scholarly journals Patent landscape of not-in-kind active cooling technologies between 1998 and 2017

2021 ◽  
pp. 126507
Author(s):  
Renaldi Renaldi ◽  
Nicole D. Miranda ◽  
Radhika Khosla ◽  
Malcolm D. McCulloch
2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jay P. Kesan ◽  
Alan C. Marco ◽  
Richard Miller

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 207-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dario Gianfranco Frisio ◽  
Vera Ventura

Background: RNA interference (RNAi) is an innovative technique for plant improvement based on naturally occurring mechanisms which show great potential because of their high specificity and possibility to be applied through innovative methods of topical application in plants. This specific innovation sector is worth analysing from the economic perspective given the great potentiality of RNAi-based plants and products to support modern agriculture in reaching the goals for the improvement of agri-food chains global sustainability. This paper aims to evaluate the global landscape of RNAi innovation by analysing patent data as indicators of innovation output. Methods: We revised all patents relating to RNAi in plants based on a dataset of roughly seven thousand patent families. The analysis classified inventions according to a set of variables able to characterise the dynamics of innovation (i.e. public/private ownership, type of plants involved, main traits) while the use of concentration indices provided insights into the evolution of this sector. Results: Results revealed that RNAi is a technique with promising future applications, able to provide solutions to a great variety of agricultural issues and principally developed by the US and Chinese applicants, whereas European innovation capacity in this field appears to be limited. Conclusion: The innovation landscape of plant breeding is rapidly evolving and RNAi technique is probably going to play a major role in this field.


Author(s):  
Christina Karavasili ◽  
Angelos Gkaragkounis ◽  
Dimitrios G. Fatouros

Author(s):  
Simon Züst ◽  
Florentina Pavliček ◽  
Ludger Josef Fischer ◽  
Lukas Weiss ◽  
Konrad Wegener
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Lubricants ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Nico Buchhorn ◽  
Michael Stottrop ◽  
Beate Bender

In tilting-pad journal bearings (TPJB) with a non-flooded lubrication concept, higher maximum pad temperatures occur than with a flooded bearing design due to the lower convective heat transfer at the pad edges. In this paper, we present an approach to influence the thermal behavior of a five-pad TPJB by active cooling. The aim of this research is to investigate the influence of additional oil supply grooves at the trailing edge of the two loaded pads on the maximum pad temperature of a large TPJB in non-flooded design. We carry out experimental and numerical investigations for a redesigned test bearing. Within the experimental analysis, the reduction in pad temperature is quantified. A simulation model of the bearing is synthesized with respect to the additional oil supply grooves. The simulation results are compared with the experimental data to derive heat transfer coefficients for the pad surfaces. The experimental results indicate a considerable reduction of the maximum pad temperatures. An overall lower temperature level is observed for the rear pad in circumferential direction (pad 4). The authors attribute this effect by a cooling oil carry-over from the previous pad (3). Within the model limits, a good agreement of the simulation and experimental results can be found.


NANO ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 01 (02) ◽  
pp. 101-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
LINDA L. LEE ◽  
CASEY K. CHAN ◽  
MICHELLE NGIAM ◽  
SEERAM RAMAKRISHNA

Touted as the technological revolution of the 21st century, nanotechnology has already been the topic of numerous publications, patents and news stories. While the commercial applications of nanotechnology are still relatively few, they are beginning to attract the attention of the commercial sector. For successful commercialization of this emerging technology, patent protection is imperative. Patents are publicly available documents forming a rich repository of current knowledge. By a systematic method of collecting, organizing and analyzing these publicly available documents, valuable information can be distilled about the activities and opportunities within this emerging field. As this field is rapidly progressing, this paper provides a summary of current patent issues in nanotechnology, an overview of nanotechnology patent analyses and the latest update of the current landscape of nanotechnology patents.


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