Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a modular gas chromatograph (10) having a display screen. The gas chromatograph includes an explosion-proof housing (12) and a transparent panel secured to the housing. The display screen is disposed in the housing and is visible through the transparent panel. The gas chromatograph has a plurality of modules, including a feed- through module (14) , an analytical module (16) and a display module containing the display screen. The analytical module is mounted inside the housing and includes a GC module (164) , a manifold module (162) and an electronics module (20) . The analytical module may be removed from the housing as a unit. The GC module includes a column assembly and a printed circuit board, both of which are mounted to a valve assembly. A plurality of electronic devices are mounted to the circuit board. The electronic devices include non-volatile memory, pressure sensors and detector devices.
Abstract:
An improved robot (202b)arrangement for performing predetermined tasks, such as paint finishing, features equipping a robot (202b)with a plurality of manipulatable arms (210and 212), with at least two of the arms performing like operations. Alternatively, a plurality of commonly controlled manipulator arms (210and 212)may be provided by clustering a plurality of conventional single arm robots on a common mounting stand.
Abstract:
The difference between a current dye rate and a retrieved nominal dye rate for a new web color is used in a dye rate change response (boosted to speed color change) to change the dye rate/web color. Historical production dye rate data is accumulated and combined with current dye rate data to determine new color targets or nominal dye rates for web colors to be produced. A retrieved nominal dye rate and a current dye rate are combined using a filter factor, alpha ,(0
Abstract:
A system for use in ac to ac or dc to ac power conversion equipment to detect faults in an inverter when the inverter (18) is in a high impedance mode. The system detects ground faults or cross wiring conditions by converting the inverter outputs to digital signals and evaluating the frequencies of the resulting signals. The system keeps the inverter in the high impedance mode until after it has been determined that neither of the described abnormal statuses exist. The system tests for both of the abnormal statuses on power up and thereafter tests only for a ground fault whenever the inverter switches are disabled.
Abstract:
A system and method for creating, editing, and/or executing a test program for testing a transformer is provided. The system includes an input that allows the user to select the desired test instructions and pre−existing sequences of test instructions to create or edit a test program having a sequence of test instructions. The processor executes the test program by generating commands that are performed in a predetermined order.
Abstract:
Non-linear inductor(s) are used to reduce the percent total harmonic distortion of the harmonics in the line currents in the input side rectifier system of an ac drive system. Several constructions for the non-linear inductor(s) are described. The non-linear inductor(s) may be constructed from E and I laminations. The gap depends on the construction of the middle leg of the E laminations and may have a step with a constant spacing or a variable spacing which depends on the stacking of the laminations. Alternatively the non-linear inductor(s) may be constructed from a toriodal core that either has a step gap or a variable type gap.
Abstract:
There is described a method and apparatus for controlling the combustion by-product formation rate in at least one burner of a fossil fuel fired power plant. The burner has an associated flame scanner which is focused on a small area of the burner flame to obtain an image signal of the flame. A flame signal that represents properties of temporal combustion in the visible light spectrum of the burner is generated from the image signal. Combustion turbulence at the burner is analyzed from the flame signal by a dynamic invariant that has a relationship to the combustion by-product values and different combustion by-product levels at the burner and the combustion turbulence is correlated to the combustion by-product formation rate at the burner.The method and apparatus can also be used to correlated the combustion turbulence at a multiplicity of burners to the associated combustion by-product formation rate.
Abstract:
A method of making various insulated conductor sizes during a transformer coil winding process by slitting and bonding insulating sheet materials (30) and a foil sheet conductor (42) into a composite foil conductor/insulation (44). The conductor/insulation composite (44) is made by folding the composite into a substantially U-shaped length which has a central portion between two leg portions (32, 34) and folding the leg portions (32, 34) of the "U" inwardly to a position substantially parallel to the central portion of the "U" to bring the free ends (38a, 40a) of the leg portions into opposing relation. This method provides a folded insulated foil conductor (44) having a two-conductor thickness surrounded by the overall insulation. Provision is also made for increasing the cross-sectional area of the conductor (42).
Abstract:
A high efficiency power conditioner interfaces a load to a fuel cell (10) that produces a low voltage that varies with the load. A dc-to-ac inverter (16) operates with a low voltage input provided by a dc bus (14). When a positive step load change occurs, a low voltage battery (22) provides power equal to the step change until the fuel cell (10) is able to provide enough power to support the entire load. The power from the battery (22) is supplied to the varying dc bus (14) through a boost converter (12). This boost converter allows full control of the battery power, so that the power drawn from the fuel cell can be gradually increased as the ability of the fuel cell to provide the full required load power is gradually increased. When very large positive load step changes occur, the battery can feed power to the dc bus through diode D1, rather than through the boost converter.
Abstract:
A local power distribution device monitoring and control system wherein the local power distribution device monitoring and control system monitors the local power distribution device operating status. A dedicated embedded web sever maps the local power distribution device operating status information onto displayable pages and transmits the information to a utility control center using TCP/IP protocol.