134 results about "TEMPERATURE ELEVATION" patented technology

A medical procedure utilizes a high-intensity focused ultrasound instrument having an applicator surface, a liquid-containing bolus or expandable chamber acting as a heat sink, and a source of ultrasonic vibrations, the applicator surface being a surface of a flexible wall of the bolus, the source of ultrasonic vibrations being in operative contact with the bolus. The applicator surface is placed in contact with an organ surface of a patient, the source is energized to produce ultrasonic vibrations focused at a predetermined focal region inside the organ, and a temperature of liquid in the bolus is controlled while the applicator surface is in contact with the organ surface to control temperature elevation in tissues of the organ between the focal region and the organ surface to necrose the tissues to within a desired distance from the organ surface.

A method and apparatus for altering a function of neural tissue in a patient. An electromagnetic signal is applied to the neural tissue through an electrode. The electromagnetic signal has a frequency component above the physiological stimulation frequency range and an intensity sufficient to produce an alteration of the neural tissue, the alteration causing the patient to experience a reduction in pain, and a waveform that prevents lethal temperature elevation of the neural tissue during application of the electromagnetic signal to the neural tissue.

It is an object of the present invention to provide polylactic acid containing a stereocomplex crystal and having excellent moldability, a high molecular weight, high crystallinity and a high melting point and a process for manufacturing the same. It is another object of the present invention to provide a composition comprising the polylactic acid and a molded product of the polylactic acid. The present invention is characterized from polylactic acid having a weight average molecular weight of 80,000 to 500,000 and a melting peak at 195° C. or higher which accounts for 80% or more of the total of melting peaks in the temperature elevation step when measured by a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) and a process for manufacturing the same.

Process for producing acrylonitrile or methacrylonitrile from propane or isobutane by ammoxidation at a temperature in the range of from 380 to 500 DEG C. in a fluidized-bed reactor containing a catalyst composition preheated to a temperature of not lower than 300 DEG C. and lower than the ammoxidation reaction temperature, the catalyst composition comprising a carrier having supported thereon an oxide catalyst comprising a compound oxide of molybdenum, vanadium, niobium and at least one element selected from tellurium and antimony, wherein the ammoxidation of propane or isobutane is preceded by a specific temperature elevation operation in which the catalyst temperature in the reactor is elevated, while supplying into the fluidized-bed reactor a molecular oxygen-containing gas together with a combustible gas capable of combustion by reaction with the molecular oxygen in the presence of said catalyst composition, until the temperature of the catalyst composition reaches said ammoxidation reaction temperature. The process of the present invention is advantageous in that the temperature elevation of the catalyst can be performed without suffering a deterioration of the catalytic activity during the temperature elevation, thereby allowing the catalyst to fully exhibit its performance.

A combustion type power tool capable of avoiding damage to seal members and a housing to prolong a service life, and capable of enhancing operability and workability. Temperature elevation of a combustion chamber frame due to combustion of a mixture of combustible gas and air is detected by a temperature sensor disposed in a housing. If the detected temperature exceeds a preset temperature, ignition of an ignition plug is prohibited by a prohibiting unit in spite of ON operation of a trigger switch. In this state, alarming is performed by a display to notify the user of the inoperable state of the tool. Similar control can be made when the temperature sensor is disposed at a cylinder, an exhaust cover and the housing.

A method of heating an object using a dielectric heating. The method comprises positioning an object in a cavity of a dielectric heating oven, allowing a user to allocate an amount of energy to dissipate in the object during a temperature elevation of the object, and elevating the temperature of the object by using the dielectric heating oven according to the amount of energy.

A kneading disk has a plurality of disk elements having flight tips arranged at a helix angle E in a direction supporting main streams of a resin. The flight tips of every two adjoining disks have a clearance formed therebetween. The resin is kneaded by undergoing dispersion and distribution without having any excessive temperature elevation in approximately three kinds of streams, i.e. its main streams flowing along the flight tips, its back streams through the clearances and its tip riding streams flowing over the flight tips.

Many reservoirs of interest include heavy oil. In such reservoirs, parti at normal temperatures, many instruments commonly used for formation evaluation may not be able to distinguish between heavy oil and bound water in the formation. Passive or active heating is used to elevate the temperature of the fluids in the formation. At elevated temperatures, distinguishing between heavy oil and bound water is easier. Of particular interest is the increase in the resolvability of the transverse relaxation time T2 of NMR spin echo measurements. Additionally, the dielectric constant and the loss tangents of water and heavy oil show different temperature and frequency dependence.

A process and apparatus for the treatment of septage, particularly grease trap waste, is disclosed. The inventive process will convert the septage into Biosolids (sludge) and water dischargeable to the environment. The treated septage achieves pathogen reduction, and reduced vector attraction. Treatment of septage by pasteurization causes the destruction of harmful pathogens. Pasteurization of septage having high water content provides for even temperature elevation and distribution of heat within the thermal mass of the septage allowing for consistent pathogen destruction. An alkaline compound is utilized to form a filter cake from the solids fraction of the pasteurized septage preventing vector attraction, while producing a beneficial bio-solid. The liquid fraction of the septage is treated by biological process allowing for its discharge into the environment.

The present invention relates to a permanent magnet for a motor, to be buried in a permanent magnet motor, including: a plurality of sheet magnets for lamination, and an insulating layer arranged between the plurality of sheet magnets for lamination. Since the invention has the above-mentioned constitution, the permanent magnets are free from the problems of temperature elevation and coercive force depression, therefore making it possible to provide a high-power small-sized motor. Furthermore, it is unnecessary to perform the conventional correcting processing after sintering, which can simplify the production steps, and therefore, it becomes possible to mold the permanent magnet with a high degree of dimension accuracy.

A liquid crystal display device can suppress the local temperature elevation of a liquid crystal in the vicinity of drivers. On a liquid-crystal-side surface of one substrate out of substrates which are arranged to face each other in an opposed manner while sandwiching a liquid crystal therebetween, a switching element which is operated in response to scanning signals from a gate signal line, a pixel electrode to which video signals from a drain signal line are supplied via the switching element, and a reference electrode which generates an electric field between the reference electrode and the pixel electrode are mounted on each pixel region of the liquid-crystal-side surface. The video signals from the drain signal line are generated by a driver chip mounted on one substrate. A light transmittivity of the liquid crystal layer is set to take a minimum value when a voltage is not applied between the pixel electrode and the reference electrode. A maximum amplitude of voltage of the video signals is set to a value not more than a voltage necessary for setting a relative transmittivity of the liquid crystal layer to 90%.

In the method for firing of ceramic honeycomb structure according to the present invention, when a formed honeycomb material having an apparent volume of 5 liters or more is fired in a firing atmosphere, the heating of the firing atmosphere from a temperature (180 to 300° C.) at which the organic binder contained in the formed honeycomb material begins to burn, to 300° C. is conducted at a temperature elevation rate of +25 (° C./hr) or more and also at such a temperature elevation rate that the difference of the temperature of the central portion of the formed honeycomb material from the temperature of the firing atmosphere is kept in a given temperature range.

Improved polypropylene resin foamed beads that without detriment to the excellence in properties, such as compression properties and heat resistance, characterizing the polypropylene resin foamed beads, can provide a polypropylene resin foamed bead molded article with equal properties by an molding conducted at low heating temperature. There are disclosed polypropylene resin foamed beads composed of a polypropylene resin of 115 to 135° C. melting point and 500 MPa or higher Olsen flexural modulus. The amount of ash at the surface of the foamed beads is 3000 wt. ppm or less (including 0). With respect to the foamed beads, in the first DSC curve obtained by heating 1 to 3 mg of polypropylene resin foamed beads from room temperature to 200° C. at a temperature elevation rate of 10° C./min by the use of a differential scanning calorimeter, there appear not only one or more endothermic peak (Pa) having the peak temperature within a temperature zone not higher than the melting point of the resin but also one or more endothermic peak (Pb) having the peak temperature within a temperature zone exceeding the melting point of the resin and not lower than 130° C. The total calorific value of the endothermic peak (Pb) is in the range of 2 to 12 J/g. Further, there is disclosed a foamed bead molded article obtained by molding the above foamed beads.

A method and apparatus are disclosed for predicting the failure of a functional element of an integrated circuit during operation. The method includes determining whether the functional element of the integrated circuit device is in an idle cycle, elevating the temperature of the functional element above a normal operating temperature, performing a stress test of the functional element while the functional element is in the idle cycle, and indicating that the functional element, if it fails the stress test, is a potential future failing element. The stress test can include simultaneously providing a margining test voltage and a stress clock signal to the functional element while the temperature is elevated or at a normal operating temperature. The stress test is performed in the background, during continuous operation of the integrated circuit device, such that normal operation of the integrated circuit device is not interrupted. Thereby, the method and apparatus of the present invention allows for failure prediction in a device before it happens, allowing for planned outages or workarounds and avoiding system downtime for unplanned repairs.

The object of this invention is to provide a resin composition that contains a polymer obtained from biomass resources and constitutes molded articles excellent in heat resistance, mechanical properties and durable stability, this invention including a resin composition comprising

• • (i) a resin component containing 95 to 5% by weight of an aromatic polycarbonate (component A) and 5 to 95% by weight of polylactic acid (component B),
  • (ii) 0.001 to 10 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of the resin component, of a phosphoric ester metal salt (component C), and
  • (iii) 0.01 to 5 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of the polylactic acid (component B), of a terminal blocker (component F),
  • the stereo-complex crystal content (X) of the following expression (I) being 80% or more,

X (%)={ΔHb/(ΔHa+ΔHb)}×100  (I)

• • wherein ΔHa and ΔHb are a melting enthalpy (ΔHa) of a crystal melting point that appears at lower than 190° C. and a melting enthalpy (ΔHb) of a crystal melting point that appears at 190° C. or higher but less than 250° C., respectively, in a temperature-elevation process by a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), and molded articles thereof.

In a production of grain-oriented electrical steel sheet that is heated at a temperature of not higher than 1350° C., (a) the hot-rolled sheet is heated to a prescribed temperature of 1000° C. to 1150° C., and after recrystallization is annealed for a required time at a lower temperature of 850° C. to 1100° C., or (b) in the hot-rolled sheet annealing process decarburization is conducted to adjust the difference in the amount of carbon before and after decarburization to 0.002 to 0.02 mass %. In the temperature elevation process used in the decarburization annealing of the steel sheet, heating is conducted in the temperature range of 550° C. to 720° C. at a heating rate of at least 40° C./s, preferably 75 to 125° C./s, utilizing induction heating for the rapid heating used in the temperature elevation process in decarburization annealing.

The invention discloses a new diffusion technology of the crystalline silicon solar cell. The diffusion technology mainly refers to a technology which divides the source step into the following steps based on the original technology: low temperature prediffusion, step-ramp-temperature elevation diffusion and high temperature diffusion. The technology can significantly enhance the uniformity of the diffusion, well control the depth and surface concentration of the PN junction and increase the photoelectric conversion efficiency of the crystalline silicon solar cell. The new diffusion technology can be edited easily which only needs to modify the original technological parameters so as to facilitate the operation. The technology is applicable to industrialized production, does not affect the production progress and can be used in large-scale production lines of the solar cell.

An ink transfer system including an ink transfer decal that is transferable to a final substrate, such as a bare metal or pre-painted autobody part, without use of a separate adhesive. The transferred ink decal is capable of withstanding temperature elevations common during automotive paint baking without significant thermal degradation, discoloration, shrinkage or pealing.

An object of the present invention is to provide a new exhaust gas purification apparatus for an internal combustion engine operated under a condition of an air fuel ratio leaner than a theoretical air fuel ratio, a method for purification of exhaust gas and an exhaust gas purification catalyst, which is suitable for suppressing degradation of the NOx purification catalyst by sulfur components.

An exhaust gas purification apparatus for an internal combustion engine, which comprises an exhaust gas passage for an internal combustion engine into which exhaust gas of lean air fuel ratio and rich or stoichiometric air fuel ratio flows, a NOx trapping catalyst that functions to trap NOx in the exhaust gas when the air fuel ratio is lean, a sulfur component trapping agent for trapping sulfur components in the exhaust gas, which is disposed before the NOx trapping catalyst, and a catalyst for oxidizing the sulfur components, which is disposed before the sulfur component trapping agent, wherein the sulfur component trapping agent has a trapping rate of 85 % or more of an amount of inflow sulfur in a trapping test at a flow rate of 150 ppm SO₃-5% O₂—balance being N₂ gas per 1.5 moles of the sulfur trapping agent at 300° C. and a space velocity of 30,000/h for 1 hour; and the sulfur component trapping agent has a release rate of sulfur amount of 5 % or less of sulfur trapped in the sulfur component trapping agent in a release test under a flow of a 3000 ppm H₂-600 ppm C3H6-3000 ppm O₂-3.5 % CO—balance being N₂ gas at a temperature elevation rate of 10° C. /min from 250 to 750° C. at an sulfur component trapping agent entrance, after the trapping test.

In an internal combustion engine with a combustion heater for elevating a temperature of an engine related element, an object of the present invention is to provide a technique that may effectively performs temperature elevation of an exhaust gas purifying device. In order to attain this object, according to the present invention, the internal combustion engine having an exhaust gas purifying catalyst provided in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine, and a combustion heater comprising a combustion chamber and a heat exchange portion for transmitting to an engine related element heat held by burnt gas that has been burnt in said combustion chamber, characterized by including a first burnt gas discharging portion for discharging from the combustion heater the burnt gas which has passed through the heat exhcange portion, a second burnt gas discharging portion for discharging from the combustion heater the burnt gas which has not yet passed through the heat exchange portion, and a burnt gas passage controlling unit for supplying at least one of burnt gas discharged by the first burnt gas discharging portion and burnt gas discharged by the second burnt gas discharging portion to the exhaust gas purifying catalyst.