41 results about "Lifetime extension" patented technology

Apparatus and methods for performing satellite proximity operations such as inspection, recovery and life extension of a target satellite through operation of a “Satellite Inspection Recovery and Extension” (“SIRE”) spacecraft which can be operated in the following modes (teleoperated, automatic, and autonomous). The SIRE concept further consists of those methods and techniques used to perform certain (on-orbit) operations including, but not limited to, the inspection, servicing, recovery, and lifetime extension of satellites, spacecraft, space systems, space platforms, and other vehicles and objects in space, collectively defined as “target satellites”. The three basic types of SIRE proximity missions are defined as “Lifetime Extension”, “Recovery”, and “Utility”. A remote cockpit system is provided to permit human control of the SIRE spacecraft during proximity operations.

The invention discloses a method for estimating the fatigue life of a pipeline of a nuclear power plant. The method comprises the following steps: S1, measuring the temperature of the outer wall of the pipeline; S2, calculating information on a temperature field of the inner wall of the pipeline; S3, counting the cycle index of an effective load, determining alternating stress, and amending an S-N curve; S4, calculating a fatigue coefficient and amending the fatigue coefficient; and S5, estimating the fatigue life. The method has the beneficial effects of helping a designer master relevant data of the nuclear power plant under a thermal fatigue environment, optimizing an operating standard and an inspection outline according to the estimated fatigue life, developing the design safety margin of the pipeline of the nuclear power plant and providing data support for the regular audit or lifetime extension of the power plant.

A method of maintaining as well as restoring the condition of weathered asphalt shingles and strips which are applied to flat roofs, pitched roofs, or vertical walls. The process involves applying resaturant neat or as a water emulsion. Suitable resaturants include fatty acid methyl esters, petroleum distillates, and water emulsions thereof. The process restores the suppleness and softness of the weathered shingles or strip and adds about three years to the lifetime of the roof. The process may be repeated for additional lifetime extension.

Apparatus and methods for performing satellite proximity operations such as inspection, recovery and life extension of a target satellite through operation of a “Satellite Inspection Recovery and Extension” (“SIRE”) spacecraft which can be operated in the following modes (teleoperated, automatic, and autonomous). The SIRE concept further consists of those methods and techniques used to perform certain (on-orbit) operations including, but not limited to, the inspection, servicing, recovery, and lifetime extension of satellites, spacecraft, space systems, space platforms, and other vehicles and objects in space, collectively defined as “target satellites”. The three basic types of SIRE proximity missions are defined as “Lifetime Extension”, “Recovery”, and “Utility”. A remote cockpit system is provided to permit human control of the SIRE spacecraft during proximity operations.

A flexible management system and method for efficiently operating energy storage devices to extend the lifetime and decrease costs includes (a) determining an active energy consumption period for the energy storage device; (b) determining an inactive energy consumption period for the energy storage device; (c) operating the energy storage device in a usage mode during the active energy consumption period; and (d) operating the energy storage device in a storage mode during the inactive energy consumption period.

Provided are methods of making a long-term implantable electronic device, and related implantable devices, including by providing a substrate having a first encapsulation layer that covers at least a portion of the substrate, the first encapsulation layer having a receiving surface; providing one or more electronic devices on the first encapsulation layer receiving surface; and removing at least a portion of the substrate from the first encapsulation layer; thereby making the long-term implantable electronic device. Further desirable properties, including device lifetime increases during use in environments that are challenging for sensitive electronic device components, are achieved through the use of additional layers such as longevity-extending layers and / or ion-barrier layers in combination with an encapsulation layer.

A hot edge ring with extended lifetime comprises an annular body having a sloped upper surface. The hot edge ring includes a step underlying an outer edge of a semiconductor substrate supported in a plasma processing chamber wherein plasma is used to process the substrate. The step includes a vertical surface which surrounds the outer edge of the substrate and the sloped upper surface extends upwardly and outwardly from the upper periphery of the vertical surface.

The invention discloses a carbon-base coating high in hardness, resistant to abrasion and resistant to corrosion in emulsion environment on the substrate surface. A Cr base layer, a Cr / WC gradient transition layer, a functional layer and a lubricating layer are arranged on the substrate surface in sequence from bottom to top; the functional layer is composed of a first functional layer and a second functional layer which are both tungsten carbide doped diamond-like carbon films, and the tungsten content in the first functional layer is higher than that in the second functional layer; the lubricating layer is a diamond-like carbon film layer prepared through a vapor deposition method. According to the carbon-base coating, on the premise that the hardness and the abrasion resistance are guaranteed, the film-substrate cohesion can be improved by 1-3 times, the excellent abrasion resistance is achieved in the emulsion environment, the effective protective effect on a substrate can be achieved, for example, the carbon-base coating can be used for an emulsion motor, and potential possibility is provided for lifetime extension and synergy of emulsion motor parts.

The invention relates to a method for evaluating the life extension of a key pressure-bearing part of a thermal power overdue service unit. The evaluating method comprises the following steps: (1) concluding basic operation factors of the unit; (2) answering key questions of a pressure-bearing part to be subjected to life evaluation and the unit where the pressure-bearing part is located accordingto the basic operation factors concluded in the step (1); (3) evaluating the residual life of the pressure-bearing part according to the answer condition in the step (2), wherein the life evaluationin the step (3) comprises first-stage evaluation, second-stage evaluation and third-stage evaluation. The invention discloses a method for evaluating the life extension of the key pressure-bearing part of the thermal power overdue service unit. The method can be used for evaluating the service life extension of the key pressure-bearing part of the thermal power overdue service unit, the problems of uncertainty and inspecificity of an existing method for evaluating the service life extension of a key pressure-bearing part of domestic thermal power generating unit operation license continuationargumentation are solved, and the service life extension of the thermal power generating unit (equipment) part is more comprehensive, reasonable and economical.

The invention discloses a Cr4Mo4V steel bearing powerful shot blasting and heating injection / permeation composite surface strengthening method, relates to a Cr4Mo4V steel bearing composite surface strengthening method, and aims to solve the problem that a traditional single shot blasting technology cannot enable a Cr4Mo4V steel bearing to have an ideal surface strengthening lifetime extension effect. The method comprises the steps of: (1) powerful shot blasting; (2) grinding of blasted shot surfaces; and (3) heating injection / permeation. Compared with a non-treated Cr4Mo4V steel bearing, the Cr4Mo4V steel bearing treated by the method has the advantages that the fatigue life is prolonged by 3 times or above, the corrosion resistance is improved by 50%, the surface hardness is improved by 20% or above, the limit load is improved by 500 MPa, the dry friction coefficient is reduced from 0.8 to 0.2 and the wear rate is 25% of the original wear rate. The method is suitable for the surface treatment of the Cr4Mo4V steel bearing.

The invention relates to a trotting horse lamp type sewage plant lifting pump lifetime extension control device and control method and belongs to the industrial automation control field. The control device comprises a PLC control system, an operation panel, a liquid level transmitter and pump low-voltage electrical loops; the liquid level transmitter is arranged in the collecting tank of a sewage plant; lifting pumps are connected between the collecting tank of the sewage plant and sewage treatment equipment; one lifting pump is connected with one pump low-voltage electrical loop; and the PLC control system includes a CPU module as well as a 24V direct-current power source module, an Ethernet communication module, an analog quantity input module, digital quantity input modules and digital quantity output modules which are all connected with the CPU module. The control method is used for performing balance control on the use time and the number of the times of the startup of the lifting pumps of the sewage plant and includes the following steps that: liquid level control value setting; collecting tank liquid level acquisition; pump low-voltage electrical loop state acquisition; trotting horse lamp type alternate startup; lifetime extension control information processing termination; trotting horse lamp type alternate startup; lifetime extension control value output termination; and display and monitoring.

A filter (20) for use in an ultraviolet photocatalytic oxidation air purification system (10) having a filter surface treatment (20) that enhances removal of volatile silicon-containing compounds (VSCCs). The surface treatment (20) may create an acidic site on the filter (20), increase the surface area of the filter (20), or facilitate preferential interaction between the surface and the VSCCs, thereby promoting the VSCCs to bond with the VSCC filter (20). Removal of the VSCCs prior to the VSCCs reaching the photocatalyst (26) increases the useful life of the photocatalyst (26).

An optical system comprising a light source comprising a plurality of light emitting elements (LEEs) is presented. The light source is mounted on the same substrate or chip board so that the LEEs are in thermal contact with each other such as to enable thermic conduction and heat transfer between the LEEs. The system is switchable between light source modes in which different light emitting elements or a different number of light emitting elements is switched in an on mode and in a down mode respectively. In all light source modes, one or more light emitting elements, such as those with longer expected lifetime, remain in the on mode, while one or more light emitting elements, such as those with shorter expected lifetime, may be switched in the down mode.

The invention discloses self-pressurization space spraying equipment. The self-pressurization space spraying equipment comprises a drive component, a gas generation source and a spraying component, wherein the drive component comprises a cavity structure for storing liquid material to be sprayed and a piston held in the cavity structure and in contact with the liquid material; the gas generation source comprises a gas generation source body structure connected with the drive component, gas production medicament held in the gas generation source body mechanism, and a push piston for generating high-pressure gas; the spraying component comprises a rotational flow cavity connected with the cavity structure and a rotational flow core arranged in the rotational flow cavity. The self-pressurization space spraying equipment has advantages that pressure needed for liquid spraying is automatically generated by the spraying equipment, and the self-pressurization space spraying equipment only needs the outside to provide an electric initiating signal and does not need the outside to supply pressure and electricity. Under a vacuum condition, the spray liquid material can be atomized completely to be uniformly sprayed to the target surface. When being used in the space, surface treatment for satellite surface equipment is realized through spraying the liquid material so as to improve the surface coating performance thereof; the self-pressurization space spraying equipment can be used for the on-orbit assembly, on-orbit construction and on-orbit lifetime extension of a spacecraft.

A method of controlling thrust for a gas turbine engine of an aircraft is provided. The method includes determining a fan speed required for minimum thrust to achieve an aircraft operation. The method also includes determining an excess amount of thrust generated by the gas turbine engine. The method also includes reducing the amount of thrust generated by the gas turbine engine.

The invention discloses a lifetime-extension health-care medicinal liquor which is characterized by comprising the following compositions in parts by weight: 40-60 parts of radix codonopsis, 130-160 parts of asparagus cochinchinensis, 140-160 parts of radix rehmanniae, 140-160 parts of poria, 80-120 parts of bighead atractylodes rhizome, 80-120 parts of radix paeoniae alba, 80-120 parts of angelica sinensis, 40-60 parts of rhizoma chuanxiong, 60-100 parts of cortex lycii, 80-120 parts of fructus lycii, 70-90 parts of rhizoma dioscoreae, 400-600 parts of rock sugar, 9000-11000 parts of white spirit. The lifetime-extension health-care medicinal liquor is prepared by virtue of the following steps: grinding all compositions into meal, and bagging; soaking for four to five days with wine, filtering and adding rock sugar. By utilizing the health-care function of all traditional Chinese medicines, the lifetime-extension health-care medicinal liquor has the effects of tonifying the liver and kidney, strengthening tendons and bones, prolonging life, nourishing the qi and blood, strengthening the spleen to help transportation, and the like. After being frequently properly drunk, the lifetime-extension health-care medicinal liquor has the effects of preventing ageing and prolonging life.

The invention discloses an FPSO (Floating Production Storage and Offloading) recycling assessment system, which comprises an input module, a preliminary design module, a risk assessment module, a technical assessment module and a decision module, wherein the input module is used for collecting the data of a new oil field and the design data of the FPSO in the initial operating oil file of the FPSO; the preliminary design module is used for carrying out superstructure preliminary design according to data input by the input module, ship body scale checking, mooring design, superstructure arrangement and an equipment specification; the risk assessment module is used for identifying risks and a seminar and cost assessment result according to a dangerous source distinguishing method; the technical assessment module is used for checking an existing ship situation and assessing and integrating new mooring and superstructure design to carry out lifetime extension assessment; and the decision module is used for concluding initial research, preliminary design, risk assessment and technical assessment results. By use of the system, a situation that a focus of attention is centralized to a problem irrelevant to recycling assessment due to information loss or human factors can be avoided, the criticality of each problem is sorted, the focus of attention is centralized to the key point of the problem, and a decision process is rationalized.

The invention discloses an intelligent power grid management system, comprising a battery cabinet, a one-piece controller, a solar energy module, the national power grid, an electric power demand side management module and a battery lifetime extension device. The one-piece controller comprises a charger, an inverter, a control apparatus and an output terminal. The national power grid is in connection with the battery cabinet through the charger to charge the battery cabinet. The national power grid is also in connection with the output terminal through leads; the control apparatus controls the output terminal to be in connection with the national power grid or the inverter. The output terminal is in connection with the electric power demand side management module; the battery lifetime extension device is in connection with the battery cabinet. The management system can optimize the national power grid, and meanwhile introduces the demand side management module to an intelligent power grid which is used for user power supply; saved electric quantity and electricity consumption in each period after using the system can be directly counted, electric charge price difference corresponding with electric charge unit price of each period is obtained, and government sectors award or subsidize users according to price difference.

A reproducing apparatus for reproducing data recorded on an optical record carrier is provided having an improved lifetime of the laser light source used to read the data. The reproducing apparatus includes a laser driver unit that is adapted to drive the light output of the laser light source to change from a reading mode, in which data recorded in the optical disc is being read for being reproduced, into a laser lifetime extension mode when an operation of reading said data is paused. In the laser lifetime extension mode, the laser light source is driven to emit a pulsed light output, therefore, the amount of time in which the laser light source is on without being needed is reduced and the lifetime of the laser light source is improved.

The present invention relates in part to the unexpected discovery that certain compounds extend the lifespan of eukaryotic organisms. In certain embodiments, the invention comprises a method of extending the lifespan of a subject comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of terreic acid and mycophenolic acid. The invention further relates to methods for screening potential compounds of interest for lifespan extending properties.