Author: claimsbot

1. Device for extracting at least one gas contained in drilling mud of the type comprising:
an enclosure;
means for conveying the drilling mud into the enclosure;
means for removing the drilling mud from the enclosure;
means for admitting a carrier gas into the enclosure comprising a carrier gas admission pipe, connecting a source of carrier gas to the enclosure, the admission pipe being equipped with a regulating device for regulating the flow of carrier gas circulating in the pipe, and
a gas extraction pipe opening into the enclosure via a gas extraction opening;
characterised in that the means for admitting the carrier gas comprise:
a sensor for measuring an instantaneous pressure which is substantially identical to the pressure inside the enclosure at a point located downstream of the regulating device; and

means for controlling the regulating device which are connected to the sensor in order to control the flow of carrier gas injected into the enclosure via the regulating device at any moment in time as a function of the difference between the pressure measured by the sensor and a specified gas extraction pressure.
2. Device according to claim 1, characterised in that the sensor is located upstream of the extraction opening.
3. Device according to either claim 1, characterised in that the sensor is located in the carrier gas admission pipe.
4. Device according to claim 1, characterised in that the sensor is located in the extraction pipe.
5. Device according to claim 4, characterised in that the extraction pipe comprises a flow regulator, the sensor being located upstream of the flow regulator.
6. Device according to claim 1, characterised in that the regulating device is located close to the enclosure, the admission pipe comprising a downstream section of a length which is greater than zero located between the enclosure and the regulating device.
7. Device according to claim 1, characterised in that the control means comprise means for calculating the difference between the specified extraction pressure and the pressure measured by the sensor, means for comparing the calculated difference from a threshold error value and means for controlling the regulating device as a function of the result obtained by the comparison means.
8. Device according to claim 7, characterised in that the threshold error value is less than 2 mbar.
9. Device according to claim 1, characterised in that the admission pipe comprises a flowmeter.
10. Device according to claim 1, characterised in that the gas extraction pipe is connected downstream to suction means.
11. Assembly for analysing the gases contained in drilling mud, characterised in that it comprises:
an extraction device according to any of the preceding claims;
means for sampling drilling mud which are connected to the transfer means and
analysis means connected to the extraction pipe.
12. Method for extracting at least one gas contained in drilling mud of the type comprising the following stages:
conveying the drilling mud into an enclosure;
admission of a carrier gas into the enclosure via an admission pipe, this admission including regulation of the flow of carrier gas admitted into the enclosure by a regulating device,
gas extraction from the enclosure via an extraction pipe opening in the enclosure via a gas extraction opening, and
removal of the drilling mud from the enclosure;
characterised in that the admission stage comprises:
instantaneous measurement of a pressure substantially equal to the pressure prevailing in the enclosure, at a point located downstream of the regulating device, and
at any moment in time, control of the flow of carrier gas injected into the enclosure through the regulating device as a function of the difference between the pressure measured and a specified gas extraction pressure.
13. Process according to claim 12, characterised in that control of the carrier gas flow comprises the following stages:
calculation of the difference between the specified extraction pressure and the pressure measured by the sensor,
comparison of the calculated difference from a threshold error value; and
control of the regulating device as a function of the result obtained by the said comparison.
14. Process according to claim 13, characterised in that the threshold error value is less than 2 mbar.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:
first and second substrates facing each other and including a plurality of pixel regions, each of the plurality of pixel regions including transmissive and reflective areas;
a plurality of first electric field distorting units repeatedly arranged in the transmissive area, wherein each of the plurality of first electric field distorting units generates a first domain structure;
a plurality of second electric field distorting units repeatedly arranged in the reflective area, wherein each of the plurality of second electric field distorting units generates a second domain structure having less domains than the first domain structure; and
a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates,
wherein the plurality of second electric field distorting units have one of a reversed-T shape, a T shape and an inclined T shape.
2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the first domain structure includes four domains.
3. The device according to claim 2, wherein the second domain structure includes two domains.
4. The device according to claim 3, wherein liquid crystal molecules in the liquid crystal layer of the two domains have different orientational directors from each other about 90 degrees.
5. The device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of first electric field distorting units have two cross shapes combined with each other.
6. The device according to claim 1, wherein the transmissive area includes a plurality of first regions, each including the first electric field distorting unit, and the reflective area includes a plurality of second regions, each including the second electric field distorting unit, and wherein the first region has a same area as the second region.
7. The device according to claim 6, wherein an area of disclination between domains in the second domain structure is less than an area of disclination between domains in the first domain structure.
8. The device according to claim 1, wherein each of the first and second electric field distorting units includes one of a rib shape and a slit shape.
9. The device according to claim 1, wherein each of the first and second electric field distorting units is formed on one of the first and second substrates.
10. The device according to claim 1, wherein the reflective area surrounds the transmissive area.
11. The device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of first electric field distorting units and the plurality of second electric field distorting units are arranged in a column direction.
12. The device according to claim 1, further comprising:
gate and data lines on the first substrate and crossing each other to define the plurality of pixel regions;
a plurality of thin film transistors connected to the gate and data lines;
a plurality of reflectors corresponding to the reflective area;
a plurality of pixel electrodes connected to the plurality of thin film transistors and corresponding the transmissive area; and
a common electrode on the second substrate.
13. The device according to claim 12, wherein the plurality of reflectors are electrically connected to the plurality of pixel electrodes.
14. The device according to claim 12, further comprising a passivation layer interposed between the plurality of reflectors and the plurality of pixel electrodes.

1. A method for recirculating exhaust gas comprising:
operating a power source including at least one cylinder outputting exhaust gas;
reducing an amount of particulates from the exhaust gas using a first aftertreatment device;
compressing at least a portion of the exhaust gas;
sending the compressed reduced-particulate exhaust gas to an intake duct of the power source.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one cylinder of the power source includes at least one first cylinder and at least one second cylinder, the first and the second cylinders having separate intake ducts and separate exhaust ducts, at least one of the intake ducts receiving the compressed reduced-particulate exhaust gas, and at least one of the exhaust ducts outputting the exhaust gas.
3. The method of claim 2, further including:
compressing intake air; and
sending the compressed intake air to at least one of the intake ducts of the first and second cylinders.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein the compressed intake air is sent to the intake ducts of the first and the second cylinders, and the compressed reduced-particulate exhaust gas is sent to the intake duct of the at least one first cylinder.
5. The method of claim 2, further including:
producing exhaust gas including NOx in the at least one first cylinder;
converting at least a portion of exhaust gas from the at least one second cylinder into ammonia; and
combining the exhaust gas including NOx from the at least one first cylinder with the exhaust gas including ammonia from the at least one second cylinder.
6. The method of claim 5, further including reacting the combined exhaust flow with a NOx reducing catalyst.
7. The method of claim 5, further including operating the at least one second cylinder with a near shoichiometric fuel-to-air ratio, and the converting of the at least a portion of the exhaust gas from the at least one second cylinder into ammonia includes reacting the exhaust gas from the at least one second cylinder using an ammonia-producing catalyst.
8. The method of claim 3, further including cooling the compressed intake air before the sending of the compressed intake air to the at least one of the intake ducts of the first and second cylinders.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first aftertreatment device includes at least one of a particulate filter, a regeneration device, and a particulate trap.
10. An exhaust recirculation system comprising:
a power source including at least one cylinder outputting exhaust gas;
a particulate reducing device fluidly connected to at least one exhaust duct of the power source, the particulate reducing device being configured to reduce an amount of particulates in the exhaust gas;
a recirculation compressor configured to receive and compress at least a portion of the exhaust gas; and
an intake duct of the at least one cylinder of the power source being fluidly connected to the recirculation compressor to receive the compressed reduced-particulate exhaust gas.
11. The exhaust recirculation system of claim 10, wherein the at least one cylinder of the power source includes at least one first cylinder and at least one second cylinder, the first and second cylinders having separate intake ducts and separate exhaust ducts, at least one of the intake ducts receiving the compressed reduced-particulate exhaust gas, and at least one of the exhaust ducts outputting the exhaust gas.
12. The exhaust recirculation system of claim 11, further including a recirculation turbocharger including the recirculation compressor and a recirculation turbine driving the recirculation compressor, the recirculation turbine being propelled by exhaust gas from the at least one second cylinder.
13. The exhaust recirculation system of claim 11, further including at least one main compressor for compressing intake air supplied to the power source, the at least one main compressor being fluidly connected to at least one of the intake ducts of the first and second cylinders.
14. The exhaust recirculation system of claim 13, further including a main turbocharger including the at least one main compressor and at least one main turbine, each of the at least one main turbines driving the respective main compressor, the at least one main turbine being propelled by exhaust gas from the at least one first cylinder.
15. The exhaust recirculation system of claim 11, further including an ammonia-producing device for converting at least a portion of the exhaust gas from the at least one second cylinder into ammonia and the at least one first cylinder produces exhaust gas including NOx.
16. The exhaust recirculation system of claim 15, further including a NOx reducing device fluidly connected to at least one exhaust duct of the power source, the NOx reducing device being configured to reduce an amount of NOx in the exhaust gas.
17. The exhaust recirculation system of claim 16, wherein the NOx reducing device is a NOx reducing catalyst that is fluidly connected to the exhaust ducts of the first and second cylinders and receives at least a portion of the exhaust gas from the at least one first cylinder and at least a portion of the exhaust gas from the at least one second cylinder.
18. The exhaust recirculation system of claim 11, wherein the at least one first cylinder is a single cylinder and the at least one second cylinder is a plurality of cylinders.
19. The exhaust recirculation system of claim 13, further including:
a combining device for combining at least a portion of the compressed intake air and the compressed exhaust gas, the combining device being fluidly connected to the at least one intake duct of the at least one first cylinder, the combining device supplying the combined compressed flow to the intake duct of the at least one first cylinder,
an after-cooler fluidly connected to an output of the at least one main compressor, the after-cooler cooling the compressed intake air, and
the combining device being directly and fluidly connected to each of the recirculation compressor and the after-cooler.
20. An exhaust recirculation system comprising:
a power source comprising at least one first cylinder and at least one second cylinder, each of the first and second cylinders outputting exhaust gas, the at least one first cylinder operating under different combustion conditions than the at least one second cylinder, the first and the second cylinders having separate intake ducts and separate exhaust ducts;
an aftertreatment device fluidly connected to at least one exhaust duct of the power source;
at least one recirculation compressor configured to receive and compress at least a portion of the exhaust gas, and
the intake duct of the at least one first cylinder is fluidly connected to the recirculation compressor.
21. The exhaust recirculation system of claim 20, wherein the aftertreatment device includes at least one of a particulate filter, a regeneration device, and a particulate trap.
22. The exhaust recirculation system of claim 20, wherein the aftertreatment device includes a NOx reducing catalyst fluidly connected to the exhaust ducts of the first and second cylinders, the NOx reducing catalyst receiving exhaust gas from the at least one first cylinder and exhaust gas from the at least one second cylinder.
23. The exhaust recirculation system of claim 20, further including an ammonia-producing device for converting at least a portion of the exhaust gas from the at least one second cylinder into ammonia, the exhaust gas from the at least one first cylinder includes NOx.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

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25. A computer-implemented method for providing compartmented, collaborative, integrated, automated analytics to an analyst to provide compartmentalized information among two or more analysts, comprising:
determining the identity of at least one individual analyst, said determining being performed electronically using an electronic computer processor under control of electronically encoded instructions to process electronically electronic data encoding representations of said at least one individual analyst;
associating said at least one individual analyst with at least one project, said project having a set of information compartmentalization requirements, said associating being performed using an electronic computer processor under control of electronically encoded instructions to process electronically electronic data encoding representations of said at least one individual analyst and said information compartmentalization requirements;
selecting an electronically encoded automated analytic, said selecting being performed electronically using an electronic computer processor under control of electronically encoded instructions to process electronically said electronically encoded automated analytic;
providing an electronically encoded compartment manager, said compartment manager being configured to support compartmentalization of information by restricting the access and use of electronically encoded information by said at least one analyst and said at least one automated analytic, according to at least one attribute of said at least one analyst, at least one attribute of said information compartmentalization requirements of said project, or both;
providing under control of said electronically encoded compartment manager electronically encoded information about said compartmentalization requirements of said project to said at least one automated analytic; and
processing said electronically encoded information using said automated analytic while maintaining said compartmentalization requirements, to generate thereby analytical information representing an outcome to said at least one analyst, said processing being performed electronically using an electronic computer processor under control of electronically encoded instructions to process electronically said electronically encoded information.
26. The computer-implemented method of claim 25, further comprising selecting under computer control using an electronic computer processor at least one of said one electronically encoded automated analytics based on an electronically encoded workflow.
27. The computer-implemented method of claim 25, further comprising maintaining under computer control using an electronic computer processor electronically encoded compartmentalization requirements of said project with respect to said generated analytical information.
28. The computer-implemented method of claim 27, wherein said information compartmentalization is based, at least in part, on an attribute of said analyst.
29. The computer-implemented method of claim 28, wherein said attribute of said analyst is specified by said workflow.
30. The computer-implemented method of claim 25, wherein said compartmentalization requirements specify that information be blocked, used opaquely, or used visibly.
31. The computer-implemented method of claim 30, wherein said compartmentalization requirements specify that information is based at least in part on the selected automated analytic.
32. The computer-implemented method of claim 30, wherein said compartmentalization requirements specify that information is based at least in part on at least one analyst attribute.
33. The computer-implemented method of claim 32, wherein said analyst attribute is at least one of an analyst ID, at least one analyst role, or at least one analyst group membership.
34. The computer-implemented method of claim 25, wherein said at least one automated analytic is chosen from the group consisting of MHG Automated Analytic, ACH Automated Analytic, QC Automated Analytic, and IV Automated Analytic.
35. A computer system for providing compartmented, collaborative, integrated, automated analytics to an analyst to provide compartmentalized information among two or more analysts, said system comprising at least one electronic processing device configured to implement:
an electronically encoded, computer executable electronic data processing service configured to determine the identity of at least one individual analyst, said determining being performed electronically using an electronic computer processor under control of electronically encoded instructions to process electronically electronic data encoding representations of said at least one individual analyst;
an electronically encoded, computer executable electronic data processing service configured to associate said at least one individual analyst with at least one project, said project having a set of information compartmentalization requirements, said associating being performed using an electronic computer processor under control of electronically encoded instructions to process electronically electronic data encoding representations of said at least one individual analyst and said information compartmentalization requirements;
an electronically encoded, computer executable electronic data processing service configured to select an electronically encoded automated analytic, said selecting being performed electronically using an electronic computer processor under control of electronically encoded instructions to process electronically said electronically encoded automated analytic;
an electronically encoded, computer executable electronic data processing service configured to provide an electronically encoded compartment manager, said compartment manager being configured to support compartmentalization of information by restricting the access and use of electronically encoded information by said at least one analyst and said at least one automated analytic, according to at least one attribute of said at least one analyst, at least one attribute of said information compartmentalization requirements of said project, or both;
an electronically encoded, computer executable electronic data processing service configured to provide under control of said electronically encoded compartment manager electronically encoded information about said compartmentalization requirements of said project to said at least one automated analytic; and
an electronically encoded, computer executable electronic data processing service configured to process said electronically encoded information using said automated analytic while maintaining said compartmentalization requirements, to generate thereby analytical information representing an outcome to said at least one analyst, said processing being performed electronically using an electronic computer processor under control of electronically encoded instructions to process electronically said electronically encoded information.
36. The computer system of claim 35, further comprising an electronically encoded, computer executable electronic data processing service configured to select under computer control using an electronic computer processor at least one of said one electronically encoded automated analytics based on an electronically encoded workflow.
37. The computer system of claim 35, further comprising an electronically encoded, computer executable electronic data processing service configured to maintain under computer control using an electronic computer processor electronically encoded compartmentalization requirements of said project with respect to said generated analytical information.
38. The computer system of claim 37, wherein said information compartmentalization is based, at least in part, on an attribute of said analyst.
39. The computer system of claim 38, wherein said attribute of said analyst is specified by said workflow.
40. The computer system of claim 35, wherein said compartmentalization requirements specify that information be blocked, used opaquely, or used visibly.
41. The computer system of claim 40, wherein said compartmentalization requirements specify that information is based at least in part on the selected automated analytic.
42. The computer system of claim 40, wherein said compartmentalization requirements specify that information is based at least in part on at least one analyst attribute.
43. The computer system of claim 42, wherein said analyst attribute is at least one of an analyst ID, at least one analyst role, or at least one analyst group membership.
44. The computer system of claim 35, wherein said at least one automated analytic is chosen from the group consisting of MHG Automated Analytic, ACH Automated Analytic, QC Automated Analytic, and IV Automated Analytic.
45. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer-readable program control devices thereof, said computer-readable program control devices being configured to enable a computer to provide compartmented, collaborative, integrated, automated analytics to an analyst to provide compartmentalized information among two or more analysts, by causing said computer to execute computer-controlled, electronically encoded operations comprising:
determining the identity of at least one individual analyst, said determining being performed electronically using an electronic computer processor under control of electronically encoded instructions to process electronically electronic data encoding representations of said at least one individual analyst;
associating said at least one individual analyst with at least one project, said project having a set of information compartmentalization requirements, said associating being performed using an electronic computer processor under control of electronically encoded instructions to process electronically electronic data encoding representations of said at least one individual analyst and said information compartmentalization requirements;
selecting an electronically encoded automated analytic, said selecting being performed electronically using an electronic computer processor under control of electronically encoded instructions to process electronically said electronically encoded automated analytic;
providing an electronically encoded compartment manager, said compartment manager being configured to support compartmentalization of information by restricting the access and use of electronically encoded information by said at least one analyst and said at least one automated analytic, according to at least one attribute of said at least one analyst, at least one attribute of said information compartmentalization requirements of said project, or both;
providing under control of said electronically encoded compartment manager electronically encoded information about said compartmentalization requirements of said project to said at least one automated analytic; and
processing said electronically encoded information using said automated analytic while maintaining said compartmentalization requirements, to generate thereby analytical information representing an outcome to said at least one analyst, said processing being performed electronically using an electronic computer processor under control of electronically encoded instructions to process electronically said electronically encoded information.
46. The computer-readable medium of claim 45 wherein said computer-controlled, electronically encoded operations further comprise selecting under computer control using an electronic computer processor at least one of said one electronically encoded automated analytics based on an electronically encoded workflow.
47. The computer-readable medium of claim 45 wherein said computer-controlled, electronically encoded operations further comprise maintaining under computer control using an electronic computer processor electronically encoded compartmentalization requirements of said project with respect to said generated analytical information.
48. The computer-readable medium of claim 47, wherein said information compartmentalization is based, at least in part, on an attribute of said analyst.
49. The computer-readable medium of claim 48, wherein said attribute of said analyst is specified by said workflow.
50. The computer-readable medium of claim 45 wherein said compartmentalization requirements specify that information be blocked, used opaquely, or used visibly.
51. The computer-readable medium of claim 50, wherein said compartmentalization requirements specify that information is based at least in part on the selected automated analytic.
52. The computer-readable medium of claim 50, wherein said compartmentalization requirements specify that information is based at least in part on at least one analyst attribute.
53. The computer-readable medium of claim 52, wherein said analyst attribute is at least one of an analyst ID, at least one analyst role, or at least one analyst group membership.
54. The computer-readable medium of claim 45 wherein said at least one automated analytic is chosen from the group consisting of MHG Automated Analytic, ACH Automated Analytic, QC Automated Analytic, and IV Automated Analytic.