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20100059216 | Heat Exchanger In A Modular Construction - The invention relates to a heat exchanger in modular construction, in particular for facilities operated using large load and/or temperature changes, having an external shell and a number of heat exchanger modules, wherein each heat exchanger module, which is either a preheater, evaporator, or superheater module, has an entry manifold, and exit manifold, and meandering pipes, through which the heat-absorbing medium, in particular water, flows from the entry manifold to the exit manifold, and the heat exchanger modules are also situated in a shared external shell, so that they have the same heat-dissipating medium flowing around them, the evaporator modules being connected in parallel via a steam-collecting drum situated outside the external shell. | 03-11-2010 |
20130112156 | HEAT EXCHANGER FOR GENERATING STEAM FOR SOLAR POWER PLANTS - A heat exchanger erected vertically for generating steam for solar power plants, including: an outer casing with an inlet and an outlet port for a heat-emitting medium; an inlet and an outlet collector for a heat-absorbing medium, said inlet and outlet collectors lying substantially within the outer casing; and a tube bundle within the outer casing with a number of tube layers including continuous tubes, wherein the heat-emitting medium can flow entirely around same and which are designed as flow paths for the heat-absorbing medium from the inlet collector to the outlet collector. The tube bundle is arranged in a meandering manner, wherein the heat exchanger is arranged according to a forced-flow principle so that the heat-absorbing medium is successively pre-heated, evaporated, and superheated so that a superheated steam exits the outlet collector. The energy for the pre-heating, evaporation, and superheating is essentially provided by the heat transfer from the heat-emitting medium to the heat-absorbing medium. The tube layers are arranged in such that the tubes of the individual tube layers are aligned to lie next to one another in the horizontal direction, with the directions of flow of the heat-absorbing medium being opposite in the horizontally adjacent tube sections which are arranged transversely to the central axis of the outer casing, and such that the tube layers are vertically adjacent. Each tube layer is formed from an equal number of tubes. | 05-09-2013 |
20130118419 | HEAT EXCHANGER FOR STEAM GENERATION FOR A SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANT - A heat exchanger for generating a steam flow for a solar-thermal power plant, including a casing for receiving a casing-side fluid, pipes arranged within the casing for a pipe-side fluid, and a fluid inlet conduit which is connected to an inlet opening for the casing-side fluid and which encloses at least a part of the pipes in such a manner that the fluid inlet conduit is configured as a preheater and/or a flow director for the casing-side fluid entering the casing, wherein heat is transmitted via the pipes from the pipe-side fluid to the casing-side fluid. The casing-side fluid is water, and the pipe-side fluid is a thermal oil or salt. | 05-16-2013 |
20150159956 | Tube Bundle Heat Exchanger Having Straight-Tube Configuration, Process Gas Cooler, Cooler For Gas Turbine Cooling Air, Gas Turbine Or Gas And Steam Turbine Power Plant, And Method For The Cooling Of Cooling Air - A tube bundle heat exchanger having a straight-tube configuration, comprising a pressure vessel, a straight-tube bundle comprising a number of straight tubes which are arranged so as to be guided through an inlet tubesheet and an outlet tubesheet and to extend through the interior space of the pressure vessel. A cooler for gas turbine cooling air comprising a tube bundle heat exchanger, a gas turbine power plant and a gas and steam turbine power plant comprising a cooler for gas turbine cooling air according to the invention, as well as a process gas cooler and a method for the cooling of cooling air using such a cooler for gas turbine cooling air. | 06-11-2015 |
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20100318372 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY OPTIMIZED ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION, DATA ACQUISITION, AND APPLICATION COMPLETION - The apparatus and methods disclosed herein provide a convenient and efficient computer-based process methodology for identifying and qualifying people for different solutions and outcomes and enrolling and/or registering people in appropriate programs as they are identified. The most preferred embodiments of the present invention comprise one or more structured computerized databases comprising: a set of outcomes, each with a corresponding set of appropriately-expressed eligibility requirements; a set of applications or forms and their corresponding necessary and unique named data elements, or variables, which may or may not relate to the aforementioned set of outcomes; a set of questions corresponding to the set of variables, each question relating to one or more variables; a set of question scripts corresponding to the set of questions, with one script per question; a set of question help prompt scripts corresponding to the set of questions, with one help prompt per question; a set of interview constructs that semantically relate sets of questions; and a subject definition comprised of named locations used to store variables and their corresponding values. Given the database and elements described above, the most preferred embodiments of the present invention comprise a system that performs: eligibility determination; data acquisition; and forms or application completion using collected data elements. | 12-16-2010 |
20140149303 | Apparatus and Method for Dynamically Optimized Eligibility Determination, Data Acquisition, and Application Completion - The most preferred embodiments of the present invention comprise one or more structured computerized databases comprising: a set of outcomes, each with a corresponding set of appropriately-expressed eligibility requirements; a set of applications or forms and their corresponding necessary and unique named data elements, or variables, which may or may not relate to the aforementioned set of outcomes; a set of questions corresponding to the set of variables, each question relating to one or more variables; a set of question scripts corresponding to the set of questions, with one script per question; a set of question help prompt scripts corresponding to the set of questions, with one help prompt per question; a set of interview constructs that semantically relate sets of questions; and a subject definition comprised of named locations used to store variables and their corresponding values. | 05-29-2014 |
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20100196421 | GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CLOSTRIDIAL GENES, PROTEINS ENCODED BY THE ENGINEERED GENES, AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to an isolated Clostridial neurotoxin propeptide having a light chain region, a heavy chain region, where the light and heavy chain regions are linked by a disulfide bond, and an intermediate region connecting the light and heavy chain regions. An isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a Clostridial neurotoxin propeptide is also disclosed. Also disclosed is an isolated, physiologically active Clostridial neurotoxin produced by cleaving a Clostridial neurotoxin propeptide, a vaccine or antidote thereof, and methods of immunizing against or treating for toxic effects of Clostridial neurotoxins. Methods of expressing recombinant physiologically active Clostridial neurotoxins are also disclosed. Also disclosed is a chimeric protein having a heavy chain region of a Clostridial neurotoxin and a protein with therapeutic functionality. A treatment method is also disclosed. | 08-05-2010 |
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20120021002 | GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CLOSTRIDIAL GENES, PROTEINS ENCODED BY THE ENGINEERED GENES, AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to an isolated Clostridial neurotoxin propeptide having a light chain region, a heavy chain region, where the light and heavy chain regions are linked by a disulfide bond, and an intermediate region connecting the light and heavy chain regions. An isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a Clostridial neurotoxin propeptide is also disclosed. Also disclosed is an isolated, physiologically active Clostridial neurotoxin produced by cleaving a Clostridial neurotoxin propeptide, a vaccine or antidote thereof, and methods of immunizing against or treating for toxic effects of Clostridial neurotoxins. Methods of expressing recombinant physiologically active Clostridial neurotoxins are also disclosed. Also disclosed is a chimeric protein having a heavy chain region of a Clostridial neurotoxin and a protein with therapeutic functionality. A treatment method is also disclosed. | 01-26-2012 |
20120028369 | QUANTIFYING LOCAL INFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY AND ITS USE TO PREDICT DISEASE PROGRESSION AND TAILOR TREATMENTS - This invention relates to a method of predicting progression of an inflammatory condition in a subject, which involves providing a medium comprising hyaluronan or a fragment thereof; contacting the medium with a fluid sample from a subject with an inflammatory condition, where the fluid sample comprises proteins or proteoglycans and a transfer agent; incubating the fluid sample with the medium under conditions effective for the transfer agent in the fluid sample to mediate transfer of heavy chains from the proteins or proteoglycans to the hyaluronan or a fragment thereof to form a complex; detecting, using an antibody, occurrence levels of the complex; and comparing occurrence levels of the complex from said detecting to a reference standard to predict progression of an inflammatory condition in the subject. Also disclosed are methods of tailoring treatment of an inflammatory condition and quantifying local inflammatory activity in a body fluid. | 02-02-2012 |
20140212456 | TREATMENT METHODS USING ATOXIC NEUROTOXIN DERIVATIVES - The present invention relates to a treatment method. This method involves contacting a subject with an isolated, physiologically active, atoxic derivative of a Clostridial neurotoxin. Contacting is carried out to treat the subject. The derivative of a Clostridial neurotoxin does not possess a cargo attachment peptide sequence at its N-terminus. | 07-31-2014 |
20150204888 | QUANTIFYING LOCAL INFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY AND ITS USE TO PREDICT DISEASE PROGRESSION AND TAILOR TREATMENTS - This invention relates to a method of predicting progression of an inflammatory condition in a subject, which involves providing a medium comprising hyaluronan or a fragment thereof; contacting the medium with a fluid sample from a subject with an inflammatory condition, where the fluid sample comprises proteins or proteoglycans and a transfer agent; incubating the fluid sample with the medium under conditions effective for the transfer agent in the fluid sample to mediate transfer of heavy chains from the proteins or proteoglycans to the hyaluronan or a fragment thereof to form a complex; detecting, using an antibody, occurrence levels of the complex; and comparing occurrence levels of the complex from said detecting to a reference standard to predict progression of an inflammatory condition in the subject. Also disclosed are methods of tailoring treatment of an inflammatory condition and quantifying local inflammatory activity in a body fluid. | 07-23-2015 |