Abstract: A system and an apparatus and method for detecting and discriminating articles that are within a predetermined range of a specification into lots. A counting head assembly includes at least an article detecting unit located above diverting gates which control the passage and/or accumulation of articles in adjacent channels to permit filling of article containers with predetermined article portions as containers are placed beneath, and removed from, the assembly outlet. A plurality of such assemblies may be combined to provide high speed continuous container filling operations, for example by location of a plurality of counting head assemblies about the periphery of a rotating carousel or on a linear platform which moves containers beneath the assemblies for simultaneous filling of groups of containers.

Abstract: The packaging machine includes: a plurality of lane guides, the plurality of lane guides being spaced apart to form a plurality of lanes; a moveable conveyor belt having a first end and second end, the first end located beneath one of the plurality of lanes, the movable conveyor belt delivers the product to each of the plurality of lanes; a support device located at the plurality of lanes; and a shifting assembly attached to the plurality of lane guides. The method for packaging a case with a product includes: conveying a first plurality of the product to a first lane; supporting the first plurality of the product within the first lane; conveying a second plurality of the product to a second lane; shifting the first lane and the second lane in a first direction; and dropping the first plurality of the products into the case.

Abstract: An electric vacuum cleaner including a main body, a filter located in a suction air trunk between an inlet to suck dust and a suction opening of an electric blower and provided in the main body to adsorb the dust, a filter dust-removal device to remove the dust attached to the filter, a dust receiving part to receive the dust removed from the filter and having an outlet through which the dust is discharged, and a dust discharge device configured to discharge the dust in the dust receiving part from the outlet, the dust discharge device having a discharge member configured to discharge dust from the outlet and to be capable of closing the outlet.

Abstract: A dust separating apparatus for a vacuum cleaner includes a dust collection casing with an air inlet at a lower portion, a mesh filter formed on a bottom surface of the dust collection casing to firstly filter the contaminant from the drawn-in air, a plurality of cyclones formed in parallel in the dust collection casing to secondly filter the contaminant in the air drawn in via the air inlet, and a dust collection part formed at one side of the plurality of cyclones to collect the contaminant separated from the air. The air flowed in the air inlet formed at the lower portion of the dust collection casing is sequentially discharged via the mesh filter formed on the bottom surface of the dust collection casing and the plurality of cyclones.

Abstract: A dust collecting apparatus for a vacuum cleaner including a cyclone body provided with a cyclone chamber and a contaminant collecting chamber formed therein, a cyclone case provided in the cyclone body having the cyclone chamber and the contaminant collecting chamber separated from each other; an air inflow tube penetrating an outer wall of the cyclone body such that a suction passage at an outside of the cyclone body is fluidly communicated with a lower end of the cyclone chamber; and an air outlet tube penetrating sequentially a bottom of the cyclone case and a bottom the cyclone body to guide the air discharged from the cyclone chamber to a discharge passage placed at an outside of the cyclone body, wherein the contaminant collecting chamber is connected to the cyclone chamber through a contaminant discharge port formed at a side surface of upper end of the cyclone chamber.

Abstract: A cyclone dirt separating apparatus and a vacuum cleaner having the same are disclosed. The cyclone dirt separating apparatus comprises a cyclone body including a first cyclone chamber in which dirt is separated preliminarily from air drawn in from an exterior by a centrifugal force; and a second cyclone chamber in which dirt is separated secondarily from the air discharged from the first cyclone chamber; and a dirt collecting case coupled to a lower end of the cyclone body for collecting the dirt. Also, the cyclone dirt separating apparatus further comprises a discharge guide duct passed through the cyclone body and the dirt collecting case and guiding the air discharged from the second cyclone chamber. Therefore, the air discharged through the discharge guide duct is directly entered to a motor mounting space of the vacuum cleaner.

Abstract: A working vehicle, such as an agricultural combine, includes a vehicle body and an internal combustion engine carried by the vehicle body. The internal combustion engine includes a heat exchanger. An air scoop has an inlet positioned near a top of the vehicle body and facing in an upward direction, and an outlet positioned in association with the heat exchanger.

Abstract: A dust collecting unit for a vacuum cleaner is provided. The dust collecting unit includes a filter assembly for filtering foreign objects coupled to a dust collecting cover which covers a dust collecting canister (320). The dust collecting canister receives and air foreign object mixture and accumulates the foreign objects therein. The filter assembly is disposed inside the dust collecting canister and filters out the foreign objects from the mixture. A damper assembly that selectively provides outside air to the inside of the dust collecting cover is positioned within the dust collecting cover. When pressure within the vacuum cleaner is increased due to an excessive amount of foreign objects accumulated in the canister, the damper assembly is activated to allow entry of outside air to relive the internal pressure and avoid a fan motor overload. In this manner, the damper assembly can quickly react to an increase in internal pressure and avoid damage to the fan motor cause by an overload.

Abstract: A dust separating apparatus for a vacuum cleaner having a casing, a cyclone unit formed in the casing to filter contaminants from drawn-in air and discharge air removed of the contaminants, and a dust collection part arranged in parallel with the cyclone unit in the casing to collect the contaminant separated from the air by the cyclone unit. The casing is substantially semicircular to correspond to the mounting chamber of the vacuum cleaner body. On a bottom surface of the cyclone unit, an air inlet and an air outlet are formed. The air outlet is formed at one side of the air inlet.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cyclone unit and a contaminants-collecting apparatus having the same. The cyclone unit includes a cylindrical body disposed inside a dust-collecting receptacle; at least one supporting bracket extending from an outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical body to an inner circumferential surface of the dust collecting receptacle to support the cylindrical body and to separate the cylindrical body from the inner circumferential surface of the dust-collecting receptacle; and an air inlet pipe having one end in fluid communication with the air inlet port of the dust-collecting receptacle and the other end in fluid communication with the cylindrical body in a tangential direction.

Abstract: A media holding module to hold various granular and pelletized gas phase filtration media for filtering air. The module is comprised of two solid side plates, and a perforated end panel and four perforated wall panels disposed between the side plates. The perforated wall panels are arranged in a generally “V”-shaped configuration. The interior wall panels are contoured at the module inlet to provide aerodynamic airflow. Additionally, the interior wall panels are perforated across their entire surface areas to allow for airflow access to all filtration media in the filtration media beds. The compartment created by the wall panels may be subdivided to form sub-compartments capable of holding discrete beds of filtration media in series. The module's support members are located outside of the air stream to avoid airflow resistance and turbulence. The module further includes a flexible, reversible sealing system for sealing the module in the module housing in various configurations while preventing air bypass.

Abstract: An air filter includes a filter core and a base. Outer air is filtered by the filter core, and then flows to the base, which has a passageway provided in its center and connected with an air intake of an engine. An air concentrating tube is provided on the upper end of the passageway, extending in the inside of the filer fore, having an upper end with a large opening, gradually shrinking down to have a lower end with a trumpet shape. The large upper end of the air concentrating tube can permit filtered clean air to flow smoothly through into the passageway so that no turbulent current may happen in the air filter and filtered clean air may flow in an engine smoothly for boosting effectiveness of burning in the engine.

Abstract: “CONSTRUCTIVE DISPOSITION INTRODUCED INTO A PARTICULATE MATTER SEALING DEVICE EXISTING IN GAS ORIGINATING FROM FUEL BURNING AND/OR CHEMICAL REACTIONS WHEN RUNNING COMBUSTION ENGINES”, a value-adding solution to the sealing product both from the point of view of minimizing the impact caused in nature by particulate matter uncontrolled emission, that its application on mobile or stationary combustion engines, does not interfere with their good performance, thanks to an unpublished constructive and functional concept that in addition to the technical nature advantages allows it to present low manufacturing cost.

Abstract: Disclosed are improved polymer materials. Also disclosed are fine fiber materials that can be made from the improved polymeric materials in the form of microfiber and nanofiber structures. The microfiber and nanofiber structures can be used in a variety of useful applications including the formation of filter materials.

Abstract: A control system for the header flotation and lift hydraulics of an agricultural windrower that manages the effective and efficient removal of the header.

Abstract: A method for controlling and modifying the drop rate of a header on an agricultural harvesting machine by providing a programmable electronic control unit capable of receiving operator input through an input device. The programmable electronic control unit generates output signals based on the operator input to raise and lower the header according to a corresponding output drop rate signal.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling the flotation system of an agricultural harvesting machine such as a windrower, wherein the system is programmed to be automatically operable for entering a header remove mode when operating conditions indicate an intent to remove the header, which conditions can be, for instance, the setting or a flotation force value for the system to zero or near zero, and which will automatically exit the header remove mode when conditions indicate an intent to return to normal operation, for instance, when a flotation force is increased to at least a predetermined value.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for calibrating a PTO for driving a cutter of a header of an agricultural windrower, wherein a programmable control module in connection with at least signal operated device in operative control of a variable displacement pump operable for controlling operation of the PTO, is programmed as part of an automatic calibration routine for directing signals to the device having values which will increase over time from a first value toward a second value. At the same time, the control module determines when a first movement of the cutter occurs. If the first movement occurs before the second signal value is reached, information representative of an electrical signal corresponding to the first movement is stored. The routine is then repeated using a higher range of electrical signal values to calibrate where the cutter reaches max speed. In either instance, if the speed condition is not reached with the outputting of the signals within the range, the calibration fails.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for calibrating the reel of an agricultural windrower, wherein a programmable control module in connection with a signal operated device in operative control of a variable displacement pump operable for controlling operation of the reel, is programmed as part of an automatic calibration routine for directing signals to the device having different values, for rotating the reel at two different speeds. The controller will then determine a characteristic algorithm or relationship between reel speed and signal value which will be predictive of reel speeds which will be achieved for a range of signal values.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for varying the speed of a reel versus ground speed of an agricultural windrower, wherein a programmable control module in connection with a signal operated device operable for controlling operation of the reel, is programmed to operate in an automatic mode to control the reel speed as a percentage of the ground speed, while preventing the reel speed from falling below a minimum value.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for calibrating a PTO for driving a header of an agricultural windrower, wherein a programmable control module in connection with at least signal operated device in operative control of a variable displacement pump operable for controlling operation of the PTO, is programmed as part of an automatic calibration routine for determining values for the control signals required for operating the header at a predetermined target speed for a plurality or range of speeds of an engine driving the pump, such at the pump can be controlled to minimize occurrences of overpumping of fluid and resultant problems.

Abstract: In some embodiments, the present invention provides a mower including a frame having a front portion and a rear portion, at least one front wheel coupled to the front portion of the frame, and two drive wheels on substantially opposite sides of the rear portion of the frame. Each drive wheel is coupled to the frame by a first link pivotably coupled at one end to the front portion of the frame and at an opposite end to the drive wheel, and a second link pivotably coupled at one end to the rear portion of the frame and at an opposite end to the drive wheel. The mower also includes at least one spring positioned to bias the drive wheels in a downward direction. Each of the drive wheels are movable upward and downward relative to the frame.

Abstract: A riding mower with a height adjustable mowing deck includes an operator seating area and a cam wheel rotatably connected to a frame of the mower adjacent to the operator seating area. The mowing deck is supported below the frame of the mower by a deck lifting system comprising a plurality of cooperating bell cranks pivotally connected at various locations to the frame. A chain or like connector connects each bell crank to the mowing deck. Rotation of the bell cranks in one direction raises the mowing deck, and rotation in the opposite direction lowers the mowing deck. One of the bell cranks is connected for common rotation to a secondary arm aligned in a common plane with the cam wheel. A rod pivotally connects at one end to the secondary arm. The opposite end of the arm contacts an edge portion of the cam wheel.

Abstract: A machine for edging a lawn with an adjustable cutting blade on a support bracket configured to attach to a body of a lawnmower at a point proximate to the point of attachment of a front wheel of the lawnmower.

Abstract: Harvesting head to be installed on a traveling carrier and configured to straddle a row of fruit-bearing plants, during operation, so as to harvest berries or small fruit such as, for example, grapes, black currants, gooseberries, raspberries, olives is the present invention. The harvesting head is dependent on one or more a device imparting movements during operation, the movements on either side being in relation to the median vertical plane of a straddling carrier on which the harvesting head is mounted. The device is controlled by at least one control system and capable of centering at least the lower part of the harvesting head in relation to the plants in rows.

Abstract: The false-twisting disk 5 a friction ring 8 with rubber elasticity on the outer periphery of the disk body 10, wherein a fitting recessed part such as a dovetail groove 7 is formed on the outer periphery of the disk body 10, and a fitting projection part such as a projected line 9 to be fitted in the dovetail groove 7 or the like is provided on the inner periphery of the friction ring 8, thereby, only the friction ring 8 mounted on the outer periphery of the disk body 10 can be replaced, and the friction ring 8 is prevented from falling off at high-speed rotation of the false-twisting disk 5.

Abstract: Constant pressure internal combustion engine having an elongated combustion chamber which in some embodiments is folded back upon itself and has a rough, twisting interior side wall, a fuel inlet for introducing fuel into the chamber, a compression chamber in communication with the combustion chamber, means for varying the volume of the compression chamber and combustion chamber to form a mixture of fuel and air that burns as it travels through the chamber and is further mixed by the rough, twisting side wall of the chamber, an expansion chamber in communication with the combustion chamber, and an output member in the expansion chamber which is driven by pressure produced by the burning mixture, with the means for varying the volume of the compression chamber and the output member in the expansion chamber being connected together for movement in concert such that the pressure remains substantially constant within the combustion chamber.

Abstract: Constant pressure internal combustion engine having an elongated combustion chamber which in some embodiments is folded back upon itself and has a rough, twisting interior side wall, a fuel inlet for introducing fuel into the chamber, a compression chamber in communication with the combustion chamber, means for varying the volume of the compression chamber and combustion chamber to form a mixture of fuel and air that burns as it travels through the chamber and is further mixed by the rough, twisting side wall of the chamber, an expansion chamber in communication with the combustion chamber, and an output member in the expansion chamber which is driven by pressure produced by the burning mixture, with the means for varying the volume of the compression chamber and the output member in the expansion chamber being connected together for movement in concert such that the pressure remains substantially constant within the combustion chamber.

Abstract: Constant pressure internal combustion engine having an elongated combustion chamber which in some embodiments is folded back upon itself and has a rough, twisting interior side wall, a fuel inlet for introducing fuel into the chamber, a compression chamber in communication with the combustion chamber, means for varying the volume of the compression chamber and combustion chamber to form a mixture of fuel and air that burns as it travels through the chamber and is further mixed by the rough, twisting side wall of the chamber, an expansion chamber in communication with the combustion chamber, and an output member in the expansion chamber which is driven by pressure produced by the burning mixture, with the means for varying the volume of the compression chamber and the output member in the expansion chamber being connected together for movement in concert such that the pressure remains substantially constant within the combustion chamber.

Abstract: Constant pressure internal combustion engine having an elongated combustion chamber which in some embodiments is folded back upon itself and has a rough, twisting interior side wall, a fuel inlet for introducing fuel into the chamber, a compression chamber in communication with the combustion chamber, means for varying the volume of the compression chamber and combustion chamber to form a mixture of fuel and air that burns as it travels through the chamber and is further mixed by the rough, twisting side wall of the chamber, an expansion chamber in communication with the combustion chamber, and an output member in the expansion chamber which is driven by pressure produced by the burning mixture, with the means for varying the volume of the compression chamber and the output member in the expansion chamber being connected together for movement in concert such that the pressure remains substantially constant within the combustion chamber.

Abstract: Internal combustion engine and method with compression and expansion chambers of variable volume, a combustion chamber, a variable intake valve for controlling air intake to the compression chamber, a variable outlet valve for controlling communication between the compression chamber and the combustion chamber, means for introducing fuel into the combustion chamber to form a mixture of fuel and air which burns and expands in the combustion chamber, a variable inlet valve for controlling communication between the combustion chamber and the expansion chamber, a variable exhaust valve for controlling exhaust flow from the expansion chamber, means for monitoring temperature and pressure conditions, and a computer responsive to the temperature and pressure conditions for controlling opening and closing of the valves and introduction of fuel into to the combustion chamber to optimize engine efficiency over a wide range of engine load conditions The relative volumes of the compression and expansion chambers and the

Abstract: A power generation plant includes a conventional steam turbo train, a high temperature turbo train, and a coal fired boiler (1) with a fluidized bed combustor. The high temperature turbo train is particularly arranged vertically and in parallel with the coal fired boiler (1) and separately from the conventional turbo train. Transfer flow lines (4, 5, 6) are run from the boiler (1) to the high temperature turbines over minimal lengths. The arrangement of the two turbo trains separately from one another and the vertical arrangement of the high temperature turbo train are advantageous in terms of plant efficiency and fabrication and maintenance thereof.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine comprising a combustion chamber section, a turbine section, and a compressor section. The turbine section surrounds the combustion chamber and the compressor section surrounds the turbine section.

Abstract: An improved NOX control for an internal combustion engine having an exhaust system with a NOX storage catalyst (105) includes a gas composition sensor (110) upstream of the NOX catalyst. Whether the NOX catalyst is storing NOX onto the catalyst or purging NOX from the catalyst is estimated from the signal output from the gas composition sensor. The composition of exhaust gasses input to the catalyst is also estimated using variables like engine load, engine speed, engine temperature and space velocity of the exhaust gases. This enables the NOX flow rate input to the catalyst and the aggregate quantity of NOX stored on the catalyst to be estimated.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved exhaust gas cleaning system and method for a combustion source comprising a hydrogen generation system, a sulfur oxides trap, and a nitrogen storage reduction (NSR) catalyst trap. The improved exhaust gas cleaning system and method of the present invention also provides for a water-gas-shift catalyst between the sulfur oxides trap and the NSR catalyst trap, and a clean-up catalyst downstream of the NSR catalyst trap. The invention provides also a sulfur trap regenerable at moderate temperatures with rich pulses, rather than at high temperatures. The improved exhaust gas cleaning system of the present invention provides for the sulfur released from the sulfur trap to pass through the nitrogen oxide trap with no or little poisoning of NOx storage and reduction sites, which significantly improves NSR catalyst trap lifetime and performance to meet future emissions standards.

Abstract: In an exhaust gas purifying technique in which discharge is utilized, the invention provides a technique in which purification efficiency can be enhanced while an increase in electric power consumption is suppressed. A discharge mode including a discharge period and an undischarged period is adopted in a configuration in which a plasma process is performed to exhaust gas from a Diesel engine by generating the discharge in a plasma generator. A basic waveform periodically exists in a repeated manner in the discharge period, and the discharge is not performed in the undischarged period. An amplitude and/or a period of the basic waveform is controlled according to a load on the Diesel engine, a continuous iteration count of the basic waveform is controlled according to purification reaction efficiency in the plasma process, and the burst period is controlled according to an exhaust gas flow rate.

Abstract: In an engine having apparatus for a post-exhaust process, surging is prevented when the air excess coefficient is changed to a lean condition from a rich condition in order to carry out the post-exhaust process. The present engine control apparatus comprises a turbo-supercharger driven by exhaust energy of an engine in a vehicle, an EGR path interconnecting an exhaust path and an inlet path of the engine, at least one of a NOx trap catalyzer and a diesel particulate filter (DPF) mounted in the exhaust path for purifying exhaust discharged from the engine, an EGR valve for adjusting the flow rate of air passing through the EGR path, an air excess coefficient control unit for controlling the air excess coefficient, depending on driving conditions, and wherein the EGR valve is operable to close when the air coefficient control unit controls the air excess coefficient so as to be in a lean condition.

Abstract: There is provided a method for fueling a diesel engine having a particulate filter in its exhaust system. The method comprises supplying a main fuel injection to generate a desired torque. It also comprises additionally supplying a first post fuel injection after the main fuel injection and a second post fuel injection after the first post fuel injection during a higher engine load condition. The method further comprises continuing to supply the main fuel injection and the first post fuel injection and stopping to supply the second post fuel injection during a lower engine load condition, if a vehicle cruise control is performed. Therefore, a noticeable torque disturbance can be eliminated.

Abstract: An exhaust aftertreatment system is provided with a first SCR catalyst, a NOx adsorber-catalyst, and an ammonia-SCR catalyst. The first catalyst is generally a hydrocarbon-SCR catalyst, but can be a carbon monoxide-SCR catalyst or a hydrogen-SCR catalyst. The first catalyst is functional to reduce NOx in lean exhaust using the corresponding reductant. The NOx adsorbant-catalyst is functional to adsorb NOx and to produce ammonia during regeneration. The ammonia SCR catalyst is configured to adsorb ammonia so produced and is functional to subsequently use that ammonia to reduce NOx in lean exhaust. The first SCR catalyst is useful to reduce the frequency with which the NOx adsorber-catalyst needs to be regenerated, and can thereby extends the life of that catalyst. In one embodiment, reductant for the first SCR catalyst is stored during regeneration of the NOx adsorber-catalyst and is used to convert additional NOx in a subsequent lean phase.

Abstract: An air-fuel ratio control apparatus of an internal combustion engine includes: an exhaust gas purifying catalyst disposed in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine; fuel cutting means for cutting fuel to be supplied to the internal combustion engine at the time of deceleration of the internal combustion engine; and catalyst degradation suppressing means for suppressing degradation of the exhaust gas purifying catalyst by prohibiting operation of the fuel cutting means when it is determined that the degradation of the exhaust gas purifying catalyst advances, wherein the catalyst degradation suppressing means sets an operation permitting period, during which the operation of the fuel cutting means is permitted after completion of a fuel quantity increasing operation of the internal combustion engine.

Abstract: In an exhaust emission control system for a vehicular internal combustion engine, a particulate filter collects particulate matters in an exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine. A filter regenerator regenerates the particulate filter by burning the particulate matters accumulated in the particulate filter. A filter front clogging detector determines whether a front end portion of the particulate filter is clogged by the particulate matters. A filter regeneration controller that controls the filter regenerator to perform a front regeneration to remove the particulate matters accumulated in the front end portion of the particulate filter when the filter front clogging detector determines that the front end portion of the particulate filter is clogged.

Abstract: A muffling apparatus 1 of the present invention having an exhaust emission purifying function, including a turning portion 8 in an inside of an exhaust gas flow passage, and having an injection nozzle 12 disposed in an upstream side exhaust gas flow passage 9 of the turning portion 8, for injection-supplying a liquid reducing agent; and a reduction catalytic converter 13 disposed in a downstream side exhaust gas flow passage 10 of the turning portion 8, for reductively purifying nitrogen oxides with the liquid reducing agent. The apparatus further includes a diffusing member 15, which generates a vortex flow of a gas traveling in a vertical plane of the turning portion 8 to diffuse the liquid reducing agent.

Abstract: A motor vehicle having an internal combustion motor and a wheel drive mechanism, wherein the motor has an exhaust system connected thereto, includes a) an exhaust system having an exhaust pipe and a rotating accessory, with the exhaust pipe being in a fixed position relative to the internal combustion motor, and the accessory being rotatably connected to the exhaust pipe, and b) an accessory drive mechanism connected to the accessory for rotation of the accessory. The accessory drive mechanism may operate off some power source of the vehicle, operate independently of the vehicle power sources, may operate from exiting exhaust gases, ambient wind form motion of the vehicle, or a combination of the foregoing.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hydrodynamic coupling having a primary blade wheel and a secondary blade wheel. The primary wheel and the secondary wheel together form a working chamber that can be filled with a working medium and are mounted in such a way that they can rotate in relation to each other. A bearing is inserted, at least indirectly, between the primary impeller and the secondary impeller, said bearing absorbing the radial forces and/or axial forces acting between the blade wheels. The inventive hydrodynamic coupling is characterized in that the bearing is constructed as a sliding bearing, a film of bearing fluid subjected to hydrostatic pressure being formed between the bearing components moving in relation to each other during the operation of the hydrodynamic coupling, and the pressure of the bearing fluid is dependent on the pressure of the working medium built up in the working chamber.

Abstract: An improved hydraulic arrangement is provided for a spring support system. The arrangement comprises a hydraulic cylinder, a hydraulic reservoir, a hydraulic fluid feeder, a hydraulic accumulator, a first control valve between the hydraulic cylinder and the accumulator, a second control valve between the hydraulic cylinder and the hydraulic reservoir as well as an automatic shut-off valve and a controller with a lifting position, a lowering position and a neutral position for the hydraulic cylinder. In order to prevent different pressure loads between the accumulator and the hydraulic cylinder, it is suggested to equalize the pressure between the accumulator and the hydraulic cylinder, without impairing the spring support system or the automatic shut-off valve. Accordingly, the accumulator is suitably connected to a non-return valve and to a flow restrictor or orifice.

Abstract: A control device for a work machine hydraulic pump used on a work vehicle according to the present invention has an object to rapidly accelerate the engine to start the vehicle quickly and to rapidly produce a large tractive force when an operator starts depressing the accelerator pedal while operating the work machine operating lever from the neutral position. The control means controls the capacity of the work machine hydraulic pump so as not to exceed the capacity upper limit corresponding to the currently detected engine speed, when the engine speed detected by the engine speed detecting means is equal to or lower than a predetermined speed (maximum torque speed).

Abstract: An engine management system uses physically based models to determine the composition and mass of the fresh air/exhaust gas mixture suctioned by an internal combustion engine. The models are closely coupled to each other in a partial manner and are used to simulate the filling of the combustion chamber with the suctioned fresh air/waste gas mixture in order to simulate the flow of the mass of re-circulating exhaust gas, the behavior of the exhaust gas manifold upstream and downstream from a turbine, the storage behavior of the intake manifold, and the behavior of the intake pipe or inlet manifold whereby the fresh air/exhaust gas mixture is fed to the combustion engine from a corresponding mixing point where the suctioned fresh air is mixed with the exhaust gas re-circulated via the exhaust gas re-circulation line. As a result, a plurality of additional state variables can be determined without additional sensors.

Abstract: A generating facility is provided for generating electricity from both solar and non-solar energy sources. The solar generating portion of the facility includes capability to directly generate electricity from solar insolation, or to store the solar energy in a tangible medium, including stored heat, or solar generating fuel. The generating facility is configured to generate electricity simultaneously from both solar and non-solar sources, as well a solely from immediate solar insolation and from solar energy stored in a tangible medium. Additionally, the solar generating capacity may be segregated; such that separate spectra of solar insolation are used to capture heat for steam turbine based electrical generation, capture light energy for photovoltaic based electrical generation, and to grow biomass to generate a solar fuel.

Abstract: A fuel nozzle having a fuel conveying member surrounded by a sheath. An air passage is defined between the fuel conveying member and the sheath for directing air to an air swirler provided at one end of the fuel conveying member. At one flow director is provided in the air passage for promoting air and fuel uniformity and distribution at a spray tip of the fuel nozzle.

Abstract: An improved turbine spring clip seal for directing gases to be mixed with fuel in a combustor basket. The turbine spring clip seal may include an inner housing and an outer housing. The inner housing or the outer housing, or both, may be shortened relative to conventional clips and may include a cooling channel proximate to a point of attachment to the combustor basket.