A module of wind-driven power unit includes amplifier of wind speed in rectangular cone-like form with movable walls arranged with possibility of separation. Outlet of wind speed amplifier by means of air duct is connected to input of working chamber of multi-chamber multi-piston rotor engine. Three walls of the working chamber are made fixed, on those at end of working cycle outlet slots for work...

A complex for production of hydrogen and fuel elements, in which on the carrying tower of each wind power station a hydraulic accumulator, a hydraulic motor with electric generator and a tank for working fluid with two hydraulic cylinders, a bracket, a rocking arm and a float are installed. The release valves of hydraulic cylinders and hydraulic pump are connected to the hydraulic accumulator by m...

Process for improving the Signal/Noise ratio in the preparation of vertical seismic profiles (VSP) which comprises: seismic and pilot signals (A); drilling parameters (B) relating to the signals (A); characterized in that: the signals (A) are partially or totally summed up by weight, on the basis of one or more drilling parameters (B), or relative combinations of the above parameters, so as to o...

The present invention provides a system for monitoring access to a transport container. The system includes a monitoring unit secured to the transport container and at least one sensor in operable communication with the monitoring unit. The sensor is structured to detect incidents of access to the transport container and to communicate data corresponding to the incidents to the monitoring unit. Th...

An improved electrical submersible pump is disclosed in which a processor downhole is utilized to monitor one or more subsurface conditions, to record data, and to alter at least one operating condition of the electrical submersible pump. Novel uses are described for downhole gas compression, the delivery of particulate matter to wellbore sites, and for the disposal of waste.

The assembly (1) has an adapter (60) that connects an interface (3) and a light footwear retaining device (5). The adapter has a support face (61) that is mechanically compatible with a reception face (25) of the interface, and a reception face (62) that is mechanically compatible with a support face (46) of the device (5). The faces (61, 62) are opposed with respect to each other. The face (61) h...

The method electromagnetically measures a pipe inner diameter ID and a pipe ratio of magnetic permeability to electrical conductivity µ 2 /Ã 2 by means of a measuring arrangement 1 comprising a transmitter coil 2 and a receiver coil 3, both coils being coaxial to and longitudinally spaced from each other, the measuring arrangement 1 being adapted to be positioned into the pipe CS and displaced th...

The reinforcement is conceived for pallets in which, both its loading platform (3) and its lower skids (2) are made of cardboard. The reinforcement consists of a grooved profile (1), cross-sectionally "U"-shaped, the middle branch of which presents an amplitude that complies with the width of the skids (2), the length of which coincides with that of the actual pallet and the side branches of which...

The invention relates to a method for providing releasable joining together of spacers in pairs which are preferably formed by support blocks for pallets or support walls on pallets or other load carriers by joining the spacers by means of flexible straps or by means of other releasable joining means, like pins or clamps. Spacers which are unattached or which already are integral building units in...

In a method for obviating the effect of disturb voltages in a data storage apparatus employing passive matrix addressing, an application of electric potentials for an addressing operation is according to a voltage pulse protocol. The data storage cells of the apparatus are provided in two or more electrically separated segments each constituting non-overlapping physical address subspaces of the da...

Provided are methods and systems for introducing a wet gypsum accelerator or other high viscosity production additive to an aqueous dispersion of calcined gypsum in a discharge apparatus downstream of a stucco mixer in which the dispersion was prepared. These methods and systems are useful in the production of various gypsum products such as board including wallboard and ceiling tiles.

A wet gypsum accelerator comprising ground product having a median particle size of from about 0.5 micron to about 2 microns and calcium sulfate dihydrate, water, and at least one additive selected from the group consisting of (i) an organic phosphonic compound, (ii) a phosphate-containing compound, or (iii) a mixture of (i) and (ii), is disclosed. Also disclosed are a method of preparing a wet gy...

Preparation of a molded body by mixing a solid silicate with a solution containing a first silicate binder, pressing of the mixture obtained, and treatment of the mixture with a second solutions containing a second silicate binder. Independent claims are included for: (a) a molded body obtained as above; (b) an insulating or fire resistant material containing one or more of the molded bodies; (...

The present invention relates to a method for diagnosing autism by determining the presence of high concentrations of certain peptides analysing a tissue sample, a body liquid sample and/or a plasma sample with regard to the presence of certain peptides having the amino acid sequences SKITHRIHWESASLL, SSKITHRIHWESASLL, and SSKITHRIHWESASLLR with the molecular masses 1779 +/- 1 Da, 1865 +/-1 Da and...

A conveyor assembly with ejecting provision, wherein the assembly comprises an upstream and a downstream belt conveyor (2,3) defining a conveying surface, which are arranged for operatively conveying a series of products at a conveying speed in a conveying direction (T), wherein the upstream belt conveyor (2) connects by a discharge end (2a) to a feed end (3a) of the downstream belt conveyor (3), ...

A single use retractable medical device dispenses fluids from a separable carpule. A retraction mechanism having a spring loaded needle holder with a double ended needle is mounted in the front of a housing by means of a push ring (separable member) slidingly mounted on a widened portion of the needle holder. An outer edge of the push ring grips or is restrained by the inner wall surface of the ho...

A process for the preparation of one or more hydrocarbon fuel products boiling in the kero/diesel range from a stream of hydrocarbons produced in a Fischer-Tropsch process, in which process synthesis gas is converted into liquid hydrocarbons, at least a part of the hydrocarbons boiling above the kero/diesel range, having the following steps:(1) hydrocracking/hydroisomerizing at least a part of the...

Fungicidal mixtures comprising, as active components, 1) the triazolopyrimidine derivative of the formula I and 2) picoxystrobin of the formula II in a synergistically effective amount, methods for controlling harmful fungi from the class of the Oomycetes using mixtures of the compound I with the compound II and to the use of the compound I with the compound II for preparing such mixtures and comp...

The invention relates to a knife (1,1a), comprising a handle (2) and a blade (3), said knife being a deboning or chopping knife, whereby a transponder (4) is integrated in the handle (2) of the knife (1,1a), comprising a transceiver device, a data store and a control unit. Said knives are suitable for application in the food-processing industry, in particular, in the meat processing industry, for ...

This invention relates to a scale inhibiting composition for aqueous systems comprising (a) polyaspartic acid, and (b) a water soluble phosphonated oligomer. The compositions are effective scale and/or corrosion inhibitors, but are also advantageous from an environmental standpoint because they are non-toxic, contain no heavy metals, and have little or no phosphorus. They also have sufficient calc...