Abstract: A fluid-injected compressor installation (1) comprises a screw compressor (2) with a compression housing (4) in which a pair of compressor rotors (6a, 6b) are mounted. A drive motor (3) drives the compressor rotors. An inlet (7) and an outlet (8) on the screw compressor (2) supply a gas and discharge compressed gas. A gear transmission (20) between the shaft (16) of one of the compressor rotors and the motor shaft (11), includes a driven gear (18) and a driving gear (19); a motor bearing (21) on the motor shaft (11) next to the driving gear (19); and a dynamic seal (25) next to the motor bearing (21), on the drive motor (3) side, such that the motor bearing (21) is between the driving gear (19) and the seal (25).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compressor device (1) comprising: a compressor installation (2) having at least one compressor element (3a, 3b, 3c) for compressing a suctioned gas, the compressor element (3a, 3b, 3c) being driven by an electric motor (4); a heat recuperation system (6) for recuperating heat from a compressed gas resulting from the compression of the suctioned gas, the heat recuperation system (6) comprising a piping network (7) having an inlet (8) and an outlet (9) for a coolant, said piping network (7) being provided at this inlet (8) or outlet (9) with control means with a flow rate control state variable for modifying a first flow rate of the coolant in the piping network (7); and a control unit (13) which adjusts the flow rate control state variable of the control means on the basis of a drive current of the electric motor (4) or on the basis of a second flow rate of the suctioned gas such that a temperature Tw,out at the outlet (9) of the piping network (7) is driven to a predefined

Abstract: A screw compressor element may have a housing; a cylinder bearing including an inner ring, an outer ring, a raceway, and a cylindrical rolling element that contacts the inner ring and the outer ring at a location of the raceway thereof; and a ball bearing including an inner ring, an outer ring, a raceway, and a ball shaped rolling element that contacts the inner ring and the outer ring at a location of the raceway thereof, wherein a rotor is rotatably arranged by way of the cylinder bearing and the ball bearing.

Abstract: A turbomachine includes a shaft with a first end and an impeller arranged at and coupled to the first end of the shaft, arranged together to rotate about an axis of rotation. The turbomachine further includes a friction ring clamped between an axial surface at the first end of the shaft and an opposite axial surface of the impeller.

Abstract: Multistage centrifugal compressor provided with a shaft with blades, which is mounted in a housing with bearings. At least one bearing is provided with a bearing damper element including a ring arranged between the shaft and the bearing. The ring includes slots through the thickness of the ring in the axial direction (X-X?) and at a distance from the radially-directed inner and outer surface of the ring. The slots are at least partially overlapping, and: A) the slots are filled with a liquid, and the axial annular surfaces are closed off by means of a protective cap; or: B) at least one of the annular surfaces is provided with a viscoelastic material or hysteretic damping material sandwiched between two concentric discs, which discs are attached to the ring; or: C) the slots are filled with a viscoelastic material.

Abstract: Compressor device comprising an oil-injected compressor element (2) with an outlet (4) connected via an outlet line (8) to an oil separator (9) which is connected via an injection pipe (10) to the compressor element (2), wherein controllable cooling means (15) for the oil are provided, the compressor device (1) being provided with a control unit (21) and thereto connected measuring means (22a, 22b) for controlling the cooling means (15) to control a temperature (T_uit_afsch) downstream of the oil separator (9), the measuring means (22a, 22b) including means (22a) for determining a temperature (T_uit) at the outlet (4) and a temperature sensor (22b) for determining the temperature (T_uit_afsch) downstream of the oil separator (9), the control unit (21) including a controller (25) for controlling the cooling means (15) on the basis of signals from said measuring means (22a, 22b) and on the basis of a dew point.

Abstract: Device for expanding a fluid, which device (1) comprises an inlet (2) for a high pressure fluid, an outlet (3) for a low pressure fluid, and a control valve (4) between the aforementioned inlet (2) and outlet (3) for expanding the fluid to a predefined pressure level, characterized in that the device (1) is further provided with one or more expanders (5) for expanding the fluid, of which one or more expanders (5) are connected in parallel with the control valve (4), whereby the device (1) is provided with a controller (8) configured to control the expanders (5) based on a flow rate (Qklep) of the fluid through the control valve (4).

Abstract: A method for controlling a compressed air or gas system is disclosed including the steps of estimating a current state, predicting a future process variable profile based on the current state, sampling the future process variable profile by a sampling method having sampling frequencies based on a volume of the compressed air or gas system, transforming by a model predictive control, MPC, method the sampled future process variable profile and the current state into an action profile and a state profile, and instructing the compressors to perform the actions in accordance with the action profile thereby controlling the compressed air or gas system.

Abstract: A liquid-injected compressor or vacuum pump device with a liquid-injected compressor or vacuum pump element (2), which includes a liquid return system (7), a motor (4) to drive the compressor or vacuum pumping element (2), a gearbox (3) provided between the motor (4) and the liquid-injected compressor or vacuum pump element (2), and a liquid separator vessel (5) in fluid connection with an outlet (6) of the compressor or vacuum pump element (2). The liquid return system (7) includes a main body (8) with a chamber in which a first compressed gas flow (11) from the liquid separator vessel (5) and a second fluid flow (15) from the gearbox (3) are mixed together to form a third fluid flow (20). The third fluid flow (20) leaves the chamber via an outlet (16) and is directed into the liquid-injected compressor or vacuum pump element (2) via the injection point (17).

Abstract: A device for drying compressed gas, having an inlet for compressed gas to be dried and an outlet for dried compressed gas. The device includes at least two vessels, a regenerable drying agent and a controllable valve system. By controlling the valve system, the vessels are each in turn successively regenerated. The device is provided with a regeneration conduit splitting off a portion of the dried compressed gas as a regeneration gas and feeding it into the at least one vessel that is being regenerated. The regeneration conduit at least partly extends through an opening in the vessels such that the regeneration gas can be split off from the vessel that dries the compressed gas. A heater is provided in the regeneration conduit for heating the regeneration gas before the regeneration gas is fed through the drying agent into the vessel that is being regenerated.

Abstract: A heat exchanger with a housing (3) that contains a set of channels (12); an inlet collector (4) having an inlet collector chamber (9) with an inlet (5), wherein the inlet collector chamber (9) includes first flow distribution means (10) configured to distribute a flow originating from the inlet (5) evenly over the set of channels (12); and an outlet collector (6). The first flow-rate distribution means (10) consist of a single body (15) that comprises two flow-conducting surfaces (16), which are symmetrical with respect to each other according to the first plane of symmetry and the second plane of symmetry, and which two flow-conducting surfaces (16), as seen from the inlet (5), are inclined downward in a first direction perpendicular to the first plane of symmetry and/or in a second direction perpendicular to the second plane of symmetry.

Abstract: An adsorption device for compressed gas or a non-compressed gas, is provided with a vessel with an inlet for the supply of a compressed gas or a non-compressed gas to be treated, and an outlet for treated gas and an adsorption element is affixed in the vessel. The adsorption element extends along the flow direction of the compressed gas or the non-compressed gas to be treated, between the inlet and the outlet. The adsorption element has a monolithic supporting structure that is at least partially provided with a coating that contains an adsorbent.

Abstract: Device for extracting water from humid ambient air, the device including a conduit in which successively is incorporated: a compressor to compress the humid ambient air into compressed ambient air, a first condenser to dry the compressed ambient air into dry compressed air, an expansion valve or expander for expanding the dry compressed air into dry expanded air and a second condenser. The first condenser is further configured to direct the wet ambient air through it as coolant for extracting water from the compressed ambient air in a first stage via an outlet or the like. The second condenser is configured to direct the dry expanded air through it as coolant for extracting the water from the humid ambient air in a second stage by means of an outlet or the like.

Abstract: A device for drying compressed gas, having an inlet for compressed gas to be dried and an outlet for dried compressed gas. The device includes at least two vessels, a regenerable drying agent and a controllable valve system. By controlling the valve system, the vessels are each in turn successively regenerated. The device is provided with a regeneration conduit splitting off a portion of the dried compressed gas as a regeneration gas and feeding it into the at least one vessel that is being regenerated. The regeneration conduit at least partly extends through an opening in the vessels such that the regeneration gas can be split off from the vessel that dries the compressed gas. A heater is provided in the regeneration conduit for heating the regeneration gas before the regeneration gas is fed through the drying agent into the vessel that is being regenerated.

Abstract: The device according to any of the preceding claims 13 to 19, characterized in that the device is further configured to carry out a method comprising the step of positioning the green sand mold (3), wherein the device is provided with levelling means configured to hold an upper side of the green sand mold (3) during step c in a parallel position in relation to a gravitationally horizontal plane.

Abstract: A compressor element (1) comprising at least one compression member (2), a housing (3) and a rotatable shaft (4) rotatably connecting the at least one compression member (2) to the housing (3), wherein at least one intermediate element (5) is provided between the rotatable shaft (4) and the housing (3) for facilitating rotation of the rotatable shaft (4), wherein the compressor element (1) further comprises at least one oil injector (6) extending from an inlet port (7) to at least one nozzle (8a, 8b, 8c) via an oil channel (9), wherein the oil channel (9) is shaped to allow a substantially primary flow of oil through the channel (9) for cooling of the at least one intermediate element (5).

Abstract: A filter device for separating a liquid mixture, including a vessel with first filter element. The vessel comprises a flat vessel base surface and vessel mantle surface. , including a housing with a second filter element. The housing comprises flat housing base surface and housing mantle surface. The vessel mantle surface comprises re-entrant section forming recess. A mating side of the housing mantle surface is configured to fit into the recess, whereby the re-entrant section and the mating side are provided with connection means to fluidly connect the first filter element with the second filter element. The re-entrant section extends from the vessel base surface, and the vessel base surface and the housing base surface are parallel and level in the same plane when the mating side of the housing mantle surface is fitted into the recess formed by the re-entrant section.

Abstract: Device for adsorbing a gas from a gas mixture to be treated, having an inlet for gas to be treated and an outlet for treated gas, including at least two vessels filled with a regenerable adsorbent and an adjustable valve system connecting the inlet and outlet to the vessels, whereby the adjustable valve system is such that at least one vessel will treat compressed gas while the other vessel is regenerated, whereby by adjusting the valve system the vessels each in turn treat compressed gas sequentially, and the adjustable valve system is assembled in a single valve block.

Abstract: A transmission between a drive shaft and a driven shaft comprises a housing and at least a driven gearwheel that is mounted on the driven shaft and a drive gearwheel that is mounted on a drive shaft. The housing comprises two separated chambers, i.e. a first chamber that is connected to the driven shaft and a second chamber which is separate from the first chamber, whereby the first chamber is connected via a channel with the second chamber, whereby around the drive gearwheel or driven gearwheel the second chamber is formed, whereby the form of the second chamber is such that when the gearwheel in question rotates, a gas flow is created around this gearwheel which causes a negative pressure in the channel by the venturi effect.