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A system, method, and apparatus for identifying and authenticating the presence of high value assets at remote location includes associating an identification tag with the asset. The identification tag includes identification information that can be electronically read and sent to a remote location for verifying the authenticity of the asset.

The invention relates to an intelligent monitoring system for a boiler and a heat exchange station and a method thereof, which belong to the technical fields of production monitoring and security management. The system comprises a main system in a central control room, a plurality of boiler monitoring subsystems which are respectively connected with the main system in the central control room and a plurality of heat exchange station monitoring subsystems. The method comprises the following steps: parameters and video signals on site are collected and transmitted in real time and transmitted to a host machine in the central control room after being converted and compressed; the host machine carries out comprehensive processes of intelligent analysis, dynamic display, prewarning and warning and management for the received signals and transmit control commands to the monitoring subsystems to carry out control; and the monitoring subsystems can be cooperated with the central room to carry out monitoring or independently carries out monitoring to realize automatic control. The invention can realize real-time and dynamic intelligent control, prewarning and warning, security management and automatic monitoring for a large boiler or a boiler group and a heating network system and has the advantages of energy saving, consumption reduction, comprehensive analysis, safety, stability and economic operation.

An optical modulation element array includes: a substrate and optical modulation elements two-dimensionally arranged in a first direction and a second direction, the first direction being perpendicular to the second direction, and at least a portion of the end of the hinge is disposed in a gap between optical modulation elements next to each other in the first direction, the optical modulation elements next to each other in the first direction is located next to the optical modulation elements having the end of the hinge, in the second direction.

Methods and devices for distraction osteogenesis are disclosed employing an energy storage device and a controlled release of energy to provide a separating force. For example, bone expansion devices can include a first anchor element attachable to a first segment of bone, a second anchor element attachable to a second segment of bone, and an actuator for applying a separating force between the first and second anchor elements. The actuator can include a potential energy storage device and a controller for releasing energy from the energy storage device to provide the separating force.

The invention describes a new method for treating sludge, which can result in the production of high nitrogen organically-augmented inorganic fertilizer that incorporates municipal sludges or biosolids or organic sludges that can compete with traditional fertilizers such as ammonium phosphate, ammonium sulfate and urea on the commodity fertilizer marketplace. The method takes advantage of the thixotropic property of dewatered biosolids or organic sludge to create a pumpable paste-like material from the biosolids or organic sludge that is then treated with an oxidizer to reduce odorant effects and an acid. This mix is then interacted with concentrated sulfuric and or phosphoric acids and an ammonia source or alternatively a hot or molten melt or salt of ammonium sulfate / phosphate to form a fertilizer mix. The present invention controls the heat, atmospheric pressure and retention time of the fertilizer mix in the reaction vessel. When a fertilizer melt is formed ammoniation is subsequently completed by the specific use of vaporized ammonia. The invention can also be an add-on to commercial production of ammonium salts. The fertilizer produced by the present invention contains more than 8 wt. % nitrogen and preferably 15 wt. % nitrogen. The invention is oriented to be tailored to the biosolids production for individual municipal waste treatment plants in order to keep the fertilizer manufacturing plants of the present invention small with a minimization of logistics and liability.

A lighting assembly can include a linear light module with one or more LED light elements, where a length of the light module is greater than a width of the light module. An elongate socket removably receives the linear light module therein. The socket includes a locking mechanism actuatable to releasably and resiliently lock the linear light module in the socket via actuation of one or more levers.

A lighting assembly can include a linear light module with one or more LED light elements, where a length of the light module is greater than a width of the light module. An elongate socket removably receives the linear light module therein. The socket includes a locking mechanism actuatable to releasably and resiliently lock the linear light module in the socket via actuation of one or more levers.

A method for monitoring a state associated with a support node is provided that includes receiving one or more communication flows from a first support node, the first support node communicating a message to a second support node that propagates through a loadbalancer. Activity associated with the second support node is then monitored. The method also includes removing one or more communications tunnels associated with the second support node when the second support node does not respond to the message communicated by the first support node.