For concept and procedural verification, an Ansul Mini-Fomax generator was used. A high pressure expansion nozzle was used to disperse the gas within the shroud to the generator. The shroud restricted gas entry from the front side of the generator, but did not limit gas entry from the rear of the generator. A 0 – 500 psig adjustable regulator was used to control the supply of gas to the foam generator. For this application, the gas could include ambient air, CO2, nitrogen, argon, and other gases. Mixed gas levels can range from 0% to 100% depending on application. Portable high expansion foam generators have been modified to promote inclusion of a single gas within the air–foam–water mixture. Foam generators have not been used to euthanize poultry or other animals. The CO2 and water supplies were manually controlled to adjust the gas level in the foam. Ansul Jet-X high expansion foam was used for the test. Foam samples were drawn at each test for analysis. The invention is directed to a method for humanely euthanizing animals comprising: 1. Placing one or more animals into a substantially enclosed container; 2. Filling said container with a foam mixture comprising foam, a euthanizing gas, and water, whereby said foam mixture completely envelops the one or more animals in said container; 3. Allowing said foam container mixture to remain in said container until said one or more animals are euthanized; and 4. Removing the said foam and gas mixture from said euthanized animals. Use of Kosteletzkya for Production of Seaside Biodiesel Fuel Inventors:
Serial Number: Filing Date:
Gallagher, John L.; Seliskar, Denise M. 60/670,139 April 11, 2005
Docket Number: UD05-14
The present invention relates to the use of Kosteletzkya in producing oil for use as biodiesel fuel. More specifically, the preset invention relates to the use of salinized land or irrigation of non-saline land with saltwater for production of Kosteletzkya without using valuable freshwater resources.
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INVENTIONS - Technologies Available for Licensing
Geometric Registration of Image by Similar Transform Using 2-Ground Control Points Inventors:
Serial Number: Filing Date:
Kang, Q. Yong; Jo, Young-Heon; Yan, Xiao-Hai 60/858,254 November 5, 2007
Docket Number: UD07-03
It is a new technique to obtain the geometric registration of an image using only 2-Ground Control Points. It will enhance present geometric registration processes, which require more than 3-Ground Control Points. Thus, this technique will provide wide ranges of applications to image analysis, especially for high spatial resolution of remote sensing images measured by multi-satellite sensors near coastal regions. Cloud-Free Vegetation Index Inventors:
Serial Number: Filing Date:
Kang, Q. Yong; Jo, Young-Heon; Yan, Xiao-Hai 60/961,132 July 19, 2007
Docket Number: UD07-29
This is a new process to obtain cloud-free vegetation index from satellite measurements. Since vegetation index is simply estimated using the ratio of two satellite bands, unwanted signals are embedded, such as cloudiness, smoke or haze, and poor viewing angles. Accordingly, those properties can reduce the quality of the estimated vegetation index. In order to compensate for these, several days’ vegetation index observations are composited for each pixel, with only the highest vegetation index value observed during the composite period being saved. Several days’ composite may remove those signals, but there are still shallow cloud contaminations in vegetation index products. In order to remove cloud from vegetation index, we identify the coverage of cloud using landsurface temperature information. Because the cloud temperature is much lower than land surface temperature, we can identify cloud areas and thus can mask them out before computing vegetation index. Cloudfree vegetation information can be used to monitor environmental changes in agriculture and forest, etc.