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Provided is a DC-DC converter with improved power conversion efficiency. A transistor which is incorporated in the DC-DC converter and functions as a switching element for controlling output power includes, in its channel formation region, a semiconductor material having a wide band gap and significantly small off current compared with silicon. The transistor further comprises a back gate electrode, in addition to a general gate electrode, and a back gate control circuit for controlling a potential applied to the back gate electrode in accordance with the output power from the DC-DC converter. The control of the potential applied to the back gate electrode by the back gate control circuit enables the threshold voltage to decrease the on-state resistance when the output power is high and to increase the off-state current when the output power is low.

A chemical reaction apparatus includes a solid body which has an outer surface, and in which at least one flow path which allows a chemical medium to flow is formed. This body has a heating element which heats the chemical medium in the flow path to accelerate a chemical reaction of the chemical medium, and a heat radiation preventing film which covers at least a portion of the outer surface of the body, and prevents radiation of heat generated by the heating element from a portion of the outer surface.

A connecting passage is formed inside a cylinder head, which extends rearward from an exhaust passage and connects to the exhaust passage. The connecting passage branches inside the cylinder head into two branch passages, which open at a rear end face of the cylinder head, respectively. An opening portion, one of opening portions of the branch passages, connects to an EGR cooler, and another opening portion, the other of opening portions of the branch passages, connects to a bypass pipe. Accordingly, the exhaust gas recirculation device of an engine which can restrain the device from being improperly large sized, providing the EGR cooler and the bypass pipe, can be provided.

The invention discloses a lightweight energy-saving paint and its preparation method. The paint provided by the invention comprises the following components of: by weight, 45-55 parts of corundum hollow spheres, 20-30 parts of a lightweight filling material, 5-10 parts of fiber, 15-20 parts of a binder and 0-5 parts of an additive. The lightweight energy-saving paint prepared in the invention has characteristics of good fluidity, high strength, low thermal conductivity, strong adhesive force, high refractoriness, good chemical stability, strong corrosion resistance and the like, can be used for the surface coating of high temperature pipelines, thermal equipment and hearth inside and outside parts to effectively inhibit heat radiation and calorific loss, and can be used for spraying and coating the internal and external surfaces of various concrete structures and steel structure buildings so as to save energy, insulate sound and prevent fire.

Provided is a DC-DC converter with improved power conversion efficiency. A transistor which is incorporated in the DC-DC converter and functions as a switching element for controlling output power includes, in its channel formation region, a semiconductor material having a wide band gap and significantly small off current compared with silicon. The transistor further comprises a back gate electrode, in addition to a general gate electrode, and a back gate control circuit for controlling a potential applied to the back gate electrode in accordance with the output power from the DC-DC converter. The control of the potential applied to the back gate electrode by the back gate control circuit enables the threshold voltage to decrease the on-state resistance when the output power is high and to increase the off-state current when the output power is low.

A refrigeration apparatus uses a refrigerant that operates in a supercritical range. The refrigeration apparatus includes a compression mechanism, a heat source-side heat exchanger, an expansion mechanism, a usage-side heat exchanger, a switching mechanism, an intercooler, a bypass tube, and an injection tube. The switching mechanism is configured to switch between cooling and heating operation states. When the switching mechanism is switched to the cooling operation state to allow refrigerant to flow to the heat source-side heat exchanger and a reverse cycle defrosting operation for defrosting the heat source-side heat exchanger is performed, the refrigerant is caused to flow to the heat source-side heat exchanger, the intercooler and the injection tube. After the defrosting of the intercooler is detected as being complete, the bypass tube is used so as to ensure that the refrigerant does not flow to the intercooler and the injection valve is controlled so that the opening degree is increased.

A non-volatile memory element includes a lower electrode, an upper electrode, a recording layer arranged between the lower electrode and the upper electrode and containing a phase change material, and a bit line directly arranged on the upper electrode. The bit line is formed to be offset to the recording layer. With this arrangement, a contact area between the recording layer and the upper electrode and a contact area between the upper electrode and the bit line can be reduced without providing an interlayer insulation film between the upper electrode and the bit line. Thus, heat radiation to the bit line can be suppressed while the upper electrode and the bit line are connected without using a through-hole.

The invention relates to a nanophase ceramics heat insulation film, comprising a heat insulation film main body, wherein the heat insulation film main body comprises at least two layers of composite films, one layer is a heat insulation layer which is a nanophase ceramics heat insulation layer made of nanophase ceramics materials, the outer side of the nanophase ceramics heat insulation layer is provided with a scratching resistance layer, and the scratching resistance layer is the outmost layer of the heat insulation film. The preparation method of the nanophase ceramics heat insulation film comprises the following steps: selecting base materials; evenly coating the heat insulation layer containing the nanophase ceramics particles on the base material; drying; coating one projection layer on one side of the heat insulation film main body, and arranging one layer of heating resistance layer on the other side; drying; coating the scratching resistance layer on the projection layer; coating a safe base layer on the heating resistance layer; drying; coating a gluing layer on the safe base layer in a pressure sensing mode; coating a releasing layer on the gluing layer; and drying. According to the nanophase ceramics heat insulation film, the strength and the service life of a carrier can be improved and prolonged.

A refrigeration apparatus uses supercritical range refrigerant, and includes a multi-stage compression mechanism, a heat source-side heat exchanger, a usage-side heat exchanger, a switching mechanism switchable between cooling and heating operation states, an intermediate heat exchanger integrated with the heat source-side heat exchanger, and an intermediate heat exchanger bypass tube connected to the intermediate refrigerant tube so as to bypass the intermediate heat exchanger. The intermediate heat exchanger is connected to an intermediate refrigerant tube to draw refrigerant discharged from the first-stage compression element into the second-stage compression element, and functions as a cooler of the refrigerant discharged from the first-stage compression element and drawn into the second-stage compression element. The intermediate heat exchanger bypass tube ensures that refrigerant does not flow to the intermediate heat exchanger when a reverse cycle defrosting operation is performed.

The invention provides a method for improving temperature gradient in a high-temperature tension sample of a heat expansion phase change instrument. The method is characterized in that one of following methods is improved in the tension test process: a clamp is prepared from austenitic stainless steel to replace the existing clamp to test; or, a U-shaped heat isolation sleeve and a fixed screw heat isolation ring are arranged at the contact part of the sample clamping end and the clamp to completely isolate the clamp, the fixed screw and the tension sample through the U-shaped heat insulation sleeve and the fixed screw heat isolation ring, and the clamp is prepared from austenitic stainless steel to replace the existing clamp to test. The method has the advantages that the austenitic stainless steel is used as the clamp preparation material and the ceramic fiber sheet is used as the heat isolation sleeve and the heat isolation sleeve, so that the heat radiation and heat conduction of high-temperature objects and low-temperature objects are effectively inhibited; the operation is easy, the detachment and installation of the sample are convenient, and the material stability is guaranteed.

A heat storage tank 10 comprises a plastic container 11 for storing engine cooling water, an inflow pipe 30 and an outflow pipe 31 communicating with the interior of plastic container 11 and formed to project from plastic container 11, and a heat-insulating layer 13 arranged to cover the whole periphery of plastic container 11 to insulate the heat of the engine cooling water in plastic container 11. Heat-insulating layer 13 is arranged to cover the roots of pipes 30, 31. Therefore, the heat radiation of the engine cooling water from the bases of pipes 30, 31 can be suppressed thereby preventing a reduction in heat insulation effect.

A preform of injection-molded PET has a body wall thickness of 3.0-4.5 mm. The preform is high-temperature mold-released from an injection cavity mold and an injection core. Pre-blowing of the preform is restricted at 5±0.5 seconds after the mold release, at a temperature of 112-117° C. of the pre-blow mold, and for a pre-blowing time of 0.5-1.0 second. Air blowing is applied to expand only the body of the preform. Stretch blow molding is performed restrictively at 3-4 seconds after the mold release from the pre-blow mold, at a temperature of 103-107° C. of the blow mold, and for an air blowing time of 6-9 seconds, thereby stretch blow molding the preform into a bottle and simultaneously heat setting to impart heat resistance to the bottle.

A single-crystal manufacturing apparatus comprising at least: a main chamber configured to accommodate a crucible; a pulling chamber continuously provided above the main chamber, the pulling chamber into which a grown single crystal is pulled and accommodated; a gas inlet provided in the pulling chamber; a gas flow-guide cylinder downwardly extending from a ceiling of the main chamber; and a heat-insulating ring upwardly extending from a lower end portion of the gas flow-guide cylinder with a diameter of the heat-insulating ring increased so as to surround an outside of the gas flow-guide cylinder, wherein at least one window is provided in a region between 50 and 200 mm from a lower end of the gas flow-guide cylinder, and an opening area of the window accounts for 50% or more of a surface area of the region between 50 and 200 mm from the lower end of the gas flow-guide cylinder.

A fuel cell stack includes a lower end plate for placing a stack body on the lower end plate, a load plate for applying a load to the stack body in a stacking direction, and a fuel cell support member provided between the load plate and the stack body. The fuel cell support member includes composite layers made of composite material of alumina fiber and vermiculite. The fuel cell support member includes a first support section for applying a load to sandwiching sections at a position corresponding to electrolyte electrode assemblies, and a second support section for applying a load to reactant gas supply sections in the stacking direction. The density of the first support section is smaller than the density of the second support section.

The invention relates to an insulating coating for an electrical heating pipe of an electric water heater. The insulating coating is composed of a polyester imide resin, silicone rubber, mineral wool insulation fibers, silicon nitride, alumina, titanium dioxide and a solvent. The insulating coating provided by the invention has outstanding overall performance such as heat resistance; a thermal conductivity is 0.03 W / m.K; thermal insulation inhibition efficiency can reach about 90%; and thermal radiation and heat dissipation of a high temperature object and a low temperature object can be inhibited. Experiments show that when being used at a temperature of 250 DEG C + / -20 DEG C, the insulating coating composition does not crack or fall for 300 h, and has high flexural strength as high as 10 MPa.

A non-volatile memory element includes a lower electrode, an upper electrode, a recording layer arranged between the lower electrode and the upper electrode and containing a phase change material, and a bit line directly arranged on the upper electrode. The bit line is formed to be offset to the recording layer. With this arrangement, a contact area between the recording layer and the upper electrode and a contact area between the upper electrode and the bit line can be reduced without providing an interlayer insulation film between the upper electrode and the bit line. Thus, heat radiation to the bit line can be suppressed while the upper electrode and the bit line are connected without using a through-hole.

A non-volatile memory element includes a lower electrode, an upper electrode, a recording layer arranged between the lower electrode and the upper electrode and containing a phase change material, and a bit line directly arranged on the upper electrode. The bit line is formed to be offset to the recording layer. With this arrangement, a contact area between the recording layer and the upper electrode and a contact area between the upper electrode and the bit line can be reduced without providing an interlayer insulation film between the upper electrode and the bit line. Thus, heat radiation to the bit line can be suppressed while the upper electrode and the bit line are connected without using a through-hole.

An electrically heated catalyst device is equipped with a carrier that supports a catalyst, a pair of electric diffusion layers that are formed opposite each other on an outer peripheral face of the carrier, wiring members that are fixed to the electric diffusion layers respectively, an outer cylinder that covers an outer peripheral face of the carrier and that has, in a lateral face thereof, an opening portion through which the wiring member is pulled out to the outside, and a wiring accommodation chamber that is provided protrusively from the outer cylinder to accommodate the wiring member pulled out from the outer cylinder. The carrier is electrically heated via the wiring member. The wiring accommodation chamber is equipped with a heat radiation suppression portion for suppressing the radiation of heat from the wiring member.

A thermal head includes a glass layer having a protruding section formed on one surface and a concave groove section formed on the other surface facing the protruding section, a heat generation resistor provided on the protruding section, and a pair of electrodes provided to both sides of the heat generation resistor, and a part of the heat generation resistor exposed between the pair of electrodes is defined as a heat generation section, the protruding section has a smaller curvature radius in both sides than a curvature radius in a central portion, and a width of the groove section is one of equal to and larger than a length of the heat generation section.

A device for driving capacitive light emitting elements includes a plurality of electrical charge recovery switches that send a current corresponding with an electrical charge, which has accumulated in a capacitor, individually to a plurality of drive electrodes connected to the respective capacitive light emitting elements. The electrical charge recovery switches also supply a current corresponding with the electrical charge that has accumulated in each of the capacitive light emitting elements to the capacitor individually via each of the drive electrodes. The driver device also includes a plurality of output buffers that apply a pixel-data-dependent voltage to the drive electrodes. It is determined, for each drive electrode, whether the voltage of the drive electrode has shifted from a high voltage to a low voltage or from a low voltage to a high voltage on the basis of the pixel data. If the voltage shift has occurred on the drive electrode concerned, the associated electric charge recovery switch is set to the ON state over a predetermined period. If no voltage shift has occurred, the electrical charge recovery switch is set to the OFF state.

A refrigeration apparatus uses a refrigerant that operates in a supercritical range. The refrigeration apparatus includes a compression mechanism, a heat source-side heat exchanger, an expansion mechanism, a usage-side heat exchanger, a switching mechanism, an intercooler which functions as a cooler of refrigerant discharged from a first-stage compression element of the compression mechanism and drawn into a second-stage compression element of the compression mechanism, and an intercooler bypass tube. The switching mechanism is configured to switch between cooling and heating operation states in which refrigerant is circulated differently. When a defrosting operation for defrosting the heat source-side heat exchanger is performed, refrigerant flows to the heat source-side heat exchanger and the intercooler. After defrosting of the intercooler is detected as being complete, the intercooler bypass tube is used to ensure that the refrigerant does not flow to the intercooler.

A rechargeable battery includes: an electrode assembly; a case housing the electrode assembly, the case comprising a side wall and having a case opening; a terminal coupled to the electrode assembly; a lead tab coupled between the terminal and the electrode assembly, the lead tab comprising a cell fuse; and a thermal insulation member at a portion of the lead tab adjacent the case opening and another portion of the lead tab adjacent the side wall.

The invention provides a solar energy distillation apparatus. The solar energy distillation apparatus comprises a liquid holding structure, a photothermal conversion structure, a condensation structure, and a liquid collection structure. The liquid holding structure includes an accommodating cavity. The accommodating cavity is for accommodating a liquid to-be-distilled. The photothermal conversionstructure is disposed in the liquid holding structure. The photothermal conversion structure is a multilayer spiral cone structure. The photothermal conversion structure includes a permeable base layer and a photothermal material layer with laminated arrangement with the permeable base layer. The photothermal material layer is configured to absorb light energy to heat the liquid to-be-distilled absorbed by the permeable base layer to vapor. The condensation structure is disposed in a steam flow direction for condensing the vapor into distilled water. The liquid holding structure is disposed adjacent to the condensation structure. The liquid collection structure is used to collect the distilled water.

A fuel cell includes separators sandwiching electrolyte electrode assemblies. Each of the separators includes a fuel gas supply section, four first bridges extending radially outwardly from the fuel gas supply section, sandwiching sections connected to the first bridges, and flow rectifier members provided between adjacent sandwiching sections. A fuel gas supply passage extends through the center of the fuel gas supply section. Each of the sandwiching sections has a fuel gas channel and an oxygen-containing gas channel. The flow rectifier members rectify the flow of the oxygen-containing gas supplied from the oxygen-containing gas supply passage to the electrolyte electrode assemblies.

A chemical reaction apparatus includes a solid body which has an outer surface, and in which at least one flow path which allows a chemical medium to flow is formed. This body has a heating element which heats the chemical medium in the flow path to accelerate a chemical reaction of the chemical medium, and a heat radiation preventing film which covers at least a portion of the outer surface of the body, and prevents radiation of heat generated by the heating element from a portion of the outer surface.

Provided is a DC-DC converter with improved power conversion efficiency. A transistor which is incorporated in the DC-DC converter and functions as a switching element for controlling output power includes, in its channel formation region, a semiconductor material having a wide band gap and significantly small off current compared with silicon. The transistor further comprises a back gate electrode, in addition to a general gate electrode, and a back gate control circuit for controlling a potential applied to the back gate electrode in accordance with the output power from the DC-DC converter. The control of the potential applied to the back gate electrode by the back gate control circuit enables the threshold voltage to decrease the on-state resistance when the output power is high and to increase the off-state current when the output power is low.

A thermal head includes a glass layer having a protruding section formed on one surface and a concave groove section formed on the other surface facing the protruding section, a heat generation resistor provided on the protruding section, and a pair of electrodes provided to both sides of the heat generation resistor, and a part of the heat generation resistor exposed between the pair of electrodes is defined as a heat generation section, the protruding section has a smaller curvature radius in both sides than a curvature radius in a central portion, and a width of the groove section is one of equal to and larger than a length of the heat generation section.

A device for driving capacitive light emitting elements includes a plurality of electrical charge recovery switches that send a current corresponding with an electrical charge, which has accumulated in a capacitor, individually to a plurality of drive electrodes connected to the respective capacitive light emitting elements. The electrical charge recovery switches also supply a current corresponding with the electrical charge that has accumulated in each of the capacitive light emitting elements to the capacitor individually via each of the drive electrodes. The driver device also includes a plurality of output buffers that apply a pixel-data-dependent voltage to the drive electrodes. It is determined, for each drive electrode, whether the voltage of the drive electrode has shifted from a high voltage to a low voltage or from a low voltage to a high voltage on the basis of the pixel data. If the voltage shift has occurred on the drive electrode concerned, the associated electric charge recovery switch is set to the ON state over a predetermined period. If no voltage shift has occurred, the electrical charge recovery switch is set to the OFF state.