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20110082591 | REMOTE MANAGEMENT OF STORAGE FACILITIES - Systems and methods for remote management of storage facilities are disclosed herein. One aspect of the invention is directed toward a central management system including a server, and several managed facilities. Each facility is operated by at least one programmable logic controller (PLC), which gathers data regarding the operation of the facility and stores the data locally at the facility or sends the data back to the server. The server is configured to respond to requests from known web browsers to provide near real-time information to users concerning the storage facility. | 04-07-2011 |
20120012092 | AUTO CURE VARIABLE FAN DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - Methods and systems for controlling air characteristics for storage facilities. A controller and temperature sensors can detect an external temperature and compare it to a reference temperature. Depending on the relationship between the external temperature and the reference temperature (e.g. warmer or colder) the controller can initiate a burner, open an air intake, and operate fans to achieve desirable conditions within the facility efficiently. | 01-19-2012 |
20120102986 | REVERSE CYCLE DEFROST METHOD AND APPARATUS - Systems and methods for refrigerating crops and other goods and for defrosting a refrigeration system. A refrigerant is circulated between a condenser and a refrigerator to cool air in the refrigerator. Heat is removed from the refrigerant at the condenser. Periodically the cycle of refrigerant and air can be reversed to melt frost in the refrigerator. Frost can be detected by a sensing mechanism and the refrigerant and air cycles can be reversed in response to detecting the frost. The frost can be removed quickly without removing the goods from the refrigerant. | 05-03-2012 |
20140260027 | ENVIRONMENTALLY CONTROLLED STORAGE FACILITY FOR POTATOES AND OTHER CROPS - Facilities for storing large quantities of potatoes, other tubers, vegetables, produce, and/or other crops are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a facility configured in accordance with the present technology circulates air from a pile of potatoes into one or more ceiling cavities above the potatoes to warm ceiling panels. Aspects of this embodiment can reduce undesirable water formation on the potatoes. | 09-18-2014 |
20140272046 | ENVIRONMENTALLY CONTROLLED STORAGE FACILITY FOR POTATOES AND OTHER CROPS - Facilities for storing large quantities of potatoes, other tubers, vegetables, produce, and/or other crops are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a facility configured in accordance with the present technology circulates air from a pile of potatoes into one or more ceiling cavities above the potatoes to warm ceiling panels. Aspects of this embodiment can reduce undesirable water formation on the potatoes. | 09-18-2014 |
20150173381 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR APPLYING DECAY INHIBITORS TO POST-HARVEST CROPS IN STORAGE FACILITIES - Methods and systems for applying peracetic acid and/or other decay inhibitors to post-harvest crops stored in controlled atmosphere storage facilities are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of applying a decay inhibitor includes forming an aerosol of particles comprising peracetic acid and directing at least a portion of the aerosol into a controlled atmosphere storage facility to provide a substantially uniform distribution of the decay inhibitor over the crops stored therein. | 06-25-2015 |
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20090112079 | TEXTILE-BASED ELECTRODE - Textile-based electrodes include a fabric portion having stretch-recovery non-conductive yarns and an electrically conductive region having stretch-recovery electrically conductive yarn filaments. The electrodes can further include float yarns and can be configured in a textured or ribbed construction. When incorporated into a garment, the electrodes can be used to monitor biophysical characteristics, such as the garment wearer's heart rate. | 04-30-2009 |
20090139601 | FUNCTIONAL ELASTIC COMPOSITE YARN, METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME AND ARTICLES INCORPORATING THE SAME - A functional elastic composite yarn comprises an elastic member that is surrounded by at least one functional covering filament(s). The functional covering filament has a length that is greater than the drafted length of the elastic member such that substantially all of an elongating stress imposed on the composite yarn is carried by the elastic member. The elastic composite yarn may further include an optional stress-bearing member surrounding the elastic member and the functional covering filament. | 06-04-2009 |
20090159149 | SURFACE FUNCTIONAL ELECTRO-TEXTILE WITH FUNCTIONALITY MODULATION CAPABILITY, METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME, AND APPLICATIONS INCORPORATING THE SAME - A surface functional electro-textile fabric incorporates energy-active, electrically conductive or optically conductive fibers and nonconductive fibers in a woven or knitted textile fabric. The weave or knit pattern is selected so as to form floats of the electrically conductive fibers on at least one surface of the electro-textile fabric. The electro-textile fabric can be incorporated into an antenna structure that interacts with high frequency electromagnetic radiation, particularly in the frequency range of DC to 100 GHz. | 06-25-2009 |
20100094146 | BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD HAVING AN EXTENDED OPTICAL RANGE - A system and method for monitoring blood pressure of a wearer has an inflatable arm cuff that is selectably inflatable to differing air pressures that incorporates a fabric having both a light transmission property and a light reflection property when the fabric is illuminated with light having wavelength(s) in the range from about 400 to about 2200 nanometers. A radiation source and a detector are attached to the fabric in relative positions such that the reception of incident radiation by the detector is directly affected by a change in the amount of light transmitted through the fabric relative to the amount of light reflected by the fabric as the fabric stretches in response to motion in the body of a wearer due to changes in the flow of blood through an artery disposed beneath the fabric occurring in consonance with variations in the air pressure within the inflatable cuff. | 04-15-2010 |
20110288394 | TEXTILE-BASED ELECTRODE - Textile-based electrodes include a fabric portion having stretch-recovery non-conductive yarns and an electrically conductive region having stretch-recovery electrically conductive yarn filaments. The electrodes can further include float yarns and can be configured in a textured or ribbed construction. When incorporated into a garment, the electrodes can be used to monitor biophysical characteristics, such as the garment wearer's heart rate. In addition, two garments with textile based electrodes are disclosed. First, a wrist band for use with a cardiac patient remote monitoring system includes two fabric layers with integral textile-based electrodes. The skin contacting surface of the band includes a conductive region formed as a continuous ring or stripe. A connector links the conductive region to a lead to a device. Second, an infant garment includes textile based electrodes at the torso region and optionally at other regions in order to monitor the infant's biophysical characteristics as the garment is worn. | 11-24-2011 |
20130042659 | ALIPHATIC POLYESTER POLYOLS FROM CYCLOHEXANE OXIDATION BYPRODUCT STREAMS AS PRECURSORS FOR POLYURETHANE AND POLYISOCYANURATE POLYMERS - The invention provides polyester polyol compositions and resin blends, useful as components of polyurethane and polyisocyanurate polymers, produced from cyclohexane oxidation reaction byproducts, such as water extracts and non-volatile distillation residues from the reaction. Such byproducts of industrial processes for preparation of adipic acid and caprolactam, important intermediates in the production of various types of nylon, have hitherto largely been used only as fuels. The present invention provides value-added products, methods for making, and methods for using the byproduct-derived polyester polyol compositions. For example, the invention provides polyurethane (PU) and/or polyisocyanurate (PIR) polymers made using the polyol compositions and polyfunctional isocyanates. The PU and PIR polymers can be used as adhesives, binders (e.g., for wood fibers), coatings (e.g., for controlled release fertilizers), and foams. | 02-21-2013 |
20130143730 | METAL-LIGAND CATALYST FORMATION - As described herein, nickel treated with sulfur provides a surprisingly effective source of nickel atoms for generating nickel-phosphorus-containing ligand complexes useful as hydrocyanation catalysts. | 06-06-2013 |
20130144082 | NICKEL FORM FOR PREPARATION OF CATALYTIC NICKEL-LIGAND COMPLEXES - A novel nickel particulate form is provided that efficiently forms a zero-valent nickel complex with a phosphorus-containing ligands in an organic liquid to form a hydrocyanation catalyst. Particles in the nickel particulate form comprise nickel crystallites. For example, the nickel particulate form can have a BET Specific Surface Area of at least about 1 m | 06-06-2013 |
20150175433 | CORROSION CONTROL IN AMMONIA EXTRACTION BY AIR SPARGING - The present invention relates to reduction of corrosion. The present invention includes a method of decreasing corrosion during ammonia extraction. The method includes performing a process to extract ammonia using ammonia extraction equipment. The ammonia extraction equipment includes an ammonia absorber, an ammonia desorber, and an aqueous solution. The aqueous solution includes an acid or an ammonium salt thereof. The method also includes sparging an oxygen-containing gas into the solution in the ammonia absorber, the ammonia desorber, or therebetween. The invention also provides a system that can perform the method. | 06-25-2015 |
20150183649 | AMMONIA RECOVERY WITH PURGE FOR CORROSION CONTROL - The present invention relates to reduction of corrosion. The present invention includes a method of decreasing corrosion during ammonia extraction. The method includes performing a process to extract ammonia using ammonia extraction equipment. The ammonia extraction equipment includes an ammonia absorber, an ammonia desorber, and an aqueous solution. The aqueous solution includes an acid or an ammonium salt thereof. The method also includes purging at least part of the aqueous solution. The purged part of the aqueous solution includes at least one corrosion-promoting ion. The method also includes adding a replacement aqueous solution to the aqueous solution. The replacement aqueous solution has a reduced concentration of the at least one corrosion-promoting ion as compared to the purged part of the aqueous solution. The invention also provides a system that can perform the method. | 07-02-2015 |
20150196900 | NICKEL FORM FOR PREPARATION OF CATALYTIC NICKEL-LIGAND COMPLEXES - A novel nickel particulate form is provided that efficiently forms a zero-valent nickel complex with a phosphorus-containing ligands in an organic liquid to form a hydrocyanation catalyst. Particles in the nickel particulate form comprise nickel crystallites. For example, the nickel particulate form can have a BET Specific Surface Area of at least about 1 m | 07-16-2015 |
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20160059200 | MULTIPLE HEAT-TRANSFER MEDIA - The present invention relates to methods, systems, and apparatus for making polyamides having at least two heat-transfer media. The method includes heating a first flowable heat-transfer medium, to provide a heated first flowable heat-transfer medium. The method includes transferring heat from the heated first flowable heat-transfer medium to a second flowable heat-transfer medium, to provide a heated second flowable heat-transfer medium. The method also includes transferring heat from the heated second flowable heat-transfer medium to at least one polyamide-containing component of a polyamide synthesis system. | 03-03-2016 |
20160060395 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR THE RECOVERY OF WATER FROM A POLYAMIDE SYNTHESIS PROCESS - The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for manufacturing a polyamide. The method can include obtaining, from a reservoir, an aqueous solution comprising a dicarboxylic acid, a diamine, and water having a substantially liquid phase; concentrating the aqueous solution including transforming a portion of the water having a substantially liquid phase to water having a substantially gaseous phase; condensing the water having a substantially gaseous phase into condensed water having a substantially liquid phase; removing at least one impurity from at least one of the condensed water having a substantially liquid phase and the water having a substantially gaseous phase to produce cleaned water having a substantially liquid phase; and reusing the cleaned water having a substantially liquid phase. The system can include, among other things, a reservoir; an evaporator assembly, in fluid communication with the reservoir; a condensation assembly, in fluid communication with the evaporator assembly; a collection assembly; and a conduit network. | 03-03-2016 |
20160068633 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR THE RECOVERY OF WATER FROM A POLYAMIDE SYNTHESIS PROCESS - The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for recovering water from a condensation reaction of at least one carboxylic acid and at least one diamine to make polyamide. The method can include obtaining, from an evaporator, an aqueous mixture comprising a partially polymerized polyamide and at least one of a carboxylic acid and diamine; passing the aqueous mixture through a tubular reactor comprising subjecting the aqueous mixture to a temperature and pressure sufficient to further polymerize the partially polymerized polyamide by condensation of the carboxylic acid and diamine, thereby producing water having a substantially gaseous phase; passing the water having a substantially gaseous phase into a rectification column thereby removing one or more of a diamine, a carboxylic acid and polyamide to provide purified water having a substantially gaseous phase; and condensing the purified water having a substantially gaseous phase into purified water having a substantially liquid phase. The system can include, among other things, a tubular reactor, a rectification column, a condensation assembly, and a conduit network. | 03-10-2016 |