Food freezer and corresponding method of exhausting freezing gas

    公开(公告)号:EP3444547A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-20

    申请号:EP18151539.6

    申请日:2018-01-12

    发明人: BOYLES, Scott

    IPC分类号: F25D3/11

    摘要: In order to overcome the limitations and problems that earlier apparatus have experienced, a food freezer (10; 110) is proposed, comprising:
    - a first housing (14; 114) having a first chamber (16; 116) arranged internally within for providing a freezing gas (20) to a food product (18; 118) within the first chamber (16; 116);
    - a second housing (28; 128) having a second chamber (30; 130) arranged internally within and being in fluid communication with the first chamber (16; 116) for exhausting the freezing gas (20) from the first chamber (16; 116);
    - an adjustable opening (38) disposed at an, in particular common, wall (36; 136a, 136b) between the first chamber (16; 116) and the second chamber (30; 130) for controlling a flow of the freezing gas (20) moving from the first chamber (16; 116) to the second chamber (30; 130), the adjustable opening (38) disposed to provide a flow path for the flow of the freezing gas (20) to a region of the second chamber (30; 130) for exhaust from said second chamber (30; 130) to an area external to the first housing (14; 114) and second housing (28; 128); and
    - a pressure curtain (31; 131) comprising the exhaust and disposed at the second chamber (30; 130) to prevent atmosphere from the area external to the first housing (14; 114) and second housing (28; 128) from entering said housings (14, 28; 114, 128).
    A related method of exhausting freezing gas (20) is also proposed.

    COMBINED APPLICATION OF OXYGEN ENRICHMENT AT CLAUS UNITS AND ALSO AT RESPECTIVE INCINERATOR FOR REDUCTION OF CO EMISSION

    公开(公告)号:EP3375509A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-19

    申请号:EP17020101.6

    申请日:2017-03-14

    CPC分类号: C01B17/0456 B01D53/52

    摘要: The present invention relates to a process for providing elemental sulphur from a sour gas comprising hydrogen sulphide and at least one oxidizable carbon compound, wherein the process comprises the steps of: a Claus process step, wherein the sour gas is oxidized in presence of a first oxidant stream with a oxygen content of at least 21 % (v/v), wherein a part of the hydrogen sulphide is converted to sulphur dioxide, the at least one carbon compound is at least partly converted to carbon monoxide, and the sulphur dioxide is reacted with the remaining hydrogen sulphide yielding elemental sulphur and a tail gas comprising carbon monoxide, and an incineration step, wherein the tail gas is oxidized in presence of a second oxidant stream, wherein the carbon monoxide is converted to carbon dioxide, and wherein the second oxidant stream is characterized by an oxygen content of at least 21 % (v/v).

    METHOD FOR PROVIDING A WEARABLE DEVICE, METHOD FOR PREDICTING AN ACUTE EXACERBATION AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING AN ACUTE EXACERBATION

    公开(公告)号:EP3370175A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-05

    申请号:EP17159181.1

    申请日:2017-03-03

    IPC分类号: G06F19/00 A61B5/00

    摘要: The present invention pertains to a method for selecting a wearable device for remotely monitoring a patient with a chronic disease, in particular a COPD patient, the method comprising the steps of:
    - specifying a plurality of patient groups (A 1 ,...,A N ), wherein each of the patient groups (A 1 ,...A N ) is defined by at least a set of status parameters of the patient's current health status and/or the patient's clinical history data;
    - assigning each of the patient groups (A 1 ,...,A N ) to a respective set of monitoring parameters (P N,1 ,...,P N,L );
    - for each of the patient groups (A 1 ,...,A N ), selecting at least one wearable device (14) that includes measurement sensors for remotely measuring at least one of the monitoring parameters (P N,1 ,..., P N,L ) of the respective set of monitoring parameters (P N,1 ,...,P N,L ) of the patient group (A 1 ,...,A N ).
    The invention also includes a method and a system for predicting an acute exacerbation of a health condition of a patient with a chronic disease using the selected wearable device for remote measuring of the monitoring parameters, in order to analyse the measured parameter values and to produce a warning signal if a probability of acute exacerbation exceeds a predetermined value.