The secret of the turtle
The universal genius generates adequate pressure for these applications:
Sleep apnoea
In this illness, apnoea occurs while the patient is sleeping. The body then suffers from lack of oxygen and generates arousal reactions. These are not noticed by the patient. The consequence of the restless sleep is great daytime fatigue and sometimes severe secondary illnesses such as heart attacks, strokes and depression.
CPAP respiration
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure is a form of medical respiration employed in both clinical and domestic applications that dynamically supports weak breathing by the patient. It guarantees sufficient respiration volume by continuously monitoring the respiration flow demanded and supplementing this as necessary. Breathing depth, frequency and air throughput are determined by the patient himself. CPAP is primarily used for treating sleep apnoea.
Fuel cells
Fuel cells convert energy stored in chemical substances directly into electrical current. This contrasts with combustion engines, in which the chemical energy is first converted into thermal energy. The fuel cell has a greater potential efficiency and when operated with hydrogen is also emissions-free, as water is the only waste product created from the reaction.
Reformer
Most fuel cells work using hydrogen. This may be industrially manufactured, supplied in a tank, or it may be generated locally by reformation of a primary raw material such as propane gas. Here, the raw material is converted into a hydrogen-rich gas in a catalytic converter under high temperatures.
Smoke extraction systems
This active system for fire detection continually takes samples of air from the monitored rooms and conveys these through a pipe system to a detector unit. There, optical measuring chambers analyse the proportion of smoke particles. Physical filters and a fire pattern detection algorithm stored in the software provide a high level of protection against false alarms. In contrast to decentralized fire detectors, smoke extraction systems are more maintenance-friendly and can also be installed almost invisibly.
Hot air soldering
In contrast to soldering with irons, the soldering joints are not heated by direct contact with the hot tool. rather it is heated by a flow of hot air to a temperature greater than its melting point.
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