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A method of treating a coal combustion flue gas, which includes injecting a molecular halogen or thermolabile molecular halogen precursor, such as calcium hypochlorite, able to decompose to form molecular halogen at flue gas temperature. The molecular halogen converts elemental mercury to mercuric halide, which is adsorbable by alkaline solids such as subbituminous or lignite coal ash, alkali fused bituminous coal ash, and dry flue gas desulphurization solids, capturable in whole or part by electrostatic precipitators (ESPs), baghouses (BHs), and fabric filters (FFs), with or without subsequent adsorption by a liquid such as a flue gas desulphurization scrubbing liquor.

The photovoltaic system includes a plurality of photovoltaic modules which are connected to form a string or several strings connected in parallel, thereby forming a photovoltaic generator having a positive terminal and negative terminal. A DC constant voltage source connected to the photovoltaic generator to raise the potential of the positive terminal relative to ground potential. This reduces the flow of electrons out of the TCO layer of the modules, thereby reducing or completely eliminating cathode discharges which damage the modules.

A method of treating a coal combustion flue gas, which includes injecting a molecular halogen or thermolabile molecular halogen precursor able to decompose to form molecular halogen at flue gas temperature. The molecular halogen coverts elemental mercury to mercuric halide adsorbable by alkaline solids such as subbituminous or lignite coal ash, alkali fused bituminous coal ash capturable in whole or part by electrostatic precipitators (ESPs), baghouses (BHs), fabric filters (FFs), dry flue gas desulphurization solids, with or without subsequent adsorption by a liquid such as a flue gas desulphurization scrubbing liquor.

A zinc anode storage battery comprising a first electrode containing zinc or a zinc alloy, a second electrode containing an oxidizing material capable of electrochemical reduction by zinc, an alkaline electrolyte, and a substantially non-porous, alkali-ion conducting separator provided between the first electrode and the second electrode. The alkali conducting separator may be a solid alkali metal ion super ion conducting material, wherein the alkali metal is Na, K, or Li.

A nickel-metal hydride storage battery comprising a positive electrode containing nickel hydroxide, a negative electrode containing a hydrogen absorbing alloy, an alkaline electrolyte, and an alkali conducting separator provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The alkali conducting separator may be a solid alkali metal ion super ion conducting material, wherein the alkali metal is Na, K, or Li

A process for synthesizing polyol fatty acid polyesters comprising the steps of (1) mixing ingredients comprising (a) unesterified first polyol having hydroxyl groups, (b) second polyol esterified with fatty acids, (c) basic catalyst, and (d) emulsifying agent to form a mixture of ingredients; (2) reacting the mixture of ingredients at a temperature sufficient to obtain a transesterification reaction products and by-products; and (3) removing at least a portion of the by-products from the transesterification reaction mixture; and (4) further heating the transesterification reaction products and ingredients from step (3) at a temperature and for a time sufficient to esterify at least about 50% of the hydroxyl groups of the first polyol.

A compact dehydration engine and method for treating human waste and gray water residual electro-coagulants that includes a heated waste dehydration chamber that has low energy consumption and low water consumption in use. The system can be employed in stationary or mobile platforms that include multiple toilets and gray water sources for reclamation.

A nickel-metal hydride storage battery comprising a positive electrode containing nickel hydroxide, a negative electrode containing a hydrogen absorbing alloy, an alkaline electrolyte, and an alkali conducting separator provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The alkali conducting separator may be a solid alkali metal ion super ion conducting material, wherein the alkali metal is Na, K, or Li.

A structure of an electrostatic discharge protection circuit comprises a plurality of thin film transistors and at least a point structure, wherein each of the thin film transistors comprises a gate and a source / drain. The point structure configures at least a portion of a tail or an edge of the gate. In particular, the point structure is located at region apart from the source / drain. The point structures are disposed at prescribed areas apart from devices, and thereby the devices of the electrostatic discharge protection circuit are free from electrostatic discharges.

A spool type differential pressure transmitter support and valving manifold having a manifold body defining a process face and a transmitter face and having a generally cylindrical internal surface defining an open ended spool chamber and having signal inlet and outlet passages intersecting the process and transmitter faces and being in communication with the spool chamber. The manifold body also defines a vent passage which is in communication with said spool chamber. A spool member is positioned for rotation to "run", "zero" and "off" positions within the spool chamber, has ends extending from the open ends of the spool chamber and has a pair of transversely oriented body passages positioned for selective registry with the signal inlet and outlet passages at the "run" position of the spool member. Circumferential seals each preferably comprising an O-ring and a back-up ring establish sealing between the spool member and the manifold body and serve to isolate the signal passages from one another and to prevent leakage of signal pressure at the open ends of the spool chamber. A plurality of mode seal elements are carried by the outer periphery of the spool member and provide for manifold mode selection to the "run", "zero" and "off" positions responsive to rotational positioning of said spool member relative to said manifold body to permit calibration of the differential pressure transmitter with the pressurized process in operation.

Manually activated, portable aerosol fire extinguisher includes a casing having opposed end walls and discharge ports in each end wall, an arrangement for generating fire suppression agent to be discharged through the discharge ports, and an activation system which enables manual activation of the generating arrangement at a safe location a distance from a fire. The activation system includes a firing pin which causes ignition of igniter material upon contact with a primer thereof, a delay column arranged between the primer and igniter material to delay ignition of the igniter material, a safety lever which normally prevents the firing pin from contacting the primer and a manually releasable pull pin which maintains the safety lever in a position preventing the firing pin from contacting the primer. Upon release of the pull pin, the firing pin contacts the primer causing generation of the fire suppression agent.

A compact dehydration engine and method for treating human waste and gray water residual electro-coagulants that includes a heated waste dehydration chamber that has low energy consumption and low water consumption in use. The system can be employed in stationary or mobile platforms that include multiple toilets and gray water sources for reclamation.

A body portion fabricated of an essentially rigid material is formed of similarly configured first and second segments each shaped to include a generally spherical interior enlargement, a generally spherical exterior enlargement, an intermediate section between the enlargements, and a slit extending through the exterior enlargement and the intermediate section. The body portion pivots between a collapsed orientation with the slit at a reduced spacing and an expanded orientation with the slit at an enlarged spacing. An operational zone has a plurality of operational components. Application of a radial force to the second section by a user's external anal sphincter muscle causes axial movement of the segments to both contract and retain expanded segments and expand and retain contracted segments to reorient the system between a collapsed orientation and an expanded orientation.

The invention relates to a defoaming method and a deforming device for removing the foam of drilling fluid through thermal radiation, which belong to the technical field of the physical defoaming of the drilling fluid. The defoaming device comprises a cylindrical container. The defoaming device is characterized in that a gas outlet is arranged on the top of the cylindrical container, a fluid and slag outlet is arranged on the bottom of the cylindrical container, a foam inlet is arranged on the side face of the middle lower part of the cylindrical container, a thermal radiation element is arranged on the upper inner wall of the cylindrical container, a temperature sensor is arranged below the thermal radiation element on the cylindrical container, an ultrasonic foam height sensor is also arranged below the thermal radiation element on the cylindrical container, and fluid level sensors are arranged on the middle and lower parts of the inside cylindrical container. The foam flows into the device through the foam inlet, the thermal radiation element on the device gives off thermal radiation to break the foam with low intensity near the device, the separated gas is discharged through the gas outlet, and the foam base fluid and the solid carried by the foam are discharged through the fluid and slag outlet. The defoaming device can quickly remove a great amount of foam discharged from foam drilling and prevent the foam from being accumulated in a mine. In addition, the nature of the foam base fluid is not affected, thereby facilitating the cyclic utilization of the foam base fluid.

An organic light emitting diode display for removing a voltage which is charged into a gate electrode of a driving transistor before a current frame is changed to a next frame is disclosed. In the organic light emitting diode display, a display panel has a plurality of pixels that include an organic light emitting diode. A timing controller controls a driving timing of the inputted video data and controls a supply timing of a refresh voltage. A data driver converts a digital data which is outputted from the timing controller for a current frame into an analog data voltage to supply it to the pixels, and then supplies the refresh voltage to pixels which are selected among the pixels in accordance with a control of the timing controller. And a gate driver primarily supplies a scanning pulse for a first horizontal period of a current frame to select the pixels to be supplied with a data, and then secondarily supplies a scanning pulse for a second horizontal period of a current frame to select pixels to be supplied with the refresh voltage among the pixels in accordance with a control of the timing controller.

A controlled zone gasification reactor for a plasma assisted gasification reaction system is disclosed for converting fuel, such as, but not limited to, biomass, to syngas to replace petroleum based fuels used in power generation. The system may be a modular system housed within a frame facilitating relatively easy transportation. The system may include a reactor vessel with distinct reaction zones that facilitate greater control and a more efficient system. The system may include a syngas heater channeling syngas collected downstream of the carbon layer support and to the pyrolysis reaction zone. The system may also include a syngas separation chamber configured to produce clean syngas, thereby requiring less filtering. The system may further include an agitator drive assembly that prevents formation of burn channels with in the fuel.

A vehicle mounted patching system for patching potholes and the like and incorporating method and apparatus for feeding materials used in patching operations as well as removing and flushing asphalt emulsion from the feed lines of the patcher vehicle to completely recycle the cleaning agent used to flush the feed lines after a patching operation, as well as preventing any external discharge of potentially toxic materials. Dry particulate is used to coat a pothole patch to permit immediate use. Rubber particulate impregnated with a fibrous material is used to assure bonding with the emulsion. A hydraulically-driven feeder feeds particulate into a pressurized conduit through a one-way air lock. A hydraulic pump provides mechanical power to the feeder and an air blower which pressurizes the conduit carrying the particulate to a dispensing head. A spray assembly is provided to spray fibrous material entering the feeder.

The defrosting apparatus of the present invention uses ohmic heating as operating principle, circulating an electric current through blocks of food. In the particular case of foods, electric current conduction capacity is low, which means that energy is dissipated into the material in the form of heat, thereby heating same. In this case, the block of frozen food acts as a resistor in the electrical circuit which opposes the passage of the current. The defrosting apparatus of the present invention generally comprises a plurality of compartments for receiving blocks of frozen food and for connecting said blocks to an electrical circuit by means of electrodes. In addition, the apparatus includes a plurality of heating modules, a module for controlling and monitoring variables, a plurality of power modules for supplying the necessary electrical energy, and a plurality of pneumatic modules for guaranteeing contact between the blocks of food and the electrodes of the power system. The heating modules are designed to receive the frozen blocks of food and to supply the electrical energy necessary to heat the material and to obtain the required temperature. The defrosting apparatus comprises a plurality of heating modules, depending on the capacity required and on the geometry of the blocks of food to be defrosted, and the number of modules may be between four and eight, but is not limited thereto. The module for controlling and monitoring variables is designed to record the behaviour of the variables that play a role in the defrosting process and the operation of the equipment. The equipment includes a single system that governs the entire operation thereof. The defrosting process for blocks of frozen foods is characterized by (i) placing the block of frozen food in a plurality of compartments, (ii) connecting said block to an electrical circuit by means of electrodes, (iii) guaranteeing contact between the frozen block of food and the electrodes, and (iv) circulating an electric current through the block of frozen food. Said electric current is that which is necessary to heat the frozen block of food and to obtain the necessary temperature.

A sewer pipe gas exhaust filter apparatus includes a sewer vent valve unit connected to a sewer pipe and including a valve member moved into and out of engagement with a valve seat by a float member, a gas filter unit connected to the sewer vent valve unit and including a gas filter medium, and a gas flow valve arrangement to cause gases from the sewer to flow through the filter medium while bypassing air drawn into the sewer pipe past the gas filter unit. The filter medium of the gas filter unit removes chemical components from air and gas exhausted from the sewer pipe, thereby improving the odor of such exhausted gases.

Discharge factors existing on a surface of an electrode or an insulator forming an electron gun are removed efficiently and effectively, thus simply and easily enhancing the withstand voltage property of the electron gun. A conditioning processing device of an electron gun is provided with a voltage supply section, a voltage adjusting section for adjusting the output voltage of the voltage supply section, and a current detection section for detecting a leakage current flowing between the electrodes of the electron gun. Further, there are attached a vacuum exhaust section for adjusting the inside of the electron gun in a reduced pressure condition and a pressure detection section. Further, it is arranged that a personal computer (PC), for example, performs data processing based on the leakage current detected by the current detection section or comparison with a reference value thereof to control the voltage, which is applied between the electrodes from the voltage supply section via a connection section, via the voltage adjustment section.

A sewer pipe gas exhaust filter apparatus includes a sewer vent valve unit connected to a sewer pipe and including a valve member moved into and out of engagement with a valve seat by a float member, a gas filter unit connected to the sewer vent valve unit and including a gas filter medium, and a gas flow valve arrangement to cause gases from the sewer to flow through the filter medium while bypassing air drawn into the sewer pipe past the gas filter unit. The filter medium of the gas filter unit removes chemical components from air and gas exhausted from the sewer pipe, thereby improving the odor of such exhausted gases.

The present invention relates to a system for analyzing molecular sequences, which is capable of decoding unit molecules constituting various biopolymers on a real-time basis using nanochannels. A control electrode serves to control the unit molecules passing along the channel such that the velocity of movement, arrangement, and directivity of the unit molecules can be rendered uniform. Particularly, at least four probe electrodes are separately formed in the case of decoding ss-DNA base molecules. Each probe electrode is coated with four different types of DNA base molecules to maximize detection efficiency through the interaction with complementary base molecules moving along the inside of the channel.

A modular gasification reactor for a plasma assisted gasification reaction system is disclosed for converting fuel, such as, but not limited to, biomass, to syngas to replace petroleum based fuels used in power generation. The system may be a modular system housed within a frame facilitating relatively easy transportation. The system may include a reactor vessel with distinct reaction zones that facilitate greater control and a more efficient system. The system may include a syngas heater channeling syngas collected downstream of the carbon layer support and to the pyrolysis reaction zone. The system may also include a syngas separation chamber configured to produce clean syngas, thereby requiring less filtering. The system may further include an agitator drive assembly that prevents formation of burn channels within the fuel.

The exhaust system is for removing malodor flatulence air expelled by a person sitting in a seat. The gas sensor and the control module are provided in the form an integral unit removably mounted to a manifold incorporated in or under the seat. The gas sensor is removably mounted either to the side wall or at a bottom portion of the manifold. A sensor fan is provided close to the intake opening of the manifold for drawing the flatulence air into the system as soon as it is expelled by the person.

Discharge factors existing on a surface of an electrode or an insulator forming an electron gun are removed efficiently and effectively, thus simply and easily enhancing the withstand voltage property of the electron gun. A conditioning processing device of an electron gun is provided with a voltage supply section, a voltage adjusting section for adjusting the output voltage of the voltage supply section, and a current detection section for detecting a leakage current flowing between the electrodes of the electron gun. Further, there are attached a vacuum exhaust section for adjusting the inside of the electron gun in a reduced pressure condition and a pressure detection section. Further, it is arranged that a personal computer (PC), for example, performs data processing based on the leakage current detected by the current detection section or comparison with a reference value thereof to control the voltage, which is applied between the electrodes from the voltage supply section via a connection section, via the voltage adjustment section.

The invention discloses a pixel structure, an array substrate and a display panel. The pixel structure comprises a plurality of pixel units. The pixel units are arranged to form matrixes, and each pixel unit comprises a master pixel unit and a slave pixel unit; the master pixel units in the N row and M columns are used for receiving scanning signals from N scanning lines, and further can receive data signals from M data lines to have master pixel voltages; sub-pixel units in the N row and the M columns are used for receiving the scanning signals of the N scanning lines, further can receive the data signals from the M data lines and can have sub-pixel voltages by means of electric discharge of N+1 data lines. Owing to the mode, the pixel structure, the array substrate and the display panel have the advantage that the problem of horizontal crosstalk due to electric discharge of existing sub-pixel units on voltage stabilization lines can be solved by the aid of the pixel structure, the array substrate and the display panel.

A controlled zone gasification reactor with an agitator drive assembly for a plasma assisted gasification reaction system is disclosed for converting fuel, such as, but not limited to, biomass, to syngas to replace petroleum based fuels used in power generation. The agitator drive assembly that prevents formation of burn channels with in the fuel. The agitator drive assembly may include a syngas separation chamber configured to produce clean syngas, thereby requiring less filtering. The syngas separation chamber may feed syngas downstream to a syngas heater in a pyrolysis reaction zone in the reactor vessel.