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20090298685 | WATER ABSORBING AGENT, WATER ABSORBENT CORE USING THE AGENT, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR WATER ABSORBING AGENT - A water absorbing agent of the present invention has an internal crosslinking structure obtained by polymerization of a water-soluble unsaturated monomer. The agent satisfies conditions (a) to (d): (a) the agent contains water-insoluble inorganic particles at an amount of from 10 ppm to 1,900 ppm inclusive; (b) the agent contains 5 mass % or less particles which have such a size that they can pass through a sieve having a mesh opening size of 150 μm; (c) the agent has an absorbency against a pressure of 4.83 kPa (AAP) of 18 g/g or more; and (d) the water-insoluble inorganic particles reside on a surface of the water absorbing resin or near the surface. | 12-03-2009 |
20100062252 | Water absorbing agent, water absorbing article and method for production of water absorbing agent - An object of the present invention is to provide a water absorbing agent having a low amount of residual monomer, small variance of the amount of residual monomer among ranges of particle size distribution and favorable absorption properties, and being sanitary; an absorbing article; and a method for the production of a water absorbing agent. The water absorbing agent of the present invention has the amount of residual monomer of not higher than 500 ppm, and a residual monomer index of not greater than 0.30. The method for the production includes a first step of obtaining a hydrogel polymer by polymerizing an aqueous solution of a monomer including an unsaturated carboxylic acid and/or a salt thereof in the presence of a crosslinking agent; a second step of obtaining a water absorbent resin precursor which is in powder form and includes particles having a particle size of 300 to 850 μm and particles having a particle size of smaller than 300 μm as main components by drying said hydrogel polymer followed by pulverization and classification to adjust the particle size distribution, a third step of obtaining a water absorbent resin by heating a mixture of said water absorbent resin precursor and a surface crosslinking agent, which can form an ester bond around the surface of said water absorbent resin precursor, a fourth step of adding by spraying an aqueous solution that includes a sulfur-containing reducing agent to said water absorbent resin, and a fifth step of subjecting the mixture of the water absorbent resin and said aqueous solution to a heat treatment under an airflow of not lower than 40° C. but not higher than 120° C. | 03-11-2010 |
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20150318501 | PHENOXASILINE BASED COMPOUNDS FOR ELECTRONIC APPLICATION - Organic electronics applications, especially an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), an organic solar cell (organic photovoltaics) or a switching element such as an organic transistor, for example an organic FET (Field Effect Transistor) and an organic TFT (Thin Film Transistor), comprising at least one substituted phenoxasiline derivative, a organic semiconductor layer, a host material, electron/hole/exciton blocking material or electron/hole injection material comprising at least one substituted phenoxasiline derivative, the use of a substituted phenoxasiline derivative in organic electronics applications, an organic light-emitting diode, wherein at least one substituted phenoxasiline derivative is present in the electron/hole/exciton blocking layer, the electron/hole injection layer and/or the light-emitting layer, a light-emitting layer, an electron/hole/exciton blocking layer and an electron/hole injection layer comprising at least one substituted phenoxasiline derivative and a device selected from the group consisting of stationary visual display units, mobile visual display units; illumination units; keyboards; garments; furniture and wallpaper comprising at least one organic light-emitting diode, at least one light-emitting layer, at least one electron/hole/exciton blocking layer and/or at least one electron/hole injection layer according to the present invention. | 11-05-2015 |
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20100026092 | POWER SOURCE SYSTEM, POWER SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD OF POWER SOURCE SYSTEM, POWER SUPPLY CONTROL PROGRAM OF POWER SOURCE SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING POWER SUPPLY CONTROL PROGRAM OF POWER SOURCE SYSTEM RECORDED THEREON - A power source system capable of temporarily increasing the power supply capacity of a power accumulator when an interruptible power source is stopped. Upon receiving stop information of the interruptible power source from an integrated control ECU, a controller reduces an operable voltage that is determined as an output voltage for ending discharge of the power accumulator, outputs the reduced operable voltage from a communication part to the integrated control ECU. The integrated control ECU controls a charge/discharge control device based on the reduced operable voltage, and increases the power supply capacity of the power accumulator. | 02-04-2010 |
20100026244 | POWER SOURCE SYSTEM, POWER SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD FOR THE POWER SOURCE SYSTEM, POWER SUPPLY CONTROL PROGRAM FOR THE POWER SOURCE SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM WITH THE POWER SUPPLY CONTROL PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON - The present invention provides a power source system that increases the power supply capacity of a power source device and continuously supplies the power necessary for a load device when a power source device stops. A control unit has a state quantity setting unit that sets a first target state quantity indicating a state of charge of the power storage device that is to be a target value when charge and discharge of the power storage device are controlled. When the power source device stops, the state quantity setting unit can change the first target state quantity to a second target state quantity that is to be a target value exceeding the first target state quantity and can increase the target state quantity of the power storage device. As a result, when the power source device stops, charge and discharge of the power storage device are controlled on the basis of the target state quantity exceeding that during the operation of the power source device. Therefore, the state of charge of the power storage device can be improved over that during the operation of the power source device. As a result, the power supply capacity of the power source device can be increased and the power necessary for the load device can be continuously supplied, in place of the power source device. | 02-04-2010 |
20100030498 | SECONDARY BATTERY DETERIORATION JUDGING DEVICE AND BACKUP POWER SUPPLY - A secondary battery deterioration judging device is provided with an overdischarge detecting section for detecting the overdischarge of a secondary battery, the deterioration of which is to be judged, a computing section for integrating a value indicating the deterioration of the secondary battery while the overdischarge is detected by the overdischarge detecting section, and a judging section for judging a deterioration state of the secondary battery based on an integration value obtained by the computing section. | 02-04-2010 |
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20110097640 | FUEL CELL STACK AND FUEL CELL USING THE SAME - A fuel cell stack of the present invention includes: a membrane electrode assembly, formed by stacking an anode electrode, a cathode electrode, and an electrolyte membrane interposed between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode; and a sealing structure for preventing a fuel that is supplied to the anode electrode and a gas containing an oxidizer that is supplied to the cathode electrode from leaking in a direction different from a stacking direction of the membrane electrode assembly, and has a configuration where pressing force of the sealing structure on the anode electrode side is set larger than pressing force on the cathode electrode side. There are provided a fuel cell stack having a sealing structure excellent in assembly property and replacement property, and a fuel cell using the same. | 04-28-2011 |
20110121785 | IMBALANCE REDUCTION CIRCUIT, POWER SUPPLY DEVICE, AND IMBALANCE REDUCTION METHOD - An imbalance reduction circuit is configured to include: a temperature-related information acquisition unit for acquiring temperature-related information related to the temperature of a plurality of electric accumulators; a discharge unit for executing an equalization process for discharging the plurality of electric accumulators until terminal voltages of the respective electric accumulators become substantially equal to one another; and an equalization controller for prohibiting the discharge unit from executing the equalization process, when the temperature-related information acquired by the temperature-related information acquisition unit satisfies a low temperature condition that is set as a condition where the discharge performance of the plurality of electric accumulators deteriorates. | 05-26-2011 |
20110143233 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A fuel cell system for optimally controlling an amount and temperature of liquid component stored in a gas-liquid separator, and its control method. The fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, a pump for supplying gas to the fuel cell, a gas-liquid separator for storing a liquid component discharged at least from a cathode side of the fuel cell, a cooler for cooling the stored liquid component, a temperature detector for measuring temperature of liquid component, a liquid level detector for measuring an amount of liquid component, and a controller for controlling a flow rate of gas from the pump and heat discharge by the cooler. The controller controls at least heat discharge by the cooler or a flow rate of gas supplied from the pump based on an output of the temperature detector and an output of the liquid level detector. | 06-16-2011 |
20110165487 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE FLOW RATE OF FUEL SUPPLIED TO A FUEL CELL, FUEL SUPPLY DEVICE, AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM USING THE SAME - In a method for controlling a flow rate of fuel supplied to a fuel cell, a voltage change is examined while the flow rate of the fuel is increased step by step in a state in which a constant current is output. Conversely, when the voltage change becomes small, the flow rate of fuel is reduced step by step. When the voltage change becomes large, the flow rate of the fuel in the previous step is employed. Thus, the flow rate of fuel can be optimized in accordance with an operating state of the fuel cell. | 07-07-2011 |
20110177418 | FUEL CELL STACK AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A fuel cell stack formed by laminating thin end plates, separators, and the like, includes a first side surface and a second side surface parallel to the laminating direction. An anode side end plate has a plane portion on a first side surface. The dimension in the laminating direction of the plane portion is larger than a thickness of one of the end plates in a portion where the end plates sandwich a membrane electrode assembly. The plane portion is provided with a fuel inlet port for taking in fuel from the outside. | 07-21-2011 |
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20120129057 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system has a separation unit for separating gas-liquid mixed fluid discharged from the fuel cell stack. The separation unit has a tank for storing the separated liquid. A pair of metal electrodes is disposed on the side surfaces of the tank opposed to each other. The electrodes are used to measure the amount of the liquid in the tank and also promote the heat dissipation of the liquid in the tank. This can suppress the transpiration of the liquid in the tank and cool the liquid to a temperature suitable for the reuse in the fuel cell stack. | 05-24-2012 |