Dow Agrosciences LLC

Simmonds Precision Products, Inc.

Kidde Technologies Incorporated

Corteva Agriscience LLC

Praxair S.t. Technology, Inc.

Nouryon Chemicals International B.v.

Dow Argosciences LLC

Citrix Systems, Inc.

Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.v.

Akzo Nobel Surface Chemistry LLC

Lei Liu

Stephen L Wilson

David George Ouse

Raymond E Boucher, Jr

Holger Tank

Mei Li

Kuide Qin

Hiteshkumar Dave

James Edwin Dripps

James D Thomas

Margaret S Kempe

Hong Zhang

Richard Kevin Mann

James Michael Gifford

Brandon Matthew Downer

Min Zhao

Robert J Ehr

Martin Charles Logan

Alex Williams

Hui Shao

Mark Sherwood Miller

Dale C Schmidt

Thomas H Kalantar

Rajesh Goyal

Samantha Armisen

Chloe Moreau

John M Atkinson

Qiang Zhang

Doris Kwok

Douglas J Linscott

Kevin Mayer

Darryl J DeWitt

Nicholas Fradette

Alex Kennedy

Raymond E Boucher

Michael Anthony Lynch

Radoslaw Romuald Zakrzewski

Klin Aloysius Rodrigues

Mike P Tolley

Shawn Zhu

Ashish Batra

Stefan Coreth

Toshiya Ogawa

Kerrm Y Yau

James Kent Knapp

Jinxia Susan Sun

Robert J Norris

Kenneth Bell

Derek J Hopkins

Yi-hsiou Huang

Mark Alexander

Greg Powels

Melissa Gail Olds

Deborah G Shatley

J Todd Mathieson

Anne Austin

Maria E Rodriguez Rosas

Faraz Abbasi

Klin A Rodrigues

Phil O

Miriam Tudyk

Mini Jan

Randal Bradley Page

Kyle M Bruce

Miriam Burkhart

Melissa Hays

Alan E Haack

Nicola Stagg

T Craig Blewett

Åndrea C McVeigh-Nelson

T Blewett

Margaret Sue Kempe

Stephen Lewis Wilson

Michael P Tolley

Aendrea Mcveigh-Nelson

Raymond Boucher

Cao Lei

Yeping Liu

Yi-Hsiou Huang

Tc Blewett

Franklin Keeney

Spray drift during the application of an aqueous mixture of glyphosate and an auxinic herbicide is reduced by incorporating certain tertiary amine or tertiary amine oxide surfactants into the aqueous solution or mixture to be sprayed.

Amine and amine oxide surfactants for controlling herbicide spray drift

Methods and compositions for improving the compatibility of aqueous herbicide solutions containing at least one of a water soluble salt of an aryloxyalkanoic acid, a water soluble salt of a pyridyloxyalkanoic acid, and a water soluble salt of glyphosate, and optionally &#x2264;16% of one or more fertilizers, such as ammonium sulfate, by adding certain polymeric crystallization inhibitors are provided.

Compositions and methods for improving the compatibility of water soluble herbicide salts

The mixture of certain amine salts of glyphosate and 2,4-D allows the preparation of high-strength liquid compositions containing up to greater than 450 gae/L of total active ingredient loading if the pH is adjusted to about 6.0 to about 8.0. Compositions are particularly well-suited for application to crops that are resistant or tolerant to both glyphosate and 2,4-D.

High-strength, herbicidal compositions of glyphosate and 2,4-D salts

Spray drift during the application of agricultural chemicals is reduced by incorporating a self-emulsifiable ester into the liquid to be sprayed.

Controlling spray drift of pesticides with self-emulsifiable esters

Disclosed is an optical fiber overheat detection testing apparatus including an optical fiber having a first end and a second end, the optical fiber having a predetermined length associated with a predetermined attenuation based on an overheat detection instrument loop. The apparatus includes a first interrupt disposed equidistant between the first end and the second end defining a first half of the optical fiber and a second half of the optical fiber, the first half and the second half having equal length, the first interrupt having a first actuator operable by a first electric current to attenuate light wave traversal of the optical fiber. The apparatus includes a second interrupt disposed on the first half and spaced from the first end at least six tenths of a meter, the second interrupt having a second actuator operable by a second electric current to attenuate light wave traversal of the optical fiber.

Overheat testing apparatus for optical fiber

Disclosed is an optical fiber overheat detection testing apparatus. The apparatus includes an optical fiber having a first end and a second end, the optical fiber having a predetermined length associated with a predetermined attenuation based on an overheat detection instrument loop. The apparatus includes a first fiber Bragg grating disposed on the optical fiber having a first wavelength spectrum based on a first temperature detection apparatus. The apparatus includes a second fiber Bragg grating disposed on the optical fiber having a second wavelength spectrum based on at least one of a plurality of overheat detection apparatuses.

A system configured to monitor temperature in a plurality of zones of an aircraft includes an optical fiber with first and second ends, first and second connectors, and a first interrogator. The optical fiber includes a plurality of fiber Bragg gratings disposed in the optical fiber. The first connector is disposed on the first end of the optical fiber and the second connector is disposed on the second end of the optical fiber. The first interrogator is connected to the first connector and includes an optical switch. The optical switch is in optical communication with the first connector of the optical fiber and is configured to selectively block transmission of the optical signal to the optical fiber.

Method to isolate individual channels in a multi-channel fiber optic event detection system

A method for detecting and determining a location of an overheat condition includes producing a narrowband optical signal with a laser source and optical pulse generator. The optical signal is sent into the optical fiber. A plurality of reflected optical signals is received. Reflection intensities are detected using a photodetector. The reflection intensities are compared with a triggering threshold. Response times of the reflected optical signals are recorded whenever the reflection intensity of the optical signals is greater than the triggering threshold. The narrowband optical signal is adjusted to another wavelength. An anomaly reflected optical signal is identified using a characteristic of the timings obtained through a range of wavelengths. The location of the overheat condition recorded response times is calculated. The location and existence of the overheat condition is communicated.

Overheat detection using a fiber bragg gratings array by time-of-flight

Overheat and fire detection for aircraft systems includes at least one temperature sensing fiber optic cable. The at least one fiber optic cable is comprised of a plurality of modular fiber optic cables. The plurality of modular fiber optic cables includes at least one sensing and one non-sensing section. Portions of the at least one temperature sensing fiber optic cable can be removed and replace with separate modular fiber optic cables.

Modular sensing fiber optic cables

Half salts of certain synthetic auxin herbicides are provided. These half salts are useful for controlling unwanted plant growth. The half salts have low solubility in water, low volatility relative to commercial compositions of the corresponding synthetic auxin herbicides, and offer comparable herbicidal performance when compared to existing salts of the synthetic auxin herbicides.

Compositions and methods related to half salts of herbicidal carboxylic acids

Safener complexes comprising cloquintocet acid, or a salt thereof, and an amine-containing polymer or oligomer as well as compositions comprising these safener complexes are provided. Also provided are methods of controlling undesirable vegetation in a crop, comprising applying to vegetation or an area adjacent to the vegetation or applying to soil or water to prevent the emergence or growth of the undesirable vegetation in a crop, a safened herbicidal composition comprising a herbicide and a safener complex comprising cloquintocet acid, or a salt thereof, and an amine-containing polymer or oligomer.

Complexes of cloquintocet and amine-containing polymers or oligomers

A method for obtaining a baseline for detecting rotating stall using localized information already included within the frequency spectrum. Namely, ratiometric measures, i.e., quadratic coefficients obtained from weighted quadratic regression of sub-synchronous spectrum and/or information obtained through peak detections, are used to detect rotating stall. These ratiometric measures are configured to isolate changes caused by rotating stall from those caused by other operational conditions. As a result, new baseline information can be established to more reliably characterize a system, such as a system with associated turbines or compressors. Empirical or statistical approaches can be combined to automate the process of obtaining a new baseline and to detect rotating stall.

Rotating stall detection through ratiometric measure of the sub-synchronous band spectrum

A method for estimating rotational speed of a system includes receiving vibrational data from a sensor, estimating a speed from the vibrational data to create estimated speed data, and filtering the estimated speed data through an adaptively weighted filter to minimize incorrect speed estimation.

Speed estimation systems

A method for monitoring for a surge condition includes detecting a surge condition through vibration signals measured at at least one location in a turbomachine. Detecting a surge condition includes determining a ratio-metric indicator Rby comparing a blade frequency band &#x3a9;to a reference frequency band &#x3a9;. Detecting a surge condition includes calculating a surge score SS with the following equation: wherein Ris a sample mean of a set of ratio-metric indicators and Ris a sample standard deviation of a set of ratio-metric indicators. Detecting a surge condition includes determining whether a surge condition exists based on the surge score.

Systems and methods for monitoring surge conditions

A method for determining an operational condition of a vibratory system, comprising receiving vibration signals from one or more sensors associated with the vibratory system preprocessing the vibration signals to remove known noise to create a preprocessed signal, processing the preprocessed signal in both a time domain and a frequency domain to create time domain data and frequency domain data, respectively, and fusing the time domain data and the frequency domain data to determine the existence of abnormal operations.

Vibration monitoring systems

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