CURTIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150232764 | Method of Hydrotreatment and a Hydrotreatment System - A method of hydrotreatment is provided. The method includes providing a material that is suitable for undergoing hydrotreatment; mixing the material with a hydrogenation agent to form a feed stream; and heating the feed stream to break chemical bonds of the material in the presence of a catalyst. The feed stream is heated to at least a temperature at which the catalyst can provide activated hydrogen to react with the broken bonds within the material so as to minimize coke formed from the material. A system for conducting the method is also provided. | 08-20-2015 |
20150204934 | METHOD OF DETERMINING A CHARACTERISTIC OF A POWER TRANSFORMER AND A SYSTEM THEREFOR - A method of determining a characteristic of a power transformer is provided. The power transformer has an input current, an input voltage, an output current and an output voltage. The method comprises measuring the input current and a voltage difference between the input voltage and the output voltage of the power transformer while the power transformer is in use within a power distribution network. Information that is indicative of at least one property of a test locus plot from the measured input current and voltage difference of the power transformer is derived and compared to information that is indicative of at least one property of a reference locus plot associated with a reference power transformer. From the comparison, it is determined whether a characteristic of the power transformer differs from that of the reference power transformer. | 07-23-2015 |
20150190175 | ORTHOPAEDIC STABILISATION DEVICE - An orthopaedic stabilisation device is described. The orthopaedic stabilisation device comprises a stabilisation member and at least two legs coupled to the stabilisation member. Each leg is arranged for positioning in a respective bore hole in bone, and for receiving an element within the leg such that the element can facilitate fastening the leg within the bore hole in bone. The stabilisation member may be arranged such that a length of the stabilisation member is alterable by a predefined amount, the predefined amount being adjustable. | 07-09-2015 |
20140367312 | APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR SORTING A PARTICULATE MATERIAL - The present disclosure provides an apparatus for sorting a particulate material. The apparatus comprises a receiving portion for receiving the particulate material having a particle size within a predetermined range of sizes. The apparatus also comprises a distributor for receiving the particulate material at an upper end thereof and having a sloped distribution surface along which, in use, the particulate material passes substantially by gravity. A surface area of the sloped distribution surface increases towards a lower end of the distributor to facilitate a monolayer feed stream of the particles exiting and falling from a lower end of the distributor distributed as a curtain-like stream of particles. The apparatus further comprises a magnetic element for generating a magnetic force that is directed such that the particles of the falling feed stream that exit the lower end of the distributor have pathways that depend on magnetic properties of the particles. The apparatus also comprises sorting portions for sorting the particles based on the pathways of the particles. | 12-18-2014 |
20140317066 | METHOD OF ANALYSING DATA - The present invention disclosure provides a method of analysing data. In a first step a plurality of data records is provided, each data record having a plurality of data elements and having a property. At least some data elements of each data record are selected. In a next step, the selected data elements are grouped in a plurality of groups such that each group has data elements that are a part of one of the data records and such that for a group that has data elements of more than one data record, each data element or property is similar or identical to at least one of the data elements or properties, respectively, of each other data record of that group. A group of interest and a reference group are determined from the plurality of groups. The group of interest has at least one data element of interest and the reference group has data elements or properties that are similar or identical with data elements or properties, respectively, of the group of interest. In a further step, the group of interest is compared with the reference group such that from the reference group information concerning the data element of interest can be derived. | 10-23-2014 |
20140197988 | METHOD OF ESTIMATING A QUANTITY ASSOCIATED WITH A RECEIVER SYSTEM - The present disclosure provides a method of estimating a quantity associated with a receiver system. The receiver system comprises a plurality of spaced apart receivers that are arranged to receive a signal from a satellite system. The method comprises the step of receiving the signal from the satellite system by receivers of the receiver system. Further, the method comprises calculating a position estimate and an attitude estimate associated with the receiver system using the received signal. The method also comprises determining a relationship between the calculated position estimate and the calculated attitude estimate. In addition, the method comprises estimating the quantity associated with the receiver system using the determined relationship between the calculated position estimate and the calculated attitude estimate. | 07-17-2014 |
20130306913 | METHOD OF GASIFYING CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL AND A GASIFICATION SYSTEM - A method of gasifying carbonaceous material is described. The method comprises a first step of pyrolysing and partially gasifying the carbonaceous material to produce volatiles and char. The volatiles and the char are then separated and, subsequently, the char is gasified and the volatiles are reformed. The raw product gas is then finally cleaned with char or char-supported catalysts or other catalysts. | 11-21-2013 |
20130213120 | APPARATUS FOR AND A METHOD OF CHARACTERISING MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF A SAMPLE - The present disclosure provides an apparatus for characterising mechanical properties of a sample. The apparatus comprises a structure for supporting the sample and applying a first pressure in a first direction to the sample and an actuator for modulating the first pressure. The apparatus also comprises a pressure applicator containing a liquid and arranged to apply a second pressure to the sample in a second direction that is transversal to the first direction. Further, the apparatus comprises a pore pressure applicator arranged to apply a flow of a fluid through a porous sample such that a pore pressure is applied to the porous sample. In addition, the apparatus comprises a sensor for sensing a change in the sample in response to a change in a pressure experienced by the sample. | 08-22-2013 |
20130199919 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR GRINDING PYROLYSIS OF PARTICULATE CARBONACEOUS FEEDSTOCK - A pyrolysis plant | 08-08-2013 |
20130190626 | DETERMINING LOCATION OF, AND IMAGING, A SUBSURFACE BOUNDARY - A method of determining a location (x,z) of a subsurface boundary ( | 07-25-2013 |
20120199520 | Method of Sorting Particulate Matter - A method of sorting particulate matter comprises creating an unconstrained monolayer feed stream of particulate matter moving with an initial first trajectory in a gaseous medium, and subjecting the monolayer feed stream while in the gaseous medium to a magnetic field of sufficient strength to influence the trajectory of at least some particles in the feed stream to cause a spread of particle trajectories from the first trajectory. The particles are subsequently sorted and/or collected on the basis of their trajectories | 08-09-2012 |
20120118762 | SENSING DEVICE AND METHOD - A sensing device for the determination of ions in a thin layer sample ( | 05-17-2012 |
20120063641 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING ANOMALIES FROM DATA - The present disclosure concerns methods and/or systems for processing, detecting and/or notifying for the presence of anomalies or infrequent events from data. Some of the disclose methods and/or systems may be used on large-scale data sets. Certain applications are directed to analyzing sensor surveillance records to identify aberrant behavior. The sensor data may be from a number of sensor types including video and/or audio. Certain applications are directed to methods and/or systems that use compressive sensing. Certain applications may be performed in substantially real time. | 03-15-2012 |
20090303324 | TESTING SURVEILLANCE CAMERA INSTALLATIONS - This invention concerns the testing of surveillance camera installations. In particular, the invention involves an automatic testing system for surveillance camera installations, and a method for testing. The invention involves receiving test or “probe” images from at least one camera in the installations. Storing a reference image from at least the one camera. Comparison of the probe image with a reference image from the same camera, and production of an output when maintenance is required for that camera. The comparison involves the steps of: Extracting salient features from both the probe and reference images. Calculating matching factors between the salient features extracted from both images. And, computing a decision about whether maintenance is required from the matching factors. | 12-10-2009 |
20090265160 | COMPARING TEXT BASED DOCUMENTS - Text based documents are compared by lexically normalising each word of the text of a first document ( | 10-22-2009 |
20090073265 | VIRTUAL OBSERVER - This invention concerns wide-area video surveillance systems. In a first aspect the invention is a surveillance network, in another aspect the invention is a virtual observer, and in a further aspect the invention is a method for operating a virtual observer. Each segments or frame of video, from each camera of the network is associated with the following trajectory parameters; a time and a spatial position, and possibly a radius, orientation, resolution and field of view, and stored for later recall. | 03-19-2009 |
20090063358 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF PRICING EXOTIC OPTIONS - A system for calculating a market value of an exotic option comprises an input means ( | 03-05-2009 |