A method for fabricating a multilayered metal nanowire array including providing a metal seed layer, stacking a plurality of porous templates on the seed layer so that a gap forms between each adjacent pair of templates, depositing by electroplating a metal in the pores so that the metal produces nanowires in the templates and lateral interposers in the gaps between the templates, and dissolving the templates so as to produce the multilayered nanowire array including the lateral interposers. The layers between the interposers can have the same or different thicknesses, the diameter and density of the pores in each layer can be the same or different and the metal deposited in the pores of the layers can be the same or different.

A system may include a current source; a first metal or alloy component with a first major surface electrically coupled to the current source; a second metal or alloy component with a second major surface electrically coupled in series to the first component and the current source via an external electrical conductor, where the first and second major surfaces are positioned adjacent to each other to define a joint region; a metal or alloy powder disposed in at least a portion of the joint region; and a controller. The controller may be configured to cause the current source to output an alternating current that conducts through the first component and the second component to induce magnetic eddy currents, magnetic hysteresis, or both within at least a portion of the metal or alloy powder disposed in at least the first portion of the joint region.

An electric heating pot including a body unit and a heating unit configured to provide heat to the body unit. The body unit includes an accommodation space configured to accommodate liquid, the heating unit includes a housing formed such that electrolyzed water is disposed therein, and an electrode portion that is disposed in the housing, formed such that at least one region thereof is in contact with the electrolyzed water in the housing, and includes a plurality of electrodes.

A temperature raising device includes a parallel circuit including a capacitor connected in parallel to a battery that is a temperature raising target, and an alternating current (AC) generation circuit connected to the parallel circuit. When capacitance of the capacitor is denoted by C.sub.P, an inductance component of the battery is denoted by L.sub.S, and a resistance component of the battery is denoted by R.sub.S, C.sub.P satisfies Inequality (1) and an angular frequency ω of the AC generation circuit satisfies Eq. (2).

[00001]$\begin{array}{cc}{\text{C}}_{\text{P}}<\frac{2{\text{L}}_{\text{S}}}{{\text{R}}_{\text{S}}{}^2}& \text{­­­(1)}\end{array}$

[00002]$\begin{array}{cc}\omega =\sqrt{\frac{2{\text{L}}_{\text{S}}-{\text{C}}_{\text{P}}{\text{R}}_{\text{S}}{}^{\text{2}}}{2{\text{C}}_{\text{P}}{\text{L}}_{\text{S}}{}^2}}& \text{­­­(2)}\end{array}$

A device having a first electrode and a second electrode arranged at a distance therefrom along the surface of the workpiece. At least the first electrode is arranged at a distance from the workpiece, which is preferably a foodstuff, and the distance is filled and bridged by a conductive liquid. The conductive liquid projects over the first electrode and the second electrode and establishes electrical contact of each electrode with the workpiece. The conductive liquid has the advantage, e.g. compared to a rigid contact surface, that an electrical contact is established independently of the surface shape of the workpiece, without the electrode itself having to be in contact with the workpiece.

A multilayered metal nanowire array including a plurality of stacked and separated nanowire array layers each including a plurality of vertically aligned metal nanowires, and a lateral interposer positioned in a gap between each pair of adjacent nanowire array layers and being thermally coupled to the nanowires in the adjacent layers so that the lateral interposers provide thermal conduction between the nanowire array layers and laterally across each nanowire array layer. The nanowire array layers between the interposers can have the same or different thicknesses, the diameter and density of the nanowires can be the same or different, and the nanowire metal can be the same or different.

A system and method for heating steam sample and chemical sample and feed tubes/lines in a natural gas fired heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) power plant including a tube impedance heater (IH) control system and at least one impedance heated tube having an outer insulation and an electrically conducting inner tube member, the impedance heated tube having an input IH feed power electrical connector and electrically connected at a first connection to the inner tube member, and a return IH power electrical connector electrically connected at a second connection by a first end of a return electrical cable and a first connector and second connector each mechanically and fluidly coupling the first and second connections respectively to the inner tube member to the steam sample or chemical sample or feed tube/line and electrically isolating the first end and second ends.

A system and method for more consistent joule heating of a material blank to a desired temperature. An electrical terminal delivers a current to an end portion of the blank. The terminal has a heat sink effect which would otherwise prevent the end portion from reaching the desired temperature. An active thermal buffer element is interposed between the terminal and the end portion. The buffer element includes a first surface which abuts the end portion and a second surface which abuts the terminal. The buffer element is joule heated with the blank, and a temperature gradient is created across the buffer element such that the first surface is at the desired temperature and the second surface is at a lower temperature due to the heat sink effect of the terminal. The buffer element thereby compensates for the heat sink effect and allows the end portion to reach the desired temperature.

A method for producing a ceramic honeycomb structure, the honeycomb structure includes: an outer peripheral wall; and partition walls disposed on an inner side of the outer peripheral wall, the partition walls defining a plurality of cells, each of the cells extending from one end face to the other end face to form a flow path, wherein the honeycomb structure includes at least one slit provided on a cross section perpendicular to an axial direction of the honeycomb structure, wherein the method includes the steps of: preparing a honeycomb structure element before forming the slit; and forming the slit by arranging a wire so as to pass from one end face to the other end face in the cell and then cutting the partition walls while moving the honeycomb structure element and/or the wire.

Disclosed is a three-dimensional printing method for instantly generating a needed molten raw material by way of a resistance heating function during three-dimensional printing. The method can realize three-dimensional printing of material having a high melting point and falls within the technical field of additive manufacturing. The method is characterized by applying a current through a solid raw material and a body to be printed; partially or fully heating the solid raw material located between a guiding device and said body to be printed into a molten state by way of resistance heating; and generating a molten raw material in a space located between the guiding device and the body to be printed. During the accumulation of the molten raw material, an area of the body to be printed and where the molten raw material is to be accumulated and/or is being accumulated is heated; or, the body to be printed is heated; or, the area of the body to be printed and where the molten raw material is to be accumulated and/or is being accumulated is heated, and the body to be printed is heated.