Abstract: A device for measuring flow processes of fluids includes an inlet, an outlet, a housing, a drivable positive displacement flow meter arranged in the housing, the displacement flow meter including a positive displacement chamber formed therein in which at least one driven impeller is rotatably arranged, a first supply duct fluidically connecting the displacement chamber with the inlet, a first discharge duct fluidically connecting the displacement chamber with the outlet, a first inlet port via which the first supply duct opens into a front of the displacement chamber, a second supply duct fluidically connected to the inlet, a displacement flow meter bypass with a differential pressure sensor arranged therein, and an evaluation and control unit which controls the displacement flow meter based on a differential pressure applied to the pressure sensor. The second supply duct opens into a rear of the displacement chamber via a second inlet port.

Abstract: A device for measuring flow processes of fluids. The device includes an inlet, an outlet, a drive unit, a positive displacement flow meter which is driven by the drive unit, the positive displacement flow meter including a positive displacement chamber, a supply duct which fluidically connects the positive displacement chamber to the inlet, a discharge duct which fluidically connects the positive displacement chamber to the outlet, a bypass which bypasses the positive displacement flow meter, a differential pressure sensor arranged in the bypass, and an evaluation and control unit which provides a control of the positive displacement flow meter based on a differential pressure applied to the differential pressure sensor. The supply duct and the discharge duct each rise in a fluid flow direction.

Abstract: A device for measuring flow processes of a measuring fluid. The device includes an inlet, an outlet, a positive displacement housing, a drive unit, a positive displacement flow meter driven by the drive unit arranged in the positive displacement housing, a bypass which bypasses the positive displacement flow meter, a differential pressure sensor arranged in the bypass; and an evaluation and control unit which controls the positive displacement flow meter based on a pressure difference existing at the differential pressure sensor. The drive unit includes a canned motor which includes a drive shaft, a rotor, and a stator with windings, and a can which separates an inner chamber, which is filled with the measuring fluid and which holds the drive shaft and the rotor, from an outer chamber, which holds the stator.

Abstract: A device for measuring through-flow processes of fluids. The device includes an inlet, an outlet, a flow housing in which a fluid flows, a drivable displacement meter in the flow housing, a bypass line which bypasses the drivable displacement meter, a pressure difference sensor in the bypass line and in the flow housing, an evaluation and control unit which controls the drivable displacement meter based on a pressure difference existing at the pressure difference sensor, and a cooling channel in the flow housing which has a coolant flow therethrough.

Abstract: A method for producing control data for rule-based driver assistance for guiding a vehicle by a driver assistance system is provided. The method includes detection of values of at least one adjustment parameter for guiding the vehicle and/or a body parameter which at least partially characterizes body functions of a vehicle passenger. The method also includes detection of values of at least one input parameter which at least partially characterizes a driving scenario; determining at least one boundary condition for adjusting the at least one adjustment parameter according to the at least one input parameter based on the detected values; and emission of control data for guiding the vehicle, which takes into account the at least one boundary condition as a rule.

Abstract: A condensation particle counter comprising a saturation unit (1) and a downstream condensation unit (2), through which at least one channel (5) for an aerosol flow passes between an inlet (3) and an outlet (4) that leads to a counting unit (16). The saturation unit (1) and the condensation unit (2) comprise a shell sleeve (12) having an inner shell wall (21) that is penetrated by a core (6), the core wall (20) and the inner shell wall (21) delimiting a channel (5) formed therebetween.

Abstract: For an easily implementable method for model predictive control of a DC/DC converter, and a corresponding controller, with which the optimization problem of the model predictive control can also be solved sufficiently quickly with large prediction horizons, the optimization problem is divided into two optimization problems by a model predictive output variable control and a model predictive choke current control being implemented in the control unit (10), wherein: the strands of the multiphase DC/DC converter (12) for the output variable control are combined into a single strand; a time-discrete state space model is produced therefrom; and the output variable control predicts the input voltage (uv,k+1) of the next sampling step (k+1) for this single strand on the basis of a first cost function (Jv) of the optimization problem of the output variable control, said input voltage being given to the choke current control as a setpoint and the choke current control determining therefrom the necessary switch positio

Abstract: The invention relates to a variable valve control device (1) for internal combustion engines of the reciprocating-piston design having at least one gas exchange valve, which can be actuated by a camshaft (3) by means of a cam device (4) that is connected to the camshaft (3) for conjoint rotation and that has at least two different cam tracks (7, 8), which camshaft is supported in such a way that the camshaft can be rotated about a camshaft axis (2), wherein, selectively, one of the cam tracks (7, 8) can be activated and at least one other cam track (8, 7) can be deactivated by means of a control device (10), and wherein the control device (10) has at least one control element (11), which is guided axially, in particular within the camshaft, and by which at least one cam device (4) that is supported on the camshaft (3) for conjoint rotation but axially movably and that has at least two different cam tracks (7, 8) can be adjusted by means of at least one driving piece (12).

Abstract: A drive and control device for a throughflow measurement device. The drive and control device includes an electric drive unit, a connection housing connected to the electric drive unit, a main board, and an attachment structure to position the main board with respect to the electric drive unit. The attachment structure includes at least one board retaining element to which the main board is attached, and an attachment element to which the electric drive unit is attached. The attachment element includes guide rails which position the at least one board retaining element when the at least one board retaining element is pushed onto the guide rails.

Abstract: The invention relates to a dual clutch transmission (10) for a motor vehicle, having an input shaft (11) and a main shaft (13), wherein the input shaft (11) can be connected to a first counter shaft (16) via all engageable first clutch (18) and to a second counter shaft (17) via an engageable second clutch (19), wherein the first counter shaft (16) and the second counter shaft (17) can each be drivingly connected to the main shaft (13) via at least one gear stage (ZA1, ZA2, ZA3, ZA4, ZA5, ZR1) which can be selected via a selector device (20), and wherein a range group transmission (21) is arranged between the main shaft (13) and an output shaft (12) of the dual clutch transmission.

Abstract: In order to manage with a smaller number of retransmissions of a data packet during attempts to reconstruct a data packet that has been incorrectly received in a wireless sensor network, it is proposed to implement in the receiving unit (2) a first method and a second method for reconstructing the incorrectly received data packet (DP), in a first step to apply the first method for reconstructing the incorrectly received data packet (DP) and to check for whether the data packet (DP) has thus been reconstructed, and in a subsequent second step to apply the second method for reconstructing the incorrectly received data packet (DP) if the incorrectly received data packet (DP) has not been reconstructed with the first method, and to check for whether the data packet (DP) has thus been reconstructed.

Abstract: A valve actuating device for variable valve control wherein at least one articulation point between a valve lever and a gas exchange valve, or a force transmission element which acts on the gas exchange valve, is adjustable by way of an adjusting device which includes a piston displaceably mounted in the valve lever, a piston rod which is connected to the piston is connected in an articulated manner at a first articulation point to a first end of a push rod whose second end is connected in an articulated manner at a second articulation point to the gas exchange valve, or the force transmission part which acts on the gas exchange valve, the first articulation point being displaced in the longitudinal direction of the piston rod at least between a first position and a second position.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for monitoring a technical device, in particular a drive apparatus, which system has a capturing means, in particular an image storage means, for reading in a first visual representation, in particular a signal flow diagram, wherein the first visual representation contains information regarding at least one setting parameter and/or at least one measurement parameter of a controller, which is designed to control the device. Furthermore, the at least one setting parameter and/or the at least one measurement parameter is suitable for characterizing a state of the device. The system preferably also has a scanning means for detecting at least one symbol, in particular lettering, in the visual representation, in particular by means of optical character recognition. Furthermore, the system preferably has a database for associating at least one setting parameter and/or at least one measurement parameter with the at least one detected symbol.

Abstract: A method for simulating cornering of a vehicle 2 being tested on a roller dynamometer 1 to determine a measured variable 13, wherein the vehicle 2 being tested on the roller dynamometer 1 is operated as though driving straight ahead, and to simulate cornering the additional resistance forces of cornering are taken into account in the form of a correction parameter 9.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for determining critical operating states in a fuel cell stack, consisting of single cells connected in series, wherein a low-frequency current or voltage signal is applied to the fuel cell stack, the resulting voltage or current signal is measured and the distortion factor thd is determined. According to the invention, the weighted sum of a term dependent on the membrane resistance Rm and a term dependent on the distortion factor thd is used to determine an indicator THDAdryout correlating with the drying out of the fuel cell membranes of the fuel cell stack, the membrane resistance Rm being detected by impedance measurement.

Abstract: The invention relates to a length-adjustable connecting rod (1) for a reciprocating piston machine, comprising at least one first rod part (2) with a small connecting rod eye (3) and at least one second rod part (4) with a large connecting rod eye (5), both rod parts (2, 4) being movable in relation to each other or inside each other in a telescoping manner. The second rod part (4) comprises a guide cylinder (8) and the first rod part (2) is securely connected to a piston element (7) that can move longitudinally in the guide cylinder (8), a first high-pressure chamber (10) being mounted on a first side of the piston element (7) between the second rod part (4) and the piston element (7), and a second high-pressure chamber (12) being mounted on a second side of the piston element (7), at least one sealing element (22, 24) being provided for sealing at least one high-pressure chamber (10, 12).

Abstract: A system for measuring temporally resolved through-flow processes of a fluid. The system includes an inlet, a main line comprising a line section, an outlet fluidically connected with the inlet via the main line, a displacement device arranged in the main line, a circuitous line which branches off the main line between the inlet and the displacement device and to enter the main line between the displacement device and the outlet, a pressure difference transducer arranged in the circuitous line, an evaluation and control unit which controls the displacement device, and a bypass line comprising a pump and a sensor. The bypass line branches off from the main line or from the circuitous line and ends at a same side of the displacement device and the pressure difference transducer to bypass the line section or the circuitous line from which the bypass line branches off.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cylinder head (1) for an internal combustion engine having at least one fire-face-side first cooling chamber (5a) and one second cooling chamber (5b), which adjoins the first cooling chamber (5a) in the axial direction of the cylinder, the first and second cooling chambers (5a, 5b) being separated from each other by means of an intermediate plate (7), a central receptacle (4) being arranged for an injection nozzle or ignition device for each cylinder (Z), and the first and second cooling chambers (5a, 5b) being flow-connected to each other in the region of the central receptacle (4); and having at least two, preferably four gas exchange valve openings (2, 3) per cylinder (Z), the first cooling chamber (5a) having a radial cooling duct (11, 12, 13, 14) in the region of at least one valve bridge (20, 21, 22, 23) between two gas exchange valve openings (2, 3).

Abstract: A cooling structure (1) for a cylinder head (2) of an internal combustion engine includes a lower first cooling jacket (12) adjacent to a fire deck (13) and an upper second cooling jacket (14) adjacent to an intermediate deck (15), the first and second cooling jackets (12, 14) being flow connected by at least one transfer opening (27, 31) of the intermediate deck (15), the first cooling jacket (3) including at least one center cooling chamber (17) and an outer cooling chamber arrangement with at least one first outer cooling chamber (16), the outer cooling chamber (16) and the center cooling chamber (17) being flow connected by at least one exhaust side first radial passage (19) extending in a region of the exhaust valve bridge (8) and by at least one second radial passage (20, 21), the first radial passage (19) and the second radial passage (20, 21) being streamed hydraulically in parallel.

Abstract: A fuel consumption-measuring system includes a feed line, a first pump which pumps fuel from a tank via the feed line to a consumer, a fuel consumption-measuring device in the feed line, a first return line which branches off at the consumer and opens into the feed line between the fuel consumption-measuring device and the consumer, a second return line which branches off from the feed line between the first pump and the fuel consumption-measuring device which opens into the tank, a branch which leads from the feed line into the second return line, a heat exchanger, and a flow device arranged in the first and second return lines. The flow device provides an equal volume flow at an opening of the first return line into the feed line and at the branch leading from the feed line into the second return line.