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20110069346 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS FOR OUTPUTTING IMAGE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - A system for outputting an image includes first and second image output apparatuses. The first image output apparatus includes a display processing portion that displays an image to be outputted on electronic paper based on a first condition under which a job to output the image is executed, a conditions storing processing portion that stores, in a conditions storage, the first condition in association with a job identifier for identifying the job, and a job identifier storing processing portion that stores the job identifier in the electronic paper. The second image output apparatus includes a reading portion that reads out the job identifier from the electronic paper, an obtaining portion that obtains, from the conditions storage portion, the first condition corresponding to the job identifier thus read out, and a job execution portion that executes a whole or a part of the job based on the first condition thus obtained. | 03-24-2011 |
20120066743 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SCREEN TRANSMITTING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH SCREEN TRANSMITTING PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a storing portion, an authentication portion to authenticate a user using one of the one or more user apparatuses on the basis of identification information received from the user apparatus; a selecting portion to select, as main data, a piece of data from among one or more pieces of data stored in a presentation area which is a predetermined one of the plurality of storage areas; a screen generating portion to generate an access screen including an image of the selected main data; an access detecting portion to detect an access to the presentation area; and a screen transmitting portion, when the access detecting portion detects an access to the presentation area by the authenticated user, to transmit the generated access screen to the one of the one or more user apparatuses that is used by the authenticated user. | 03-15-2012 |
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20090274956 | BUS BAR - There is provided a bus bar which electrically connects two terminals respectively provided to two batteries with each other and is formed of at least one tabular conductor, the bus bar including two connecting portions which are connected with the two terminals, and a convex portion formed into a convex shape between the two connecting portions by curving the tabular conductor. | 11-05-2009 |
20100266887 | BATTERY PACK - A battery pack is provided, in which external connection terminals are arrayed in the same direction in the module having the plurality of cells connected in series and a wiring that cuts across the module is not generated, and, in which improvement of the workability and reduction of connection failures are achieved by only connecting between the units by means of a bus bar when creating the module. Three pieces of flat-plate cells | 10-21-2010 |
20100285677 | POWER SUPPLY CONNECTOR - A power supply connector is provided, which is applicable to both large current charging and low current charging, the power supply connector being able to not only maintain the accuracy of monitoring low current charging and the volumetric efficiency of a board by appropriately arranging two types of connector parts, but also contribute to the downsizing of the power supply connector and improvement of the reliability thereof by striking a balance between the volumetric efficiency and the heat radiation characteristics, and ensure safety in the use of the power supply connector while reducing the cost. Insertion holes | 11-11-2010 |
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20130045429 | Solid Oxide Fuel Cell System - A solid oxide fuel cell system includes a fuel cell provided with a reforming part, a gas-water supply system for supplying a plurality of kinds of gases and water to the reforming part, and a water tank for storing water. The gas-water supply system includes a reforming gas supply part for supplying a reforming gas, an oxygen-containing has supply part for supplying an oxygen-containing gas, and a water supply part for supplying water from the water tank. A control unit is provided for controlling whether, based on a signal from a stored water volume sensor which detects the volume of water in the water tank for carrying out a reforming reaction in the reforming part, switching between an oxygen-containing gas supply part and the water supply part is carried out, or both the supply parts are used in combination. | 02-21-2013 |
20130273447 | Method for Supplying Fuel Gas to a Fuel Cell - A solid oxide fuel cell system includes a fuel cell provided with a reforming part, a gas-water supply system for supplying a plurality of kinds of gases and water to the reforming part, and a water tank for storing water. The gas-water supply system includes a reforming gas supply part for supplying a reforming gas, an oxygen-containing has supply part for supplying an oxygen-containing gas, and a water supply part for supplying water from the water tank. A control unit is provided for controlling whether, based on a signal from a stored water volume sensor which detects the volume of water in the water tank for carrying out a reforming reaction in the reforming part, switching between an oxygen-containing gas supply part and the water supply part is carried out, or both the supply parts are used in combination. | 10-17-2013 |
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20120270124 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD FOR FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell that generates power using an oxidant gas and a fuel gas; estimating means for estimating an electric resistance of the fuel cell in accordance with a voltage and a current of the fuel cell; and temperature controlling means for performing control to raise a temperature of the fuel cell when the electric resistance estimated by the estimating means exceeds a target electric resistance range and reduce the temperature of the fuel cell when the estimated electric resistance falls below the target electric resistance range. | 10-25-2012 |
20130266879 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell that generates electric power using fuel gas and oxygen-containing gas and combusts fuel gas remaining unused for generation of electric power; a fuel gas supply line that supplies the fuel gas to the fuel cell; and an on-off valve disposed in the fuel gas supply line. A shutdown transition mode in which the fuel gas in the fuel gas supply line downstream from the on-off valve is supplied to the fuel cell at a flow rate smaller than that at a time of generation of electric power and is combusted therein after the on-off valve is closed, and a shutdown mode which is started after the shutdown transition mode are provided as an emergency shutdown mode in which the fuel cell undergoes emergency shutdown when the on-off valve of the fuel gas supply line is closed. | 10-10-2013 |
20130295480 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - A fuel cell system may be capable of reducing an adverse influence which acts on a fuel cell at the time of restarting the fuel cell after emergency shutdown of operation of the fuel cell. A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, a fuel gas supply unit, an oxygen-containing gas supply unit, a storage unit that stores whether shutdown of operation of the fuel cell is normal shutdown or emergency shutdown, and a control unit that controls at least the fuel gas supply unit and the oxygen-containing gas supply unit. The control unit, in emergency shutdown, controls the fuel gas supply unit at a time of restarting the fuel cell after the shutdown of the fuel cell so as to reduce an amount of fuel gas supplied to the fuel cell to be less than that at a time of restarting the fuel cell after normal shutdown. | 11-07-2013 |
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20090255173 | PROCESS AND EQUIPMENT FOR PRODUCING SOLID FUEL BY USING COAL AS RAW MATERIAL - The present invention provides a process and an apparatus for producing a low-pyrophoricity, transportable, storable dewatered solid fuel from a low rank coal, in which the amount of heavy oil added can be reduced. | 10-15-2009 |
20100077658 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING SOLID FUEL - (Problems) Providing a method and an apparatus for producing a solid fuel, capable of suppressing increase in dust coal concentration in circulating oil. | 04-01-2010 |
20110005126 | APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SOLID FUEL - A solid fuel producing apparatus that even when supply of raw coal (RC) and mixed oil (MO) and supply of slurry to subsequent steps are stopped because of troubling at evaporation step or later, etc., would prevent cloggings of heat exchanger and raw coal supply means. The solid fuel producing apparatus includes a mixing tank ( | 01-13-2011 |
20110041393 | INDIRECT HEAT-DRYING APPARATUS, INDIRECT HEAT-DRYING METHOD OF DRYING SUBSTANCE TO BE DRIED, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING SOLID FUEL - The present invention provides an indirect heat-drying apparatus that is resistant to adhesion of the substance to be dried on heating pipes and gives a product having a desired and stabilized liquid content. | 02-24-2011 |
20110284671 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPGRADING COAL - A method of upgrading coal which comprises: pulverizing low-grade coal; mixing the pulverized low-grade coal with an oil to form a slurry; heating the slurry to or above the boiling point of water to vaporize the water contained in the low-grade coal and dehydrate the coal; compressing a vapor mixture of the steam resulting from the slurry heating and that part of the oil which has vaporized simultaneously and thereby elevating the temperature and pressure of the vapor mixture; and supplying the vapor mixture increased in temperature and pressure by the compression and utilizing this vapor mixture as a high-temperature heat source to heat the slurry. In the method, the vapor mixture before being compressed is brought into contact with an oil in a liquid state. This method is a process in which low-grade coal containing water in a large proportion and hence having a low calorific value is dewatered in an oil to thereby upgrade the coal to a high-calorie fuel for thermal power generation, wherein the vapor mixture to be supplied to a compressor can be purified. | 11-24-2011 |
20120011766 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SOLID FUEL AND SOLID FUEL PRODUCED BY THE METHOD - Provided are a modified solid fuel manufacturing method that reduces manufacturing costs and environmental impact while also realizing higher strength such as for transport, and modified solid fuels manufactured using the manufacturing method. When solid fuels are manufactured by crushing low grade coal, mixing the crushed low grade coal with solvent oil to prepare a slurry, heating the slurry to at least the boiling point of water to evaporate moisture included in the slurry, separating the solvent oil from the slurry to produce charcoal dust and compression compacting said charcoal dust, by heating the slurry to at least the boiling point of water, the non-volatile components included in the low grade coal are extracted with the solvent oil, the outer surface of the low grade coal and the internal surfaces of the pores are coated with the extracted non-volatile components, and the content of heavy oil added from the outside will be less than 0.5 mass %, and preferably essentially 0%, relative to the solid fuel after drying. | 01-19-2012 |
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20100300247 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING REDUCED METAL AND SLAG CONTAINING OXIDIZED NONFERROUS METAL USING AN UPGRADED COAL - The present invention provides a method for producing a high-quality reduced metal using an upgraded coal as a carbonaceous material to be incorporated. In the method, coal is first aged by heating in an organic solvent to produce upgraded coal for metallurgy having higher thermal plasticity than that of the coal. Then, a mixture of the upgraded coal for metallurgy and a metal oxide-containing raw material is agglomerated by an agglomerator, and the resultant agglomerates are reduced by heating in a furnace and then melted by further heating to produce a reduced melt. The reduced melt is cooled and solidified in the furnace to produce a reduced solid. The reduced solid is discharged to the outside of the furnace and slag is removed using a screen to recover a metal as a reduced metal. | 12-02-2010 |
20120079763 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING SOLID FUEL - An apparatus for producing a solid fuel which may be made by a method involving mixing porous coal with a mixed oil containing heavy oil and solvent oil to prepare a raw material slurry; heating the raw material slurry to promote dehydration of the porous coal while impregnating the mixed oil into pores of the porous coal to obtain a dehydrated slurry; separating the resulting upgraded porous coal and mixed oil from the dehydrated slurry; drying the separated upgraded porous coal with carrier gas, and subsequently condensing vaporized mixed oil in the carrier gas by cooling, while capturing the porous coal in the carrier gas by atomization of the condensed mixed oil, thereby recovering the mixed oil; and returning the mixed oil separated and recovered in the separating to the mixing, further involving supplying the mixed oil recovered in the final drying to the separating. | 04-05-2012 |
20120216455 | APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING SOLID FUEL FROM COAL - An apparatus for producing a low-pyrophoricity, transportable, storable dewatered solid fuel from a low rank coal, includes a mixing vessel | 08-30-2012 |
20120291342 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BRIQUETTED SOLID FUEL USING POROUS COAL AS STARTING MATERIAL - Provided is a manufacturing method for a briquetted solid fuel that can reduce the briquetting cost while maintaining the strength of the briquetted product. A mixed oil that includes a heavy oil and a solvent oil, and a porous coal are mixed to obtain a slurry. The slurry is dewatered by heating to obtain a dewatered slurry. Solvent oil is separated from the dewatered slurry to obtain a cake, the cake is heated, and solvent oil is further separated from the cake to obtain a modified coal. Moisture is added to the modified coal to obtain a moist modified coal with a moisture content of 3 wt % to 10 wt %, and then the moist modified coal is briquetted under pressure. | 11-22-2012 |