the two are connected together via a bolt passing through lugs; plug connecting ends of the two are connected together via a plug connecting mechanism disposed at the plug connecting ends of the two. A clamping hoop in this structure is assembled and connected to a pipe quickly, and is convenient for use, which can greatly improve production efficiency of the clamping hoop and efficiency of pipe connection.

Abstract: A gimbal joint includes a monolithic first member including a first connection portion; and a monolithic second member including a second connection portion engaged with the first connection portion such that the monolithic first member and the monolithic second member are configured to move relative to each other about a plurality of axes. The first member may include a plurality of structural portions and a support base. The support base may include an axially-extending aperture that extends through the support base.

Abstract: An end fitting (14) of a flexible pipe (14) for conveying a fluid that includes: an end vault (42) and an outer cover (44) fixed around the end vault (42), at least a front region (36) of an internal polymeric sheath (18), at least end sections (40) of at least one tensile armor layer (24, 25) arranged around the internal polymeric sheath (18), a front sealing assembly (54) arranged around the front region (36) of the internal polymeric sheath (18). The front sealing assembly (54) includes a cannula (64) supporting at least one part of the front region (36) of the internal polymeric sheath (18) and an annular protrusion (66) arranged on an internal surface (48) of the end vault (42). The front region (36) of the internal polymeric sheath (18) is circumferentially tightened between the one protrusion (66) and the cannula (64).

Abstract: A joint member includes a joint main body configured to include a flow path portion formed and an opening portion communicating with the flow path portion, and a tube member configured to include an end portion inserted into the opening portion of the joint main body and joined to the joint main body by brazing. The joint main body includes a step portion on which the end portion of the tube member inserted into the opening portion abuts. The tube member includes an annular recessed portion recessed from an outer peripheral surface of the tube member and formed on a flexible tube side with respect to an end surface on a joint main body side.

Abstract: A press fitting device, components and method provide one or more indicators to provide a visual indication that the fitting has been properly pressed around a tube and that the correct amount of pressure has been provided to create a permanent seal. In embodiments, a sealing ring and a latching band are retained within a main body component of the fitting and the latching band can be formed with a radially inwardly extending latch that extends through an opening in the sealing ring.

Abstract: Embodiments of a swage connector device and assembly include one or more of a sealing ring, a fastening ring spreader, a retainer grip ring, a cap member and a fastener push ring. The fastener push ring moves axially and engages the fastening ring spreader in order to securely maintain a piping element held within the fitting.

Abstract: A plug connector includes a housing, a locking element and a verification element. The housing has a receiving chamber, a connection piece and a duct through which fluid can flow. The locking element is movable between an open position and a fastening position, a plug can be inserted in the receiving chamber in the open position of the locking element, and a plug inserted in the receiving chamber can be fastened within the receiving chamber via the locking element in the fastening position of the locking element. In an open position of the locking element, the verification element is at least partially covered by the locking element, and in a fastening position of the locking element, the verification element can be read.

Abstract: Quick disconnect devices for high pressure fluid transfer, and associated systems and methods are disclosed. A representative quick disconnect system includes a first connector and a second connector. The second connector can have an opening sized and shaped to receive a first end of the first connector. The second connector can include a poppet positioned to open the first connector when the first connector is connected to the second connector. The second connector can include an inner sleeve moveable between a first position wherein the poppet head forms a fluid-tight seal with the annular seat of the inner sleeve, and a second position wherein the second end portion is open to permit fluid flow through the end portion of the inner sleeve. In some embodiments, the inner sleeve is pressure balanced in every direction.

Abstract: Embodiments presented provide a modular repair enclosure for repairing or sealing leaks or potential leaks in a pipe. In some embodiments, the modular repair enclosure comprises three or more interchangeable enclosure sections that, when assembled around a section of pipe, seal the section of pipe and provide containment for any leaks in the section of pipe. The use of three or more interchangeable enclosure sections allows much thinner materials to be used to construct enclosure compared to a 2-piece enclosure, and also results in much less wasted material. Such an arrangement allows significant cost savings to be realized. These interchangeable enclosure sections can also be pre-manufactured and stocked in inventory, allowing for much faster response times to make the repair on a leaking pipe, where conventional methods would require custom manufacturing.

Abstract: A long object guiding device includes a long tubular member and is configured to guide a long object inserted through the tubular member while protecting, with the tubular member, the long object in correspondence with displacement of the tubular member. The tubular member has a long sheet shape in an unfolded state. A longitudinal direction of the tubular member intersects a width direction. A first joint portion is disposed on one side edge of the tubular member in the width direction to extend in the longitudinal direction. A second joint portion is disposed on an other side edge of the tubular member in the width direction to extend in the longitudinal direction. At least one end of the tubular member, in the longitudinal direction, has a passage portion that allows for passage of an end of the long object.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for the automated or partially automated production of a polymer-enhanced pipe element, which include: providing a first pipe section and a second pipe section, each having a connecting region; detecting in the connecting regions a three-dimensional shape of the first pipe section and the second pipe section; determining a spatial penetration curve as a function of a superposition of the three-dimensional shapes; determining a cut contour, as a function of the penetration curve, in each of the connecting regions of the first pipe section and the second pipe section; generating edge surfaces in the connecting regions of the first and second pipe sections along the respective cut contours; aligning the generated edge surfaces of the pipe sections; and welding the first and second pipe sections along the mutually aligned edge surfaces along the determined spatial penetration curve.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a thermally-insulated conduit (TIC) for use in conducting fluids from a first location to a second location. The TIC a metal conduit; and at least a first layer of a thermal-insulation material (TIM) that is operatively coupled to the metal conduit for preventing transfer of some, substantially most or all thermal energy between inside the conduit and outside the conduit.

Abstract: A coupling for insulated piping is disclosed having first and second parts for forming the coupling. The first and second parts include an inner conduit portion for fluid communication with an inner tube of an insulated pipe and an outer conduit portion, the inner conduit portion and outer conduit portion forming therebetween a space for fluid communication with the insulating part of an insulated pipe. In use, cold liquid is transported in the inner conduit portions. The first and second parts comprise flanges. The inner conduit portion of the first part has a projection comprising a lower thermal expansion region. The second part has a projection-receiving portion for receiving the projection of the first part, the projection-receiving portion having a co-efficient of thermal expansion that is greater than the lower thermal expansion region of the projection.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a thermally-insulated conduit (TIC) for use in conducting fluids from a first location to a second location. The TIC a metal conduit; and at least a first layer of a thermal-insulation material (TIM) that is operatively coupled to the metal conduit for preventing transfer of some, substantially most or all thermal energy between inside the conduit and outside the conduit.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of welding and assembling a component, where two or more parts of pre-insulated pipes (1) are welded together to form components of two or three parts. The pre-insulated pipes (1) consist of an outer casing (2), an inner casing (3) and an intermediate insulation (4). The outer casing (3) during the process is beveled, the insulation (4) is cleared and thermal welding is carried out with the corresponding part of another pipe. After the resulting component has cooled, the gap between the outer casings (2) thereof is filled with polymer resin.

Abstract: A system can include a display device that includes a rectangular housing that includes two short sides, two long sides, and a back side that includes a first arrangement of magnets located centrally at a long lever arm distance from each of the two short sides and a short lever arm distance from each of the two long sides; and a stand that includes a base, a flap and a hinge that couples the flap to the base, where the flap includes a second arrangement of magnets, wherein the first arrangement of magnets and the second arrangement of magnets provide an asymmetric magnetic attraction force that couples the rectangular housing to the flap, and where the asymmetric magnetic attraction force between the display device and the stand is weaker at the long lever arm distance and stronger at the short lever arm distance.

Abstract: An adjustable support for an electronic device including a platform configured to support the electronic device, a post extending between a first end and a second end, a linkage assembly movably supporting the platform on the post, where the linkage assembly is slidably coupled to the post to adjust a height of the platform, and where the linkage assembly includes a plurality of movable linkages configured to adjust a tilt of the platform to a plurality of different tilt angles.

Abstract: A multi-legged equipment support, components thereof, and associated methods. The equipment support comprises a stand and an equipment holder. The stand includes a hub and multiple legs pivotable with respect to the hub. The legs are pivotable outward from stowed positions to preset operational pivoted positions. The user can select a preset operational pivoted position in which outward pivoting of a leg will stop based on moving an actuator between preset locations.

Abstract: A height adjustable support structure (HASS) that allows a person to mount a device/item such as a smoke/CO2 detector or camera to a surface-attached or free-standing structure. The surface attached configuration of the HASS is designed to be attached onto a surface such as a wall or a door, or a convex or rounded (tube-like) surface and is comprised of a rod mounting bracket having a spacing member, a rod support member that is integrally attached to the front surface of the spacing member, a hollow rod that is configured to fit within the rod support member, a rod insert that is configured to fit within the hollow rod, and a device mounting bracket that fits on and around the hollow rod. The free-standing configuration of the HASS is similar to the surface attached configuration except the free-standing does not have a rod mounting bracket with a spacing member. The free-standing HASS does add a base with an insert that extends upward from the substantial center of the base.

Abstract: A bent and twisted mobile phone support, a bendable part of the mobile phone support being made according to the bendability of some articles, has three or more supporting legs, the spacing between the supporting legs of the support can be adjusted by bending the supporting legs; and has two or more support-stop hooks, extending or protruding forward from a planar structure. Because a deformation part twisted or rotated is distributed on a relatively long connecting arm or supporting leg or twisting rod and is not easy to break by repeated bending and twisting, the support-stop hooks do not need to be bent again after being extended by the twisting or rotating of the supporting legs or connecting arms.

Abstract: A foot plate, a foot plate and post assembly and method of using. The post has a first exterior side, a second exterior side, a third exterior side, a fourth exterior side, and a bottom edge. The foot plate has a top surface, a bottom surface and an opening having a first interior side corresponding to the first exterior side of a post, a second interior side corresponding to the second exterior side of the post, a third interior side corresponding to the third exterior side of the post, and a fourth interior side corresponding to the fourth exterior side of the post, wherein the opening fits around the post such that the foot plate is unable to rotate around the post but the bottom edge of the post can be aligned with the bottom surface of the foot plate. One or more connections secure the bottom surface of the foot plate to the bottom edge of the post. A weld secures the top surface of the foot plate to the post.

Abstract: A suspension bracket and an installing method thereof are provided. The suspension bracket includes a first bracket, a support pole, a positioning member, and a second bracket. The first bracket has an opening and includes a first connecting structure. The support pole is pierced through the opening and configured to be disposed on a preset location, and one end of the support pole abuts against an outer side of the opening. The positioning member is disposed on the support pole and abuts against another outer side of the opening to retain the first bracket. The first bracket is rotatable relative to the positioning member and the support pole. The second bracket includes a second connecting structure, which can be detachably connected to the first connecting structure of the first bracket to form an accommodating space for containing an article.

Abstract: Monitoring facility and method for monitoring an opening, wherein to improve the monitoring facility through which objects are channeled via a transportation device, a light curtain includes a transmitter array with transmitters emitting light beams and a receiver array with receivers receiving light beams which recognize interruption of a light beam and provide a signal, where the light curtain is arranged such that the light beams extend orthogonally to a transportation plane of the transportation device, and includes a scanner which scans receiver signals of the light curtain in chronologically consecutive scanning steps and provides each scanned signal as a signal series, a controller unit with a safety program which transmits a shut-off signal to prevent a danger, and an object recognition system arranged opposite to the transportation direction in front of the light curtain which is configured to recognize objects and to derive parameters therefrom for their geometric shape.

Abstract: A low profile flat bombe for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) storage and method for manufacturing the same, may include a flat bombe body including an upper plate having a plurality of first piercing holes and a pump installation hole formed therethrough, a lower plate having a plurality of second piercing holes formed therethrough at positions vertically coinciding with the plurality of first piercing holes, and side plates integrally connecting first and second side end portions of the upper and lower plates, end plates mounted at front and rear openings in the flat bombe body, and support pipes, wherein upper end portions of the support pipes are welded to internal circumferential portions of the plurality of first piercing holes and lower end portions thereof are welded to internal circumferential portions of the plurality of second piercing holes to maintain a vertical distance between the upper and lower plates.

Abstract: A gas filling method for filling a tank with gas by supplying the gas from an accumulator to the tank through a pipe includes: a temperature separation pressure detecting step of detecting whether the pressure in the tank has reached a temperature separation pressure during filling of the tank with the gas; and a pressure rise rate increasing step of filling the tank with the gas by increasing the pressure rise rate of the pressure in the tank after the pressure in the tank has reached the temperature separation pressure.

Abstract: A condensation-recovery device for overpressure gas based on liquefied natural gas (LNG) cold energy, including a tank body and a condensation cavity provided on a bottom thereof. LNG is stored in the condensation cavity to condense boil-off gas (BOG). The condensation cavity includes a vertical hollow tube arranged in the tank body, and an engagement mechanism is provided on a bottom of the vertical hollow tube. The vertical hollow tube is configured such that the gas can experience preliminary contact with the LNG when flowing therein, and the gas will continuously enter the vertical hollow tube under the action of pressure difference. After entering the conical tube, the gas will be distributed along the cavity of the conical tube to spread downward, so as to increase a contact time of the gas and the LNG while avoiding expanding diffusion area of the gas after entering the LNG.

Abstract: Provided is a liquid tank, including: a cylindrical seamless tank body having both end portions being reduced in diameter toward respective end sides; and a plurality of annular baffles provided inside the tank body and arranged at intervals in an axial direction of the tank body, in which at least one of the plurality of baffles is held on an inner peripheral surface of the tank body.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for in situ observation of reservoirs, such as syringes, during the freeze thaw cycle to allow for more in depth understanding of the behavior of the system. The systems and methods may include an inert environment and/or a low concentration (e.g., on the order of parts per million (ppm)) of water, which may inhibit frost formation.

Abstract: A cap assembly includes a retainer member provided at an outlet end of a discharge line through which a target fluid is discharged to the outside in a gravitational direction, the retainer member having a guide hole configured to guide the target fluid to the outside, a cap member configured to be movable from a first position at which the cap member closes the guide hole to a second position at which the cap member opens the guide hole in accordance with a discharge pressure of the target fluid, and a weight member provided in the cap member and configured to apply a load to the cap member so that the cap member moves to the first position when the discharge pressure applied to the cap member by the target fluid is eliminated.

Abstract: Hydrogen storage system comprising a plurality of storage containers, each storage container comprising a tubular container wall and end caps closing opposite ends of the tubular container wall, and a metal hydride (MH) configured for hydrogen storage contained within a chamber of the storage container, the plurality of storage containers of one multi-container unit being interconnected by gas flow tubes in a direct fluidic connection ensuring that the gas pressure within the containers are substantially the same. The tubular container wall of each storage container has a diameter in a range from 1.5 cm to 10 cm adjacent ones of said plurality of storage containers of said module being separated by a gap (G) within a range of distance corresponding to 0.02×D to 1×D, D being diameter of the tubular container wall.

Abstract: Disclosed is a tank device (1) for temperature pressure relief in a hydrogen tank, the tank device (1) comprising at least two tank containers (10) and a supply line (4) that can be connected to the tank containers (10). Each of the at least two tank containers (10) includes at least one shut-off valve (8) at one end (26), said shut-off valve (8) being located between the tank container (10) and the supply line (4). Furthermore, the tank containers (10) are entirely surrounded by a housing element (12) and/or encapsulated, in particular pressure-tightly, towards the surroundings (120) by means of the housing element (12), and at least one sacrificial container (14) is arranged in the tank device (1), said sacrificial container (14) being fluidically connected to the tank containers (10) via a pressure relief valve (13).

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for smart gas pipeline transportation performance prediction. The method includes: determining, based on a gas pipeline map, transportation performance of a target gas pipeline section by a transportation performance determination model, wherein the gas pipeline map reflects a connection relationship of a plurality of gas pipeline sections within a preset range of the target gas pipeline section, and the gas pipeline map is generated based on information of one or more historical gas pipeline sections; nodes of the gas pipeline map include connections between the gas pipeline sections, gas storage points, gate stations, or pipeline bends, and edges of the gas pipeline map include the gas pipeline sections; a node feature of the gas pipeline map includes whether to process gas, an edge feature of the gas pipeline map includes pipeline parameters and a pipeline maintenance situation.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a light source comprising a housing, a light source connector at a first end of the housing, for connecting the light source to a light fitting, and a light emitting diode, LED, circuit, configured to emit light through a second end of the housing. The housing may be substantially symmetric about a symmetry axis extending from the first to the second end of the housing. The housing has, at the first end, a first end portion, comprising a thread, made in an insulating material, and being configured to be connected to a light fitting. A light fitting comprising such a light source is also considered.