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Autonomous unmanned underwater vehicle with buoyancy engine

An autonomous unmanned underwater vehicle (“AUV”) includes a body, a controller, a buoyancy engine, a rotary propulsion system and pitch control surface(s). The buoyancy engine is for alternately ingesting and expelling ambient water to change the mass of the AUV and thereby cause the AUV to alternately descend and ascend in the water. The pitch control surface(s) are for causing the AUV to move forward while alternately descending and ascending in the water. The rotary propulsion system includes a motor for rotating a propeller in the water to provide thrust. The controller is operative for responsively, automatically switching between at least the glider and rotary propulsion modes. In the glider mode, the buoyancy engine and the pitch control surface(s) are cooperative for causing the AUV to move forward while alternately descending and ascending. In the rotary propulsion mode, the rotary propulsion system is operative for causing the AUV to move forward.
Owner:CONSOLIDATED OCEAN TECH INC +1

Streamlined, readily towable marine seismic energy source for creating intense swept-frequency and pulse-coded signals in a body of water

Streamlined, towable, marine seismic energy vibrator for creating intense swept-frequency and pulse-coded seismic signals in a body of water has a sleek, fish-like configuration designed for towing with minimum drag. The vibrator has a streamlined hollow towing head and a streamlined hollow tail head mounted onto front and rear of a long cylindrical tubular wall which is modular, comprising cylinder sections joined in end-to-end axial alignment. Within this long tubular cylinder wall is an axially vibratable multi-piston assembly having a plurality of pistons on a long piston rod. One piston is positioned in each of the cylinder chambers. These chambers hive multiple ports opening out through the long cylindrical wall. An elongated circular cylindrical elastomeric bladder forms a water-filled bladder chamber encircling the wall. An actuator piston is vibrated by a remotely controllably hydraulic circuit, thereby vibrating the multi-piston assembly for vibrating water out and in through multiple ports communicating with the water-filled bladder chamber for vibrating the exterior of the bladder shown having diameter "D" of 18 inches and length "L" of 118.5 inches, providing a 6,700 square inch vibration area contacting the ambient water. A multi-piston position sensor enables synchronization of the vibrator with companion sources being towed. An axial passage in the long piston rod feeds low-pressure compressed air into the cylinder chambers forming air cushions behind the pistons vibrating water in these cylinder chambers.
Owner:BOLT TECH CORP

Microporous diffusion apparatus

Apparatus for active in situ multi-element gas sparging for bioremediation or physico-chemical degration for removal of contaminants in a soil formation containing a subsurface groundwater aquifer or a substantially wet unsaturated zone, the multi-gas contained in bubbles, wherein the apparatus includes a plurality of injection wells extending to a depth of a selected aquifer; introducing an oxidizing agent comprising ozone mixed with ambient air to provide a multi-element gas by means of microporous diffusers, without applying a vacuum for extraction of stripped products or biodegration by-products, wherein said diffusers form micro-fine bubbles containing said multi-element gas that oxidizes, by stripping and decomposition, chlorinated hydrocarbons from the aquifer and surrounding saturated soil formation into harmless by-products; also including a pump for agitating water in the well selecting microbubbles, injecting them into the aquifer and effective to alter the path of micro-fine bubbles through a porous solid formation whereby enhanced contact between the oxidizing agent contained in each said bubble by stripping pollutant from solution in ambient water into the mini-atmosphere of each bubble effective to increase the efficiency and speed of remediation of a site.
Owner:KERFOOT TECH

Cooling arrangement for an offshore wind energy installation

A cooling arrangement for an offshore wind energy installation, having a heat-absorbing device for absorbing heat generated by the electronic devices and / or the mechanical devices of the offshore energy installation, which is to be removed, and a coupled heat-dissipating device for dissipating heat to the surrounding water. The heat-absorbing device has a first cooling circuit operated by a fluid coolant which, in a heat exchanger device, transfers the absorbed heat to the heat-dissipating device having an open second cooling circuit operated with the ambient water as the coolant. A plurality of electrodes are arranged on the inner walls of the conduits of the second cooling circuit, which are spaced apart from each other in its extension direction, each of which is connected with a voltage supply device for generating an alternating high voltage between at least two of the electrodes.
Owner:RITTALWERK RUDOLF LOH GMBH & CO KG

Instride inflatable autonomous fuel depot

A fuel depot and method autonomously and clandestinely provide fuel for transiting ships. An elongate streamlined flexible bladder member has flexible hull walls and divider walls separated by uniform spaces to form fuel compartments having a fuel valve and fuel pump. The bladder member can transit submerged to a remote destination. A fuel and water tight composition in and along the spaces prevent fuel and water leaks to ambient water and between the compartments. A submersible propulsion system has propulsive machinery and steering gear for towing the bladder member. A command / control system on the submersible propulsion system generated and couples driving signals to the propulsion system to tow and steer the bladder member to the remote destination using the preprogrammed computer, inertial navigation system (INS), global positioning system (GPS), and RF transceiver of the command / control system.
Owner:SEC OF THE NAVY UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE

Gas generating process for propulsion and hydrogen production

A gas generating process, which is for the continuous production of energy and hydrogen for rocket and other propulsion and is also for the continuous production of hydrogen, utilizes the reaction of metallic materials, particularly aluminum, with organic materials, particularly hydrocarbons provided as jet fuel, and with water or an oxidizer which is predominantly water. In comparison with related reactions, the reaction produces hot gases containing more hydrogen and the products have a lower temperature for the same specific impulse. The process incorporates organic liquids with metallic powders to produce desirable, lower molecular weight exhaust gas products; and the increased hydrogen is desirable for use with a fuel cell and in connection with propulsion of a super-cavitating underwater device. The process is advantageous in that a metal, in powdered form, and a hydrocarbon liquid may be provided together as a slurry or gel for effective metering. The metallic material may also be provided with the organic material in the form of a binder as used in solid propellants, and the organic material and water may be provided together in the form of a water containing liquid monopropellant. The hydrogen containing product gases from the reaction may be further reacted with suitable oxidizers for production of additional energy or steam. The reaction is particularly useful for underwater vehicles where ambient water is available and the reaction products may be used for propulsion.
Owner:THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SEC OF THE NAVY NAVAL RES LAB WASHINGTON

Adjustable light for underwater photography

An underwater diving light includes efficient cooling of LEDs and other internal electronics by heat transfer to ambient water. The water is in contact with a metallic face plate or puck that conducts heat via contiguous metal from an LED circuit board or LED face plate. Ambient water can enter the assembly to spaces between the face plate and an intermediary plate at the front of a housing to efficiently cool the LEDs and associated electronics. In a high-output form the light can emit 8000 lumens, and in this embodiment the battery is cooled by ambient water. The face plate or puck is interchangeable, for different lighting characteristics.
Owner:LIGHT & MOTION INDS

Submerged power-generation system

A series of helical Savonius turbine generators for use in the ocean, each turbine generator being an independent system, but all sharing a common mooring / bus-bar cable. An anchor connects one generator to the ocean floor, and a buoyancy device system buoys the turbines so that they can generate power from passing currents. The generators are coreless, and generate electrical or hydraulic power. The turbine blades rotate on bearings that are lubricated with ambient water. A control system separately tracks the power generation level of each turbine, and controls the buoyancy of the buoyancy device system.
Owner:AEROVIRONMENT INC

Ambient water condensing apparatus

An ambient water condensing apparatus that extracts water vapor from ambient air utilizing a thermoelectric device, a superhydrophobic and / or superhydrophilic radiating condensing surface and a heat sink for providing point of source irrigation or drinking water using conventional and / or sustainable energy supplies. The thermoelectric device is thermally coupled intermediate of the condensing surface and the heat sink, and in particular a cold side of the thermoelectric device is thermally connected to the condensing surface and a hot side of the thermoelectric device is thermally connected to the heat sink. The water condensing apparatus may also include at least one fan element that cools the heat sink and introduces additional air to the condensing surface. The thermoelectric device and the fan element may be powered by any suitable electrical energy source, such as by solar energy, wind energy or grid power.
Owner:EXAERIS WATER INNOVATIONS LLC

Illuminated drinking system

An improved drinking system having a water source capable of delivery ambient water through water lines; watering stations fluidly connected drinking lines; and at least one light source optically connected to at least one of the watering stations. Also provided is a method for selectively distributing water to animals within a farm facility.
Owner:LUBING SYST

Corrosion inhibitors in breakable microcapsules to passivate scratched metals

ActiveUS20110064941A1Promoting passivating layer formationUnwanted color changeLayered productsPretreated surfacesAmbient waterVolatile corrosion inhibitor
Microencapsulated chemical(s), as water-soluble solid particles, are embedded in at least one the paint layers on the surface of a magnesium article used in an automobile. If the protective paint film is scratched or otherwise mechanically disturbed to expose the surface of the magnesium article the capsules will be ruptured. This will expose the encapsulated chemical(s) to ambient water enabling them to dissolve and form an aqueous solution capable of reacting with the exposed magnesium to form a protective passivating layer on the exposed magnesium to resist corrosion. In a second embodiment the encapsulated chemicals include a deliquescing compound for extraction of moisture from the atmosphere sufficient to induce dissolution of the passivating layer-forming chemical(s) and trigger the formation of the passivating layer in the absence of ambient water.
Owner:GM GLOBAL TECH OPERATIONS LLC

Underwater breathing devices and methods

A swim and skin-dive snorkel for providing positive end-expiratory pressure for pressure-balanced exhalation.The snorkel may include inhalation and exhalation conduits. Air can be exhaled into a chamber and released when exhalation pressure within the chamber exceeds a threshold pressure. The threshold pressure that must be overcome to achieve exhalation may be balanced against the compressive forces of the ambient water pressure acting against the user's chest and lungs, which may greatly reduce the resting expiratory flow rate, the minute respiratory rate, and therefore the overall work of breathing. The exhalation pressure may be linearly matched to the ambient water pressure as a function of dive depth, thereby discouraging exhalation while diving. A purge valve may also be placed at the lower aspect of the snorkel.
Owner:LIFETIME PRODUCTS

Method and system for monitoring waterbottom subsidence

A system for monitoring subsidence and / or rising of a waterbottom has pressure sensors along the interior of a sealed tube that rests on the waterbottom and is filled with a low pressure liquid so that subsidence or rising of the waterbottom can be deduced from subsidence and / or rising of a section of the tube and associated pressure variations measured by the sensors due to variation of the hydrostatic pressure of the liquid in the tube.The tube interior is divided into segments by valves during descent to protect the sensors against hydrostatic pressure of the liquid within the tube during installation.The use of a low pressure liquid in the tube allows the use of sensitive pressure sensors which are able to monitor pressure variations of ˜0.001 Bar associated with a waterbottom subsidence of ˜1 cm, at a waterdepth of >km where the ambient water pressure may be >100 Bar.
Owner:SHELL OIL CO

Integrated terahertz superstructure nano-biochip as well as application and method thereof

The invention relates to an integrated terahertz superstructure nano-biochip as well as an application and a method thereof. The integrated terahertz superstructure nano-biochip comprises a micro-fluidic filter membrane sorting chip structure and a THz superstructure signal detection module, wherein the micro-fluidic filter membrane sorting chip structure and the THz superstructure signal detection module are connected by virtue of a channel which is provided with a barrier valve; the chip, which combines the principles of filter membrane sorting and antibody capture immobilization, has the advantages of being high in sorting efficiency and high in sorting speed; and by designing a micro-fluidic lumen and a terahertz superstructure detection array of specific size, and through a method of displacing ambient water molecules by fluorocarbon oil, the sensitivity of detection can be greatly improved, and the chip is applicable to THz detection of circulating tumor cells (CTCs); and the chip has important significance to integrated, automatic and portable detection of the CTCs.
Owner:THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF ARMY MEDICAL UNIV

Thickened spreadable warming lubricant

A substantially anhydrous, thickened, spreadable, warming lubricant composition comprising a mixture of glycerin, polyhydric alcohol, a non-ionic surfactant, and a Carbomer thickener, the surfactant improving wetting and spreadability of the composition on skin and latex, and the thickener providing a creamy rich feel to the composition, such that the composition can be applied to skin or a condom and provide an optimal warming effect upon contact with ambient moisture during use and such that the composition can be added to a condom package and, over the course of a week, spread and coat nearly the entire internal and external surfaces of the condom.
Owner:LIFESTYLES HEALTHCARE PTE LTD

Floating dispenser for dispensing a solid dissolvable chemical into ambient water

A floating dispenser is provided for dispensing a solid, dissolvable water treatment chemical into ambient water. The dispenser includes a bucket having top and bottom ends, a top wall covering the top end, an opening for admitting ambient water into the bucket interior, and a floatation ring that keeps only the top end above water such that the interior is water filled when the dispenser floats. A basket is disposed in the interior of the bucket for carrying a solid, dissolvable water treatment chemical, such as calcium hypochlorite. The basket is buoyant and movable vertically toward the top wall of the bucket. The dispenser includes a refill indicator that indicates when most of a full load of said chemical has dissolved. The refill indicator includes a pair of tabs that are connected to the basket and slidably mounted in slots in the top wall. The tabs extend above the top wall when the buoyant basket floats upwardly, providing a visual indication of the need for a refill that can easily be seen from a side angle.
Owner:BIO LAB +1

Adjustable light for underwater photography

An underwater diving light has a rotatable front filter ring for selecting light filtration as needed for underwater still or video photography conditions. The filter ring is removable and interchangeable with different rings. Another important feature is efficient cooling of the LEDs and other internal electronics of the diving light assembly. The water is in contact with a metallic front face that conducts heat directly away from a metal core circuit board carrying the LED array or arrays. In one form of the diving light water channels are provided so that the ambient water can enter the assembly to spaces behind the LCD circuit board to efficiently cool the LEDs and associated electronics. The front plate assembly can be removable, for rinsing the internal cooling cavities, for interchange with different front face assemblies, and for air travel when the LCDs must be removed from driving electronics for safety concerns.
Owner:LIGHT & MOTION INDS

Laser breakdown spectrographic detection method and system for metal pollutants in water body

The water body metal pollution laser optical spectral penetration uses short pulse laser accumulation to generate high temperature ion on the water surface, excited atom, icon and molecule emitting lines of generated element component feature, through plasma spectrochemistry of the water sample to make strength analysis of the particular element line to decide the element content. The laser coupled to the emitting optical fiber through coupling lens, which receives the laser plasma signal, which is transmitted to optical spectrometer for light splitting, making photoelectric signal conversion by the CCD detector, coming into data collection and settlement system for treatment. It can be used for timely monitoring of poisonous metals.
Owner:ANHUI INST OF OPTICS & FINE MECHANICS - CHINESE ACAD OF SCI

Adjustable light for underwater photography

An underwater diving light has a rotatable front filter ring for selecting light filtration as needed for underwater still or video photography conditions. The filter ring is removable and interchangeable with different rings. Another important feature is efficient cooling of the LEDs and other internal electronics of the diving light assembly. The water is in contact with a metallic front face that conducts heat directly away from a metal core circuit board carrying the LED array or arrays. In one form of the diving light water channels are provided so that the ambient water can enter the assembly to spaces behind the LCD circuit board to efficiently cool the LEDs and associated electronics. The front plate assembly can be removable, for rinsing the internal cooling cavities, for interchange with different front face assemblies, and for air travel when the LCDs must be removed from driving electronics for safety concerns.
Owner:LIGHT & MOTION INDS

Boiling heat transfer torpedo

A system has a source of gas venting gas at a nose portion of the vehicle to create a gas / vapor cavity on the nose portion and an adjacent hull of the vehicle. A thermal engine propelling the vehicle through ambient water creates waste heat for heating the hull to raise the temperature of the gas / vapor cavity extending over it. A pump aft on the vehicle recirculates a portion of the gas / vapor cavity as recirculated gas to the nose portion. The velocity of the recirculated gas of the gas / vapor cavity is controlled by the pump to be virtually the same as the relative flow rate of the ambient water along an interface boundary between the gas / vapor cavity and the ambient water.
Owner:THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY

Cooling arrangement for an offshore wind energy installation

A cooling arrangement for an offshore wind energy installation, having a heat-absorbing device for absorbing heat generated by the electronic devices and / or the mechanical devices of the offshore energy installation, which is to be removed, and a coupled heat-dissipating device for dissipating heat to the surrounding water. The heat-absorbing device has a first cooling circuit operated by a fluid coolant which, in a heat exchanger device, transfers the absorbed heat to the heat-dissipating device having an open second cooling circuit operated with the ambient water as the coolant. A plurality of electrodes are arranged on the inner walls of the conduits of the second cooling circuit, which are spaced apart from each other in its extension direction, each of which is connected with a voltage supply device for generating an alternating high voltage between at least two of the electrodes.
Owner:RITTALWERK RUDOLF LOH GMBH & CO KG

Preparation of heavy metal cadmium polyclonal antibody and method for measuring enzyme linked immunity absorption

The invention discloses a preparation of polyclonal antibody of heavy metal cadmium, and a measurement method for enzyme linked immunosorbent. The preparation of polyclonal antibody of heavy metal cadmium includes steps of : (A) synthesis of complete antigen, which is critical for preparation of the polyclonal antibody; (B) preparation of the antibody. The measurement method for enzyme linked immunosorbent includes: (1) determining optimal reaction concentration of coating source Cd-ITCBE-OVA and antibody by matrix titration, and coating 96-well enzyme label plate by coating source Cd-ITCBE-OVA with optimal concentration; (2) direct competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; (3) examining impact of various reaction condition on CI-ELISA, and optimizing reaction condition; (4) establishing CI-ELISA, drawing standard inhibition curve under optimized reaction condition. Detection limit of the invention is 0.04 mu g / L, linear range is 10-1-103mu g / L. The invention is specific to cadmium, suitable for measurement of trace cadmium in ambient water. The invention also provides technical support in fast in-situ detection for sudden accident of heavy metal pollution, in order to carry out remedy and recovery for pollution accident in time.
Owner:NANJING UNIV

Cooled oil reservoir for watercraft

A watercraft having a cooling system for the lubrication system of the engine, the cooling system including a reservoir, at least a portion of the reservoir being cooled by ambient water flowing through a cooling jacket in contact with the reservoir. Also disclosed is a watercraft having a cooling system for the lubrication system of the engine, the cooling system including a reservoir, at least a portion of the reservoir being cooled by direct and / or thermal contact with ambient water in which the watercraft floats.
Owner:YAMAHA MOTOR CO LTD

Drying agent for absorbing ammonia

The invention relates to a desiccant for adsorbing ammonia and the preparation method, mainly comprising Ca(H2PO4)2, nanometer kaolin, and zeolite powder, and Ca(H2PO4)2, CuSO4, FeSO4, and Blumea oil. The desiccant adopts powder that can be used directly. The desiccant has the advantages of: ability to adsorb ambient water, relieving infection on the environment of the humidity; ability to kill virus, and bacteria in long term for that the solid powder has the ability to be stayed in the environment, and that the action time is long, and ability to absorb ammonia, making the environment be refreshing, dry-touch, and be suitable for animal survive and produce, satisfying the welfare requirements of animals.
Owner:CHINA AGRI UNIV

Photodynamic-based drinking water disinfection method

The invention provides a photodynamic-based drinking water disinfection method which comprises the following steps: 1. adding curcumin into water; and 2. disinfecting the curcumin-added water obtained in the step 1 by irradiation with a light source. The physical and chemical processes are combined by compounding the food-grade curcumin with the special-wavelength light, so that no harmful byproduct can be generated after photodynamic disinfection, and no secondary pollution can be generated on the ambient water body; and thus, the method overcomes the defects in the existing domestic water disinfection technique, so that the total bacterial count and chroma of the water body satisfy the water standard requirements. The method has the advantages of high operating safety, low cost and simple process, is easy to operate, and has favorable disinfection effects on seawater as well as mineral water and barreled water placed for some time.
Owner:刘一鸣 +1

Method and apparatus for controlling drainage and irrigation of fields

A method of and apparatus for controlling drainage / irrigation of a field includes laying out a network of drainage tiles, which typically may include a main line and a number of lateral lines, extending from higher elevations to lower elevations and exiting through a manually controlled main valve to a drainage ditch.A series of level-responsive valves are incorporated in the main and lateral lines at selected elevations. Each level-responsive valve is normally open until the ambient water level reaches a predetermined level relative to the valve. When the manual valve is closed and a certain level of water is reached adjacent a level-responsive valve, it causes that level-responsive valve to close, thereby cutting off drainage of higher elevations. When it is desired to retain water at higher elevations in a field, the manual valve is closed permitting water to accumulate and be retained at higher elevations by closing the level-responsive valves in sequence at progressively higher elevations as the level of retained water rises, thereby causing a cascading or “terracing” of water stored at upper levels. When the manual valve is opened, the field drains normally. The level-responsive valve may be a flotation valve. A modification of a flotation type level-responsive valve includes an overflow tube which permits excessive water at higher placement elevations to bypass the closed level-responsive valves, thereby permitting the field to drain under conditions of excess water into a standpipe at the manual valve.
Owner:FURRER BRIAN SCOTT

Cadmium ion imprinted adsorbent, and preparation method and application thereof

The invention discloses a cadmium ion imprinted adsorbent, and a preparation method and application thereof, belonging to the technical field of preparation adsorbing materials. The preparation method comprises the following steps: (1) forming a chelate from cadmium ions and functional monomers; (2) crosslinking the chelate into a polymer under the action of a crosslinking agent; and (3) washing the polymer with an eluate to remove the cadmium ions to form the cadmium ion imprinted adsorbent. The cadmium ion imprinted adsorbent disclosed by the invention is prepared by a mass polymerization method, and synthesizes a solid-phase extraction material by using methacrylic acid and 4-vinyl pyridine as the functional monomers and ethylene glycol dimethyl acrylate as the crosslinking agent; and the solid-phase extraction material has the advantages of high bonding firmness, stable properties, favorable reproducibility and high selectivity. The adsorbent can be used in enrichment pretreatment of trace amounts of Cd (II) in an ambient water sample.
Owner:FUZHOU UNIV
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