Abstract:
A fuel system for an energy conversion device includes a deoxygenator system with a multitude of flow impingement elements which are interleaved to provide a fuel channel with intricate two-dimensional flow characteristics. The flow impingement elements break up the boundary layers and enhance the transport of oxygen from the core of the of the fuel flow within the fuel channel to the oxygen permeable membrane surfaces by directing the fuel flow in a direction normal to the oxygen permeable membrane. The rapid mixing of the relatively rich oxygen core of the fuel with the relatively oxygen-poor flow near the oxygen permeable membrane enhances the overall removal rate of oxygen from the fuel. Because this process can be accomplished in fuel channels of relatively larger flow areas while maintaining laminar flow, the pressure drop sustained is relatively low.
Abstract:
In one embodiment, a presenter device may determine displayed windows of applications, and may provide individual window sharing selectability (e.g., shared or unshared), as well as entire application sharing selectability (shared, unshared, or neither). In particular, the entire application sharing selectability takes priority over individual window sharing selections (i.e., all windows of shared applications are shared and all windows of unshared applications are unshared). Based on individual window sharing selections and entire application sharing selections, a set of presenter device windows that are to be shared with the attendee devices may be determined, as well as a set of unshared windows that are not to be shared with the attendee devices, and the presenter device may share the set of shared windows with the attendee devices, without sharing the set of unshared windows.
Abstract:
A heat exchanger includes one or more passages and one or more metal foam sections adjacent the passage to promote an exchange of heat relative to the passage. The metal foam section includes a nominal thermal conductivity gradient there though to provide a desirable balance of heat exchange properties within the metal foam section.
Abstract:
A control method for logical strips based on a multi-channel solid-state non-volatile storage device is provided. The method includes the following processing steps. In Step 1, a storage space of every channel is partitioned into a plurality of storage units of equal size. In Step 2, at least one logical strip is set by which the storage units with discrete physical addresses across a plurality of channels are organized into a continuous logical space. In Step 3, during data reading/writing operation, the data is divided according to a size of each local strip, the divided data is mapped to the storage units of every channel, and a parallel reading/writing operation is performed across the channels. This method may increase the efficiency of reading and writing operations of the storage device and prolong the operating life span of the device.
Abstract:
A method for managing blocks in a flash memory is provided, which includes dynamic and static block managing methods. In the dynamic block managing method, a blank block is selected as a swap block for write operation. During each write operation, new data and/or original data in an object block to be operated are written into the swap block, and the object block is erased. Then, a logical address of the object block is changed to be a logical address of the swap block, so that the object block served as the swap block for a next write operation. In the static block managing method, a variable seed parameter is set. Different values of the seed parameter are each associated with a logical address of a respective flash memory block. When the value of the seed parameter varies, data in the flash memory block and the swap block associated to the value of the seed parameter are exchanged, so that the flash memory block associated to the value of the seed parameter becomes the swap block for the next write operation.
Abstract:
A fuel system for a propulsion system includes a fuel deoxygenating device and a catalytic module containing catalytic materials. The fuel deoxygenating device removes dissolved oxygen from the fuel to prevent formation of insoluble materials that can potentially foul the catalyst and block desirable catalytic reactions that increase the usable cooling capacity of an endothermic fuel.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to compounds of Formula I: wherein A is (CH2)m-Q-(CH2)n, wherein each CH2 may be independently substituted with one or more substitution selected from the group consisting of: hydroxy, halo, alkoxy, lower alkyl, amino, aminoalkyl, alkylamino, alkenyl, and alkynyl; B is a 5 or 6 membered heteroaryl, or aryl, optionally saturated, or optionally substituted with R1, R2, or R12; X is selected from the group consisting of: N and C; and Y and Z are independently selected from the group consisting of: N, C, CH, CR3, S, and O; compositions comprising such compounds, intermediates thereof, methods of making such compounds, and methods for treating cancer, inflammation, and inflammation-associated disorders, such as arthritis.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to substituted pyrazolyl derivatives, compositions comprising such, intermediates, methods of making substituted pyrazolyl derivatives, and methods for treating cancer, inflammation, and inflammation-associated disorders, such as arthritis.
Abstract:
A sulfur scrubbing method and structure is operable to remove substantially all of the sulfur present in an undiluted oxygenated hydrocarbon fuel stock supply which can be used to power an internal combustion engine or a fuel cell power plant in a mobile environment, such as an automobile, bus, truck, boat, or the like, or in a stationary environment. The fuel stock can be gasoline, diesel fuel, or other like fuels which contain relatively high levels of organic sulfur compounds such as mercaptans, sulfides, disulfides, thiophenes, and the like. The undiluted hydrocarbon fuel supply is passed through a desulfurizer bed which is provided with a high surface area nickel reactant, and wherein essentially all of the nickel reactant in the scrubber bed reacts with sulfur in the fuel stream, so as to remove sulfur from the fuel stream by converting it to nickel sulfide on the scrubber bed. The desulfurized organic remnants of the fuel stream continue through the remainder of the fuel processing system in the fuel cell power plant, or through the internal combustion engine. The desulfurizer bed is preferably formed from a high surface area ceramic foam monolith, the pores of which are coated with the high surface area nickel reactant. The use of the foam monolith combined with the high surface area of the reactant, enables essentially 100% of the nickel reactant to come into contact with the fuel stream being desulfurized. The scrubber bed can also be formed from high surface area nickel coated alumina pellets, from a high surface area nickel coated ceramic extrusion, from high surface area nickel pellets, and from high surface area nickel extrudates.