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| 20080236043 | Method for Producing and Preparing Fast Pyrolysis Products from Biomass for an Entrained-Flow Pressure Gasification - A method is provided for producing and preparing fast pyrolysis products from a biomass for entrained-flow pressure gasification that includes: heating of the biomass under exclusion of oxygen in a pyrolysis reactor, a temperature of between 400 to 600° C. being established for one to 50 seconds, such that the biomass reacts to form porous pyrolysis coke, pyrolysis condensate and pyrolysis gas; and drawing off the pyrolysis gas; condensing vaporous constituents of the pyrolysis condensate in a plurality of condensation stages so as to: condense, in a first condensation stage, at temperatures above the dew point of water, a low-temperature carbonization tar from the vaporous constituents; and condense and separate at temperatures between 0° C. and the dew point of water, in at least one subsequent condensation stage, an aqueous solution of oxygen-containing organic compounds. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20100163395 | METHOD FOR THE RAPID PYROLYSIS OF LIGNOCELLULOSE - Method for fast pyrolysis of lignocellulose including: mechanically comminuting the lignocellulose to lignocellulose particles; at least one of completely drying and preheating the lignocellulose particles; mixing the lignocellulose particles with heat transfer particles so as to provide a mixture; heating the heat transfer particles, prior to the mixing, to a temperature between 500° C. and 650° C.; and heating, in a pyrolysis reactor with oxygen excluded, the lignocellulose particles using the heat transfer particles so as to establish a temperature between 400° C. and 600° C. for 1 to 50 seconds and so as to react the lignocellulose particles so as to provide pyrolysis coke, pyrolysis condensate, and pyrolysis gas. | 07-01-2010 |
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| 20090277188 | Heat Exchanger for a Mobile Refrigerated Vehicle - The invention relates to a heat exchanger for a mobile refrigerated vehicle having a tank for liquefied gas comprising a pipe for accepting a flow of a liquefied gas and for the evaporation of at least one part of the liquefied gas, in conjunction with which the pipe, at least in sections, exhibits a longitudinal axis, and the heat exchanger comprises an inlet side for liquefied gas and an outlet side for at least partially evaporated gas, and in conjunction with which the outlet side is connected to an exhaust pipe in such a way as to permit a flow, in conjunction with which the pipe exhibits elements in its interior for the purpose of generating turbulences in the flow or a radial phase separation. The invention is characterized in that, with the help of the elements, the thickness of a gas interface layer on a wall of the pipe, which occurs as a result of vaporization of the gas, is reduced considerably, whereby the efficiency of the heat exchanger is increased considerably. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20100050660 | Refrigerated Vehicle with an External Refrigeration Module and a Refrigeration Method - The invention relates to a mobile refrigerated vehicle comprising a refrigerated chamber housing for at least one refrigerated chamber contained therein, a tank for liquefied gas, an evaporator for the evaporation of the liquefied gas during the delivery of cold to the refrigerated chamber and an exhaust pipe for the evaporated gas, in conjunction with which the evaporator is arranged outside the refrigerated chamber; and a method for refrigerating a refrigerated chamber of a mobile refrigerated vehicle comprising the following process stages: removal of a liquefied gas from a tank and supply of the gas into an evaporator arranged outside the refrigerated chamber; removal of a flow of cooling air to be refrigerated from the refrigerated chamber, evaporation of the liquefied gas in the evaporator and utilization of at least one part of the cold content for the refrigeration of the flow of cooling air; introduction of the refrigerated flow of cooling air into the refrigerated chamber. The invention is characterized in that dependable and efficient refrigeration of products can be achieved in conjunction with particularly high operational reliability and energy-saving. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100251751 | Method for Monitoring the Gas Tightness of a Cooling System for a Refrigerated Vehicle and for Operating the Same and a Cooling System for a Refrigerated Vehicle and a Refrigerated Vehicle - The invention relates to a method for monitoring the gas tightness of a cooling system for a refrigerated vehicle comprising the following steps: recording of a chronological temperature sequence at least at a first point in the cooling system and the determination of any change in the temperature at the first point within a first time interval and comparison of the change with a first reference value and the triggering of a first warning signal in the event that the change exceeds the first reference value; and/or subjecting a line section of the cooling system to a positive pressure and blocking this line section and recording a chronological pressure sequence at least at a first point in the line section and the determination of any change in the pressure in the second point within a second time interval and comparison of the change with a second reference value and the triggering of a second warning signal in the event that the change exceeds the second reference value. The invention also relates to a method for operating a cooling system, a cooling system and a refrigerated vehicle, in conjunction with which use is made of the method according to the invention. The invention is characterized by high operating safety, operating reliability and economic viability. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20110239670 | Method For Managing Access To A Confined Space With Renewal Of The Atmosphere By Means Of Forced Ventilation/Extraction And The Use Of Physical Barriers That Can Be Opened In A Variable And Controlled Manner - A method for managing access to a confined space which is cooled by the direct injection of a cryogenic fluid, comprising at least one system for closing the confined space, which can prevent access to said confined space and can be opened/closed to a variable and controllable degree, and a data acquisition and processing device. The device can: control the open or closed state of the closure system; set and control the degree to which the closure system is open/closed; ensure that a time delay (TP) is respected every time the closure system is closed, after which time delay the injection of cryogenic fluid into the space resumes; and, at the request of a user, implement the cycle for opening the closure system. The device determines the time that has elapsed (TE) in the closed position since the last closure cycle of the closure system and compares TE to TP. If TE=TP the device immediately authorizes the opening of the closure system. If TE>TP the device authorizes the opening of the closure system after a predefined waiting time. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20130055728 | Refrigeration Vehicle and Method for Cooling its Refrigeration Space Using a Low-Temperature-Liquefied Combustible Gas - The present invention relates to a refrigeration vehicle comprising at least one refrigeration space, which can be cooled via at least one supplemental heat exchanger. The supplemental heat exchanger in the refrigeration space is connected to other components, preferably via couplings and flexible lines, establishing a heat exchange loop being able to exchange heat with an evaporator for low-temperature liquefied combustible gas. Moreover the Refrigeration vehicle comprises at least one first vehicle part and one second vehicle part being dividable and wherein the first vehicle part comprises an internal combustion engine and the evaporator for the low-temperature liquefied combustible gas. The refrigeration vehicle in addition comprises a first nitrogen tank for liquid nitrogen and a nitrogen heat exchanger as well as a boil-off device in the first vehicle part for joint storage and/or transportation of low-temperature liquefied combustible gas and liquid nitrogen by keeping the combustible gas cooled in a fuel tank indirectly or directly by the liquid nitrogen. The invention relates, furthermore, to a refrigeration method for refrigerating at least one refrigeration space of a refrigeration vehicle via at least one supplemental heat exchanger. Heat is extracted from the refrigeration space via the supplemental heat exchanger and conducted via a heat exchange loop to an evaporator, for evaporation of low-temperature liquefied combustible gas, especially liquefied natural gas, which is afterwards supplied to an internal combustion engine of the refrigeration vehicle. The present invention is especially suitable for refrigeration transporters operated with natural gas, which are used for the distribution of frozen and chilled goods to retail dealers. In particular the economic employment of a combustion engine operated with natural gas in a transporter, storing the natural gas in the liquid phase, and the combined use of this cold for cooling a refrigeration space is highly advantageous, because the amount of energy needed all in all can be explicitly lowered. Moreover, using the boil-off device in the tractor is particularly advantageous, because a simultaneous, combined filling mode for liquid nitrogen and natural gas at a corresponding filling station unit becomes possible, realizing an extraordinary increase in efficiency. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130061608 | Method for the Refrigerated Transportation of a Stock in a Vehicle Implementing a Liquid Combustible Gas Tank and a Liquid Nitrogen Tank - The present invention relates to a supply station jointly storing a low-temperature-liquefied combustible gas, in particular natural gas, and liquid nitrogen and designed for supplying each component separately or jointly as needed to a vehicle, the supply station being present on the vehicle, the station comprising at least a first storage tank for storing said liquefied combustible gas; and at least a second storage tank for storing said liquid nitrogen and at least one heat-transmitting connection element between the at least one first storage tank and the at least one second storage tank, which connection element is designed so that the combustible gas can be cooled, or can be maintained at a temperature below its boiling point, directly or indirectly by the liquid nitrogen. | 03-14-2013 |
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| 20110185987 | CAST IRON OR ALUMINUM SECTIONAL BOILER - A cast iron or aluminum sectional boiler has essentially annular sections, one front section, one rear section and at least one center section being provided which form a furnace chamber having essentially surrounding heating gas passages, and their annular water compartments are connected to one another via hubs. The sections have one return connection piece and one feed connection piece, one flue spigot as well as at least two anchor rods for holding the section block together. Annular gaps are provided as heating gas passages between each two adjacent sections, and that the heating gas passages are subdivided into a primary section and a secondary section. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20120055420 | SECTIONAL BOILER - A sectional boiler is described as being made of cast iron or aluminum, in particular a condensing boiler, having essentially annular sections, a front section, a cover-shaped rear section and at least one center section being provided, which form a combustion chamber having an essentially surrounding heat exchanger made of a sectional block, whose annular water chambers are connected to one another via at least one hub and which has gap-like heating gas flues, having a return port and a feed port in the upper area and at least two armature rods for holding the sectional block together. The present system is based on the objective of optimizing a sectional boiler made of cast iron or aluminum particularly with respect to compactness and robustness. In the present system, as heating gas flues the heat exchanger respectively has annular gaps between two adjacent sections having a mutually adapted geometry, which respectively run from the combustion chamber approximately radially outward and open into an exhaust gas collection chamber on the outside of the sections, and the individual sections are respectively divided on the heating water side into at least two flow channels. | 03-08-2012 |
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| 20090061627 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A METAL BACKSIDE CONTACT OF A SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT, IN PARTICULAR, A SOLAR CELL - The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a backside contact of a semiconductor component, in particular, of a solar cell, comprising a metallic layer on the backside of a substrate in a vacuum treatment chamber, and the use of a vacuum treatment system for performing said method. Through this method and its use, in particular silicon based solar cells, can be provided with a back contact in a simple manner in a continuous process sequence, wherein the process sequence can be provided particularly efficient and economical, since no handling systems for rotating the substrate are required, and in particular silk screening steps can be dispensed with. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090217872 | BACKSIDE COATING PREVENTION DEVICE, COATING CHAMBER DEVICE FOR COATING PLATE-SHAPED SUBSTRATES, AND METHOD OF COATING - A backside coating prevention device adapted for a coating chamber for coating plate-shaped substrates, said coating chamber comprising a plurality of walls, a coating material source for dispensing coating material into the coating chamber, a substrate support, a front side of the substrate support facing the coating material source, the substrate support being adapted for supporting on the front side one or more plate-shaped substrates each having a substrate front side and thereby defining a substrate front plane, wherein said backside coating prevention device comprises two or more screens, the screens being provided at least two of the walls of the coating chamber, each screen having a protruding member protruding from the respective wall. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090218214 | BACKSIDE COATING PREVENTION DEVICE, COATING CHAMBER COMPRISING A BACKSIDE COATING PREVENTION DEVICE, AND METHOD OF COATING - A backside coating prevention device adapted for a coating chamber for coating plate-shaped substrates is provided, said coating chamber being adapted for coating continuously or discontinuously transported plate-shaped substrates, comprising a front wall having a substrate feeding opening and a rear wall having a substrate discharge opening, a coating material source adapted for dispensing coating material into the coating chamber, and a transport system, a front side of the transport system facing the coating material source, the transport system being adapted for continuously or discontinuously transporting a plurality of plate-shaped substrates along a transport path on the front side of the transport system, wherein said backside coating prevention device is adapted for providing a gas barrier at the front side of the transport system and adjacent to the backsides of the plurality of plate-shapes substrates for preventing backside coating of the plate-shaped substrates. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20100095890 | GAS SUPPLY SYSTEM, PUMPING SYSTEM, COATING SYSTEM, GAS SUPPLY METHOD, AND PUMPING METHOD - A gas supply system | 04-22-2010 |
| 20110104627 | SUBSTRATE TRANSPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A substrate transport system adapted for transporting a substrate moving in a substrate transport direction in a processing chamber is provided. The substrate transport system includes a plurality of transport rollers each having a transport shaft and a transport wheel. The transport shaft and the transport wheel are adapted for supporting the moving substrate. A heating means is arranged between the position of the moving substrate and the transport shaft and is adapted for heating the moving substrate. | 05-05-2011 |
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| 20110003820 | PYRAZOLOPYRIMIDINES, A PROCESS FOR THEIR PREPARATION AND THEIR USE AS MEDICINE - The invention relates to pyrazolopyrimidine derivatives as well as their pharmaceutically acceptable salts. The invention further relates to a process for the preparation of such compounds. The compounds of the invention are mGluR5 modulators and are therefore useful for the control and prevention of acute and/or chronic neurological disorders. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110190342 | GLYCINE B ANTAGONIST - The invention relates to quinoline derivatives as well as their pharmaceutically acceptable salts. The invention further relates to a process for the preparation of such compounds. The compounds of the invention are glycine B antagonists and are therefore useful for the control and prevention of various disorders, including neurological disorders. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110212956 | Pyrazolopyrimidines for treating CNS disorders - Substituted pyrazolopyrimidine derivatives of formula (I) | 09-01-2011 |
| 20120100184 | SYNTHESIS OF 1-AMINO-1,3,3,5,5,-CYCLOHEXANE MESYLATE - Process for manufacturing 1-amino-1,3,3,5,5-pentamethylcyclohexane mesylate comprising step (i):
| 04-26-2012 |
| 20120178742 | METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR MODULATORS - The invention relates to heterocyclic derivatives as well as their pharmaceutically acceptable salts. The invention further relates to a process for the preparation of such compounds. The compounds of the invention are mGluR5 modulators and are therefore useful for the control and prevention of acute and/or chronic neurological disorders. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120220577 | GLYCINE B ANTAGONISTS - The invention relates to naphthalene derivatives as well as their pharmaceutically acceptable salts. The invention further relates to a process for the preparation of such compounds. The compounds of the invention are glycine B antagonists and are therefore useful for the control and prevention of various disorders, including neurological disorders. | 08-30-2012 |