All The Claims

1. Programmable logic controller (PLC) provided with a private operating system that does not support the TCPIP protocol but is adapted to automation programs and is equipped firstly with at least one intelligent module (MM, UC) in which an HTTP server is installed, and also a communication module (MC) that can be connected to remote equipment (C) through a bus, characterized by the fact that the intelligent module (MM, UC) is provided with an application programming interface (TCP API) that makes it possible to use connection and communication (TCP) functions of the TCPIP type of communication module (MC), from a remote location.
2. Logic controller according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that the communication module (MC) comprises a Server delegation service that an application in a module MM can use to delegate opening and management of a server connection to the TCPIP network to the said module MC, a client delegation service that an application in a module MM can use to delegate the MC module opening and management of a client connection on the TCPIP network, a Multicast delegation service enabling an application of an MM module to delegate opening and management of a Multicast connection on the TCPIP network to module MC, and a transcoding and routing service that can encode requests originating from the previous services using one of the protocols supported by the private communication bus, in order to route them towards intelligent modules and to decode requests from intelligent modules and route them to the delegation services.
3. Logic controller according to claim 1 or 2, characterized by the fact that the application programming interface (TCP API) comprises functions that behave in a manner similar to the functions with the same names in the libc library of the gnu c compiler but with additional arguments to encode information so that it can be transported on the private communication bus (BP) and can be interpreted by delegated services of the communication module (MC) and switch messages from the said interface (TCP API) on the private communication bus (BP).
4. Logic controller according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized by the fact that the first call to a function sends a request to the delegated service of the communication module (MC) and initializes a status block transferred as a parameter, in order to guarantee asynchronism between the application in the communication module (MM) and delegated services in the communication module (MC), and by the fact that subsequent calls with the same status block are used to retrieve function return parameters, a message being sent to the intelligent module (MM) when a function is terminated in the module (MC).

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 system comprising:
memory storing site specific geographical location information of a plurality of sites in an area;
a receiving system that receives coordinate information from a device;
an identification system that identifies which one of the sites of the area that the device is located based on a predetermined association of the received coordinate information and said stored site specific geographical location information; and
an output system that outputs the site specific geographical location information of the identified site.
2. The system as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:
a coordinate retrieval system that obtains coordinate information at the device; and
a transmission system that transmits the obtained coordinate information from the device.
3. The system as set forth in claim 2, further comprising a request system that requests the coordinate retrieval system to obtain the coordinate information of the device and the transmission system to transmit the coordinate information of the device.
4. The system as set forth in claim 1, wherein coordinate information comprises a longitude, a latitude, and an altitude of the device.
5. The system as set forth in claim 1, the identification system further comprises:
a site information retrieval system that obtains information about the identified one of the plurality of sites; and
a determination system that determines site specific location information of the device based on the obtained information of the identified one of the plurality of sites and the received coordinate information.
6. The system as set forth in claim 5, wherein the determination system determines directions to the device based on the obtained information about the site and the received coordinate information and the output system outputs the directions with the site specific location information of the device.
7. The system as set forth in claim 5, wherein the receiving system receives the coordinate information for two or more of the same types of devices, the determination system determines which of the devices is the closest to an operator based on the obtained information about the site and the received coordinate information, and the output system outputs the site specific location information of the device determined to be the closest.
8. The system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the outputting comprises displaying the site location information of the device.
9. The system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the outputting comprises storing the site location information of the device.
10. The system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the site specific geographic location information of identified sites specify locations within a building.
11. A method comprising the steps of:
accessing stored site specific geographical location information of a plurality of sites in an area;
receiving coordinate information from a device;
identifying which one of the plurality of sites of the area that the device is located based on a predetermined association of the received coordinate information and said stored site specific geographical location information; and
outputting the site specific location geographical information of the identified site.
12. The method as set forth in claim 11, further comprising the steps of:
obtaining coordinate information at the device; and
transmitting the obtained coordinate information from the device.
13. The method as set forth in claim 12, further comprising the steps of requesting the device to obtain and transmit the coordinate information of the device.
14. The method as set forth in claim 11, wherein coordinate information comprises a longitude, a latitude, and an altitude of the device.
15. The method as set forth in claim 11, wherein the step of identifying further comprises:
storing site specific information of a plurality of sites for an area;
obtaining information about the identified one of the plurality of sites; and
determining site specific location information of the device based on the obtained information of the identified one of the plurality of sites and the received coordinate information.
16. The method as set forth in claim 15, wherein the step of identifying further comprises determining directions to the device based on the obtained information about the site and the received coordinate information and the outputting outputs the directions with the site specific location information of the device.
17. The method as set forth in claim 15, wherein the step of receiving further comprises receiving the coordinate information for two or more of the same types of devices, the step of determining determines which of the devices is the closest to an operator based on the obtained information about the site and the received coordinate information for the devices, and the step of outputting outputs the site specific location information of the device determined to be the closest.
18. The method as set forth in claim 11, wherein the step of outputting comprises displaying the site specific location information of the device.
19. The method as set forth in claim 11, wherein the step of outputting comprises storing the site specific location information of the device.
20. The method as set forth in claim 11, wherein the site specific geographic location information of identified sites specify locations within a building.
21. A computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions for providing a site specific location of a device, which when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform the steps of:
accessing stored site specific geographical location information of a plurality of sites in an area;
receiving coordinate information from a device;
identifying which one of the plurality of sites of the area that the device is located based on a predetermined association of the received coordinate information and said stored site specific geographical location information; and
outputting the site specific geographical location information of the identified site.
22. The medium as set forth in claim 21, further comprising the steps of:
obtaining coordinate information at the device; and transmitting the obtained coordinate information from the device.
23. The medium as set forth in claim 22, further comprising the step of requesting the device to obtain and transmit the coordinate information of the device.
24. The medium as set forth in claim 21, wherein coordinate information comprises a longitude, a latitude, and an altitude of the device.
25. The medium as set forth in claim 21, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to perform the steps of:
storing site specific information of a plurality of sites for an area;
obtaining information about the identified one of the plurality of sites; and
determining site specific location information of the device based on the obtained information of the identified one of the plurality of sites and the received coordinate information.
26. The method as set forth in claim 25, wherein the step of identifying further comprises determining directions to the device based on the obtained information about the site and the received coordinate information and the outputting outputs the directions with the site specific location information of the device.
27. The method as set forth in claim 25, wherein the step of receiving further comprises receiving the coordinate information for two or more of the same types of devices, the step of determining determines which of the devices is the closest to an operator based on the obtained information about the site and the received coordinate information for the devices, and the step of outputting outputs the site specific location information of the device determined to be the closest.
28. The medium as set forth in claim 21, wherein the step of outputting comprises displaying the site specific location information of the device.
29. The medium as set forth in claim 21, wherein the step of outputting comprises storing the site specific location information of the device.
30. The medium as set forth in claim 21, wherein the site specific geographic location information of identified sites specify locations within a building.

1. A catalytic engine comprising the process steps of
a) Introducing a fuel mixture into a reaction zone of a fuel processor (reformer),
i). Said fuel mixture comprising of hydrocarbons (or bio-fuels), steam, recycled exhaust gas, and supplemental air, and said fuel mixture having a controlled amount of % fuel, H2OC ratio >1.0, O2C ratio >1.0 and CO2C ratio up to 1.0,
ii) Said the reaction zone including one or more catalysts with each catalyst’s compositions comprising one or more supported or unsupported metal andor oxide oxidation catalysts,

b) Reacting said fuel mixture in said reaction zone of the fuel processor at a temperature between 150-1200\xb0 C. and a pressure between 1 to 100 atmosphere to produce a reformate stream comprising mainly of steam, CO2, O2 and N2,
c) Using the high temperature and high pressure reformate stream to drive a steam turbine, turbo charger or any type of gas turbine.
2. The process of claim 1, adjust individually or simultaneously the H2OC, CO2C and O2C ratios and the % fuel to obtain the optima operating condition for a given fuel mixture, and to control the maximum reactor temperature constantly below 1200\xb0 C. (preferably <1100\xb0 C.) and pressure between 1 to 100 atmosphere.
3. The process of claim 1, wherein the residence time of the reactants inside the reaction zone of the fuel processor is <1 second, preferably <300 milliseconds (to reduce the reactor volume).
4. The process of claim 1, wherein said the Pt group metal and other metal catalyst composition comprises one or more metals of platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium, osmium, cobalt, nickel, iron, and ruthenium, and said the catalyst is either unsupported as gauge, screen, wire mesh, foil or foam, or a total metal amount of >0001 wt % is supported on various ceramic or metallic substrates in the shape of monolith, pellet, bead, porous foam, plate, or static mixer.
5. The process of claim 1, wherein said the oxide catalyst comprises one or more oxide of Al, Ca, Fe, Co, Mo, V, Ti, Cu, Ce, Zr, Zn, Re, Mg and Ni, and the oxide catalyst can contains other rare earth metal oxides andor alkaline oxides as promoters or as thermal stabilizers, particularly oxides of lanthanum, praseodymium, yttrium, calcium, rhenium, barium, strontium, potassium, magnesium or the mixtures thereof.
6. The process of claim 1, wherein said the Pt group metal andor the commercial oxidation catalyst is supported on one or more mixture of washcoat materials, and the washcoat materials can consist of (1). One or more high surface area oxides of aluminum, copper, vanadium, cobalt, nickel, iron, cerium, zirconium, cerium-zirconium oxide, cerium-zirconium oxide composite, and (2). One or more washcoat thermal stabilizers such as rare earth metal oxides andor alkaline oxides, particularly oxides of lanthanum, praseodymium, yttrium, calcium, rhenium, barium, strontium, Zinc, potassium and magnesium.
7. The process of claim 1 and claim 6, wherein said the catalyzed washcoat containing of Pt group metal andor commercial oxidation catalyst is further supported on various type of ceramic substrates selected from alumina, alumina-silica, alumina-silica-titania, mullite, cordierite, zirconia, zirconia-ceria, zirconia-spinel, zirconia-mullite or silicon carbide, and the substrate is in the shape of monolith, pellet, bead, porous foam, plate, or static mixer.
8. The process of claim 1 and claim 6, wherein said the catalyzed washcoat containing Pt group metal andor the commercial oxidation catalyst is supported on any metallic substrate which can sustain a temperature between 500 to 1100\xb0 C. and is in the shape of monolith, screen, mesh wire, foil, foam, static mixture, plate or heat exchanger.
9. The process of claim 1, wherein said fuel consists of one or any combination of the fuels which theoretically can be vaporized and can be converted completely over a Pt group metal andor a commercial oxidation catalyst to CO2 and water, and the typical fuels are: C1-C16 hydrocarbons (methane, LPG, gasoline, diesel, jet fuels etc), natural gas, sugar, glucose, animal fats, C1-C8 alcohols, vegetable oils, soybean oil, corn oil, olive oil, jatropha oil, bio-ethanol, bio-diesel, biobutanol, bio-methane, bio-fuels derived from biomass or from agricultureindustrialanimal wastes, or an industrial exhaust containing volatile organic compounds (VOC, mainly organic solvents).
10. The process of claim 1, wherein said the inlet feed stream of the reformer (fuel processor) contains >20% water (steam), oxygen, fuels and other inert gases, and liquid water can optionally be injected into the reaction zone to absorb more reaction heat.
11. The process of claim 1, wherein said the inlet fuel mixture of the reaction zone contains a re-circulated catalytic engine’s exhaust gas, which contains steam and CO2.
12. The process of claim 1, wherein said any external heat source such as heat exchanger, hot wire, glow plug, spark plug or plasma device can be used to initiate the oxidation reactions during the start-up of the catalytic engine.
13. The process of claim 1, wherein said the inlet fuel mixture of the reaction zone contains HC fuels, water andor alcohols with optional amount of surfactants blended together to form a single phase aqueous mixture, and preferably the fuel mixture contains at least one chemical compound such as alcohol, unsaturated hydrocarbons, or other low boiling point starter fluid which can initiate the oxidation reactions in the reaction zone over the catalyst at a temperature <250\xb0 C.
14. The process of claim 1, wherein thermocouples or temperature sensing elements are installed inside or outside of the reaction zone to function as feed back controllers for regulating the O2C ratio and for optimizing the performance of this engine.
15. The process of claim 1, wherein a catalytic engine is used directly as a driving device for industrial, transportation, utility and household equipments such as lawn mower, chainsaw, weed eater, motorcycle, automobile, bus, truck, train, folk lift truck, weed eater or battery charger.
16. The process of claim 1, wherein two or more fuel processors which are arranged in parallel to each other can simultaneously provide each reformate gas to drive a single steam turbineturbo chargergas turbine.
17. The process of claim 1, wherein a single fuel processor can provide the reformate gas to drive simultaneously several steam turbinesturbo chargersgas turbines which are arranged in parallel to each other.
18. The process of claim 1, wherein the recycled exhaust gas line of the catalytic engine is connected to a waste fuel concentrator to form an integrated pollution removal system.
19. The process of claim 1 and claim 18, wherein a fixed or fluidized bed concentrator can use various high surface area adsorbents andor absorbents such as aluminum oxide, silica oxide, zeolite, activated carbon andor other oxides to collect and to remove any combustible volatile organic pollutants or waste fuels from a contaminated gas or liquid stream.
20. The process of claim 1 and claim 18, wherein the adsorbedabsorbed waste fuels in the pollutant concentrator can be purged out of the system and the adsorbentsabsorbents can be regenerated in situ by passing a hot recycled exhaust gas through the concentrator and then by injecting the gas stream into the catalytic engine’s reaction zone to produce heat as well as to remove the pollutants.
21. The process of claim 1, wherein the catalytic engine is connected to an electrical generator and a battery bank to form an integrated system as a stand alone stationary or mobile power station.
22. The process of claim 1 and claim 21, wherein the integrated system can provide electricity to power the electrical devicesequipments used in industrial, transportation, utility and household applications, such as battery charger, electric car, truck, bus, motorcycle, lawn mower, folk lift truck, weed eater or train.

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. An apparatus, comprising:
a fluid container;
a dielectric fluid mixture disposed within the fluid container, the dielectric fluid mixture including at least two dielectric components having different relative dielectrics;
a pair of electrode plates oriented so that, when energized with an electric potential, causes at least one of the dielectric components to be placed in motion; and
means for controlling the electric potential to counteract the effects of an applied acceleration.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least one of the dielectric components is placed in motion upon being subjected to an acceleration.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controlling means comprises a voltage control block.
4. An accelerometer, comprising:
a voltage source; and
a fixture electrically connected to the voltage source, the fixture including:
a fluid container;
a low dielectric fluid disposed within the fluid container;
a high dielectric element suspended in the fluid; and
a pair of electrode plates that can be charged by the voltage source through the electrical connection to center the high dielectric element therebetween at least until an acceleration is applied.
5. The accelerometer of claim 4, wherein the fluid has a relative dielectric constant of nearly 1.
6. The accelerometer of claim 4, wherein the fluid comprises at least one of alcohol and silicone oil.
7. The accelerometer of claim 4, wherein the high dielectric element comprises at least one of a fluid and a solid.
8. The accelerometer of claim 7, wherein the solid, high dielectric element comprises at least one of a distributed solid and a unitary solid.
9. The accelerometer of claim 8, wherein the distributed, solid, high dielectric element comprises a plurality of ceramic beads.
10. The accelerometer of claim 4, wherein the high dielectric element comprises at least one of a distributed high dielectric element and a unitary high dielectric element.
11. The accelerometer of claim 4, wherein the fixture includes a second pair of electrode plates that can be charged by the voltage source alternately with the first pair through the electrical connection to center the high dielectric element therebetween at least until an acceleration is applied.
12. The accelerometer of claim 11, further comprising a voltage control block capable of controlling electrode plate voltages to counteract the effects of an applied acceleration.
13. The accelerometer of claim 11, further comprising:
an integrated circuit capable of determining a differential voltage across the first and second pairs of electrode plates; and
an integrated circuit capable of averaging the differential voltage over time.
14. The accelerometer of claim 4, further comprising a second pair of electrode plates that can be charged by the voltage source through the electrical connection to center the high dielectric element therebetween at least until the acceleration is applied.
15. An apparatus, comprising a plurality of sensors oriented to measure acceleration in a plurality of axes, each sensor comprising:
a housing;
a wafer disposed with the housing and including an electrical connection; and
a plurality of cells in the wafer, each cell comprising a fixture including:
a fluid container defining a fluid chamber;
a non-conducting, low dielectric fluid disposed within the fluid chamber;
a high dielectric element suspended in the fluid; and
a pair of electrode plates that can be charged by a voltage source through the electrical connection to center the high dielectric element therebetween at least until an acceleration is applied.
16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the fluid has a relative dielectric constant of nearly 1.
17. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the fluid comprises at least one of alcohol and silicone oil.
18. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the high dielectric element comprises at least one of a fluid and a solid.
19. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the high dielectric element comprises at least one of a distributed high dielectric element and a unitary high dielectric element.
20. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the fixture includes a second pair of electrode plates that can be charged by the voltage source alternately with the first pair through the electrical connection to center the high dielectric element therebetween at least until an acceleration is applied.
21. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the fixture further includes a second pair of electrode plates that can be charged by the voltage source through the electrical connection to center the high dielectric element therebetween at least until the acceleration is applied.
22. A method for measuring acceleration, comprising:
positioning a high dielectric element suspended in a low dielectric fluid contained between a pair of charged electrode plates;
determining a change in capacitance across the charged electrode plates as an acceleration is applied; and
determining from the capacitance change a magnitude of the acceleration.
23. The method of claim 22, wherein positioning the high dielectric element includes centering the high dielectric element between the charged electrode plates.
24. The method of claim 22, wherein determining from the capacitance change the magnitude of the acceleration includes determining the magnitude of the acceleration from a rate of change of the capacitance.
25. The method of claim 22, further comprising charging a second pair of electrode plates alternately with the first pair of electrode plates to position the high dielectric element therebetween alternately with the positioning the high dielectric element between the first pair of charged electrode plates.
26. The method of claim 25, wherein determining from the capacitance change the magnitude of the acceleration includes determining the magnitude of the acceleration from a rate of change of the capacitance.
27. The method of claim 22, further comprising controlling the plate potential of the pair of charged plate electrodes to counteract the effects of the acceleration.
28. The method of claim 22, wherein positioning the high dielectric element, includes positioning a solid dielectric element or positioning a fluid dielectric element.
29. The method of claim 22, wherein positioning the high dielectric element includes positioning a unitary dielectric element or positioning a distributed dielectric element.
30. An apparatus, comprising:
a fluid container;
a fluid mixture disposed within the fluid container, the fluid mixture including at least two components having different relative permeabilities;
means for imparting an electromagnetic force across the fluid mixture to cause at least one of the components to be placed in motion; and
means for controlling the electromagnetic force to counteract the effects of an applied acceleration, the means including a pair of magnetic gaps oriented so that, when energized with a magnetic field, causes at least one of the components to be placed in motion.
31. The apparatus of claim 30, wherein the electromagnetic force is the effect of the electric potential.
32. The apparatus of claim 30, wherein the imparting means comprises a pair of wound ferrite cores oriented so that, when energized with an electric current, causes at least one of the components to be placed in motion.
33. The apparatus of claim 30, wherein the electromagnetic force is the effect of the electric current.