Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for CVD on a substrate under atmospheric pressure, characterized in that it is assisted by a very-high-frequency plasma generated by a field applicator with an elongated conductor of the micro-ribbon or hollow conducting line type. The invention also relates to the use thereof for applying an electrically conductive inorganic layer on elements of vehicle bodywork, particularly the bumpers.
Abstract:
A section of pipe, for a device for treating a gas by exciting the latter by way of incident microwave radiation suitable for producing a surface-wave plasma in the gas, including a discharge tube made of dielectric material intended to pass through the device in a region for concentrating the incident radiation. The tube comprises, over at least part of its length, a double wall.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for the dry surface treatment of at least one metal surface portion, according to which the portion is treated at a pressure close to atmospheric pressure by a gaseous treatment atmosphere comprising excited or unstable species and substantially devoid of electrically charged species, obtained from a primary gaseous mixture and if necessary an adjacent gaseous mixture, the primary gaseous mixture being obtained at the gas outlet of at least one device for the production of excited or unstable gaseous species, in which an initial gaseous mixture comprising an inert gas and/or a reducing gas and/or an oxidizing gas has been converted, the adjacent mixture not having passed through the device.
Abstract:
An intelligent control system for directing a process for curing parts made of fiber-reinforced composite material in an autoclave. The system uses data gathered during the curing processing to calculate repetitively the temperature of the autoclave required to establish and maintain a predetermined cure temperature. The system accounts for heat generated by the exothermal reaction of the resin during polymerization. The control recalculates an optimal autoclave temperature at periodic intervals during the cure cycle on the basis of temperature data from the part being cured and temperature within the autoclave. The optimal autoclave temperature is determined from calculated values representing resin heat, maximum offset, lag time and degree of cure of the resin. Control signals produced by a computer that executes control algorithms stored in electronic memory accessible to the processor cause corresponding changes in the temperature of the autoclave needed to cure the part without overheating and in less time than with a conventional autoclave temperature control.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for destroying effluents issuing from a reactor, the said effluents being transported through at least one pump towards plasma means capable of destroying at least certain bonds in the molecules of the PFC or HFC type between the fluorine and the other elements of these molecules of the PFC or HFC type, in order to generate first species which are then converted to second gaseous, liquid or solid species before interaction of these second species with dry or wet purifying means. According to the invention, at least one reducing agent is injected upstream and/or downstream of the plasma, but upstream of the purifying means, in order to react with the first species created.
Abstract:
The invention relates to viable and stable probiotic formulations for intestinal targeting made of microspheres comprising each a core of one or more probiotic bacteria, microcrystallline cellulose with a degree of polymerization from 165-365 and mean diameter from 45 to 180 μm, a disintegrant and a stabilizer, the core being coated with a non-enteric coating and further coated with an enteric coating. Each probiotic microsphere has a residual moisture level of less than 5% and a water activity (aw) between 0.1 and 0.5. Such a probiotic microsphere shows no reduction in viable bacteria after one hour in simulated gastric fluid. The present invention also relates to the process of preparing such formulation.
Abstract:
A process for producing disilane from monosilane comprising introducing monosilane into a reaction zone in which the monosilane is subjected to an electric discharge generated by a high frequency current. The monosilane is mixed with at least one inert gas selected from the group consisting of helium and argon. The pressure of the gaseous mixture in the reaction zone is between 0.1 and 3 bar, and the gaseous mixture is contacted in the reaction zone under electric discharge with a wall cooled to a temperature which is sufficiently low for the saturation vapor pressure of the disilane to be negligible, but not low enough for the monosilane to condense at the working partial pressure. Apparatus for conducting this process is provided.
Abstract:
Mixing power laser apparatus, comprising a generator of a flow of excited nitrogen (1), and structure (6; 19) to introduce a flow of CO.sub.2 into the flow of excited nitrogen. The generator (1) is of the cold corona electric discharge type operating at a pressure greater than 0.3.times.10.sup.5 Pa, and is coupled to a waveguide (2) with mirrors (3, 4) opposed along a principal direction of the waveguide. For use particularly in cutting material.
Abstract:
A power laser has a cavity (2) delimited at its opposite ends by a first partially transmitting window (3) and a second reflecting window ( 4). The first window (3) is constituted by at least one diamond wafer (5) with uncoated flat parallel surfaces, having a controlled thickness whose variations do not exceed 0.2 micron. The diamond wafer (5; 6) is mounted in an annular support (9; 10) of material which is a good heat conductor and is provided with a cooler (11; 12). The window (3) can comprise two parallel wafers (5.sub.A, 5.sub.B) of diamond separated by a calibrated distance (14) which is an uneven multiple of .lambda./4n, .lambda. being the laser wavelength and n the index of refraction of the medium between the wafers. Or the second window (4) can also be constituted by a diamond wafer (6) with a reflective metallic coating (60). A sweeping gas can be blown over the internal surface of at least one of the windows.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a system for treating gases such as PFC or HFC with plasma, comprising: (6) pumping means (6) whereof the outlet is at a pressure substantially equal to atmospheric pressure, plasma generator (8), at the pump output, to produce a plasma at atmospheric pressure.