A method and a system to provide allocation of mixed flow to individual sources in oil and gas production systems by measuring mixed flow; analyzing the composition; accessing the data for the mixed flows; and calculating the flow from each source with an allocation algorithm using the mixed flow, the analyzed composition and the composition of at least one source.

The present invention concerns a process for the preparation of high density green compacts comprising the steps of providing an iron-based powder essentially free from fine particles; optionally mixing said powder with graphite and other additives; uniaxially compacting the powder in a die at a compaction pressure of at least about 800 MPa and ejecting the green body. The invention also concerns ...

The invention concerns a powder composition including an iron or iron based powder and a lubricating amount of an alkylalkoxy or polyetheralkoxy silane, wherein the alkyl or polyether group has between 8 and 30 carbon atoms and the alkoxi group includes 1-3 carbon atoms.

This invention provides compositions of 1,1,1,3,3minus;pentafluoropropane, water and at least one hydrocarbon selected from the group consisting of nminus;pentane, isopentane, cyclopentane and hexane that are environmentally desirable for use as refrigerants, aerosol propellants, metered dose inhalers, blowing agents for polymer foam, heat transfer media, and gaseous dielectrics.; Esta invencion p...

A method of filtering out pressure noise generated by one or more piston pumps, where each pump is connected to a common downstream piping system, and where the discharge pressure is measured by a pressure sensitive gauge, wherein the instantaneous angular position(s) of the pump(s)' crankshaft or actuating cam is/are measured simultaneously with the discharge pressure and used as fundamental vari...

gA method for preserving a food product, such as meat, is provided. The method comprises the steps of inoculating meat with an effective amount of non-pathogenic, non-spoilage bacteria in order to competitively inhibit the growth of undesired pathogenic and spoilage bacteria. Preferably, either L. delbrueckii or Hafnia alvei bacteria are used to inoculate a meat product. Bacteria present on a meat...

The telephone terminal has a memory (123) which stores the header and general field of digital words providing a number of storage positions (130). The storage positions are operator predetermined addresses (136) in the telephone storage positions.

A processing arrangement for manufacturing composite cementitious materials, such as hydraulic blended cements, with significantly reduced Portland clinker minerals content. The arrangement includes a milling unit for pregrinding supplementary cementitious materials and highly reactive pozzolans or mineral fillers, such as fly ash, blast furnace slag, fine quartz, granitic quarry fines, and the li...

A sliding window arrangement has an upper and a lower horizontal guide rail and a vertical rectangular window which is mounted between the guide rails and displaceable along the same. The window has at each upper corner a guide means which engages the upper guide rail, and at each lower corner a guide means which engages the lower guide rail. The lower guide rail has a stop means which is position...

Disclosed herein is a process for the recovery of 1,3-propanediol from an aqueous feed stream. The present invention involves contacting an aqueous feed stream that comprises water, 1,3-propanediol, and at least one contaminant with at least one solvent extractant to form a mixture. The mixture is separated into a first phase and a second phase. The second phase comprises a majority of the water f...

A furan polymer impregnated wood which comprises wood impregnated with a polymerizable furfuryl alcohol monomer mixture containing at least water and furfuryl alcohol, and an initiator selected from the group consisting of anhydrides, acids and combinations thereof is described. For longer storage life, the mixture contains a stabilizer selected from sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium ci...

An injection syringe comprises a housing (1), a piston rod (6) with a non-circular cross-section and an outer thread (7), a piston rod drive which includes a piston rod guide (85) mating with the cross-section of the piston rod (6), and a nut (4) which is not axially displaceable and which mates with the thread (7) of the piston rod (6) to form a self-locking thread connection. Rotation of a dose ...

The invention relates to a bioactive implant comprising a substrate coated with a polymer layer with reactive functions, and a bioactive substance fixed on the implant by means of said reactive functions to enable progressive release on the implant site.Such implants are useful in the field of cardiology for example to prevent restenosis resulting from the fitting of stents in the coronary arterie...

Substantially pure amorphous 9-deoxo-9a-aza-9a-methyl-9a-homoerythromycin A. In addition, this disclosure is directed to a process for the preparation thereof from crude 9-deoxo-9a-aza-9a-methyl-9a-homoerythromycin A via orthorhombic isostructural pseudopolymorphs of 9-deoxo-9a-aza-9a-methyl-9a-homoerythromycin A, of the general formula I: wherein S represents a water-miscible or water-immiscible ...

Novel crystalline forms of a compound of Formula 1 are disclosed:Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising these forms, and methods of their preparation and use.

Provided is an endoscopic suturing system for joining internal body tissues in a variety of procedures. The system comprises a suturing capsule releasably mountable to the distal end of an endoscope and capable of forming multiple stitches in tissue at a plurality of locations without requiring withdrawal of the capsule from the patient between stitches. Also enclosed is a suture lock to secure th...

The invention relates to cyclodextrin glycosyltransferases which produce gamma -CD to an increased extent in the conversion of starch or starch-like substrates into CD, characterised in that their protein sequence in the region between amino acid position 180 and amino acid position 240 contains the amino acid sequence Asn Leu Xaa Asp (SEQ. ID NO: 1), where position 1 of the protein sequence at t...

The invention relates to a process for the purification of S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAMe) and for the preparation of the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof starting from yeasts enriched with SAMe and allows to obtain the desired products with high yield and purity.

Compounds of the general formula I wherein rings B, C, D and E may be present or not and, when present, are combined with A as A+C, A+E, A+B+C, A+B+D, A+B+E, A+C+E, A+B+C+D or A+B+C+D+E, rings B, C and E being aliphatic whereas ring D may be aliphatic or aromatic/heteroaromatic, and wherein X is —(CH2)m—, in which m is an integer 1-3, to form a ring E or, when E is absent, a group R1 bound to the ...

The electric illumination device is turned on or off by a switch (6). The switch is designed and is arranged so that it is forcedly operated to switch on the illumination when the sight (1) is correctly attached to the firearm (2) by operating an operating member (8) provided for deploying the firearm so that it is ready to fire. - An INDEPENDENT CLAIM is included for a retrofitting set for a sigh...