Abstract: A method for producing a three-dimensional multilayer object produces a three-dimensional multilayer object by partially applying energy to a conductive powder and thereby melting or sintering and curing the conductive powder. The method for producing a three-dimensional multilayer object includes: applying energy to the conductive powder to melt or sinter the conductive powder, and detecting a flaw in a surface layer portion of the cured three-dimensional multilayer object by relatively moving a probe, which is disposed spaced apart from the surface layer portion, with respect to the surface layer portion. The method contains an excitation step of generating an eddy current in the surface layer portion and detecting a change in a magnetic field of the surface layer portion.

Abstract: An EMS includes a control unit that controls a power generation facility and a power adjustment unit that adjusts an amount of supply of supply power. The control unit includes: a reverse power flow suppression process determination unit; a priority decision unit that decides a priority for adjusting an amount of power generated for the two power generation devices of the power generation facility on the basis of a predicted degree of fluctuation in load power; and a device control unit that controls the power generation facility such that the amount of power generated is adjusted in descending order of the priority decided by the priority decision unit when the reverse power flow suppression process determination unit determines to reduce the amount of power generated by the power generation facility.

Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes: a housing including an intake flow path; a compressor impeller arranged in the intake flow path and including a plurality of blades; an accommodation chamber formed upstream of the blades in a flow of intake air in the housing; a movable member arranged in the accommodation chamber and movable to a protruding position where the movable member protrudes into the intake flow path and to a retracted position where the movable member is retracted from the intake flow path; and one or more grooves formed over an inner circumferential surface and a side face closer to the blades in the movable member.

Abstract: A turbocharger includes: a shaft; a rolling bearing including an inner ring mounted on the shaft and an outer ring arranged around the inner ring; a housing including a bearing hole accommodating the rolling bearing; a compressor impeller provided on the shaft at an outside the bearing hole; and an annular bearing retainer plate arranged between the bearing hole and the compressor impeller in the central axis direction of the shaft and including an end face facing a side face of the outer ring, the end face including an annular circumferential oil groove continuously extending along the entire circumferential direction of the shaft and a protrusion located inside the circumferential oil groove in a radial direction of the shaft and protruding in a central axis direction of the shaft.

Abstract: A determination apparatus of a center of gravity position includes a vehicle on which a cargo is loadable, a self-location detector that acquires self-location data of the vehicle, a turning parameter generator that calculates a turning parameter based on the self-location data, a steering detector that detects a steering control value of the vehicle, a memory that stores reference data, a comparator that compares the turning parameter calculated by the turning parameter generator and the steering control value detected by the steering detector with the reference data, and a determiner that determines a center of gravity position of the vehicle or the cargo based on comparison results of the comparator.

Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes: an impeller including a main body portion and a plurality of blades provided on an outer peripheral surface of the main body portion; an intake flow path facing the impeller in a rotational axis direction; and a throttling mechanism including a throttling member provided in the intake flow path, a ratio obtained by dividing a distance between an outer peripheral end of a leading edge of the blade and the throttling member by a maximum protruding height of the throttling member protruding from an inner wall surface of the intake flow path is equal to or less than 4.

Abstract: A turbine includes: a turbine blade wheel housed in a housing unit; two turbine scroll flow paths wound radially outward with respect to the turbine blade wheel and connected at positions different from each other in a circumferential direction in an outer circumferential portion of the housing unit; and two scroll outlets each communicating one of the two turbine scroll flow paths with the housing unit, the two scroll outlets formed along the circumferential direction, at least one of the two scroll outlets having a height distribution in which a height in an axial direction is lower than a surrounding height at at least one of an upstream end or a downstream end.

Abstract: A turbocharger includes: a mixed flow turbine including a turbine wheel; a turbine housing configured to house the turbine wheel, including a gas passage extending toward a leading edge of a blade of the turbine wheel; and nozzle vanes arranged in the gas passage in the circumferential direction of the turbine wheel, mutually adjacent two of the nozzle vanes forming a throat therebetween. Each nozzle vane is twisted with respect to a trailing edge of the nozzle vane as a twist center such that a width of the throat becomes narrower on the shroud side than on the hub side.

Abstract: A hot-press device includes: a heating furnace; a pair of punches which includes an upper punch and a lower punch provided in the heating furnace and vertically facing each other; a lower press ram which is connected to a lower surface of the lower punch; an upper press ram which is connected to an upper surface of the upper punch; and a pressing device which is connected to any one or both of the lower press ram and the upper press ram and presses the punch so that the pair of punches are close to each other, in which the lower press ram and/or the upper press ram includes a plurality of individual press rams which are disposed at intervals, each individual press ram having one end coupled to the pair of punches.

Abstract: Provided is a technique that stably adjusts energy exchange with an outside and quickly returns received power in a case in which a deviation between a target value and an actual value increases. A power control device controls an operation of a power adjustment device in a microgrid that is capable of exchanging energy with an outside and includes the power adjustment device adjusting an internal power usage. The power control device includes a control unit that controls the power adjustment device such that an actual value of the energy exchange with the outside is close to a target value and, in a case in which a state of the energy exchange changes such that a deviation between the target value and the actual value becomes larger, performs change control to change a content of control such that an amount of change in the deviation increases.

Abstract: A thrust foil bearing includes: a base plate including an insertion hole through which a shaft is inserted, and a supporting surface expanding in a direction orthogonal to an axial direction of the insertion hole; a step member placed on the supporting surface and formed of a different body from the base plate; and a back foil extending in a circumferential direction of the insertion hole and in which one part of the back foil is supported by the supporting surface and another part of the back foil next to the one part in the circumferential direction is supported by the step member.

Abstract: Provided is a jig for a vibration test of a rotor blade, for use in the vibration test for evaluating high cycle fatigue characteristics of the rotor blade for an aircraft engine, and the jig is provided with a jig body holding a dovetail portion of a fan blade and fixed onto an excitation table of a shaker, and a hydraulic jack that applies a load in a blade span direction to the fan blade to fix the fan blade to the jig body. Consequently, in the vibration test for evaluating the high cycle fatigue characteristics of the rotor blade, a test simulating an actual operation state can be carried out, the rotor blade can be efficiently excited to reach a large deformation region, and high cycle fatigue failure can occur without any increase in test cost.

Abstract: A secondary flow suppression structure includes: a turbine rotor blade including an outer shroud; a turbine stator vane located rearward of the turbine rotor blade and including an outer band; a seal surface facing the outer shroud at a radial outside of the outer shroud; a fin projecting from the outer shroud toward the seal surface; and a cavity formed between the seal surface and the turbine stator vane, formed in an annular shape extending in a circumferential direction, and provided with an opening portion opening radially inward on a virtual surface of the seal surface extending rearward. A front end of the outer band is positioned at the same height as the virtual surface in a radial direction, or positioned radially inward of the virtual surface.

Abstract: A turbine housing has: a first inner member; a second inner member contacting with the first inner member; a turbine scroll flow path enclosed and defined by the first inner member and the second inner member; a first casting housing covering the first inner member at a side opposite to the second inner member; a second casting housing covering the second inner member at a side opposite to the first inner member; an aperture formed in one or both of the first casting housing and the second casting housing and including an opening that opens to an outside; a tube member arranged in the aperture and defining an inlet flow path connected to the turbine scroll flow path; and an inner opening defined by the first inner member and the second inner member and overlapping with one end of the tube member.

Abstract: A power supply device includes a first coil part and a second coil part, a power transmission request part configured to transmit a power transmission request to the movable object, a power reception information acquisition part configured to acquire first power reception information of the first coil part and second power reception information of the second coil part, a movable object position determination part configured to determine whether the movable object is positioned at a first power supply position or a second power supply position, and a power transmission control part configured to cause the first coil part to transmit power when it is determined that the movable object is positioned at the first power supply position, and to cause the second coil part to transmit power when it is determined that the movable object is positioned at the second power supply position.

Abstract: There is provided a power adjustment method in a microgrid connected to an external power supply system and having a power storage unit capable of adjusting an amount of stored power by charging and discharging and a power consumption unit capable of adjusting power consumption of the power. The power adjustment method includes adjusting transmission and reception of the power by simultaneously controlling the power consumption in the power consumption unit and charge/discharge power in the power storage unit in order to transmit and receive power based on a planned value determined for each planned section to and from the external power supply system.

Abstract: A compressor impeller includes: a hub provided at one end of a shaft; a blade arranged around an outer circumference of the hub; a leading edge formed on the blade and having a nonlinear shape different from a straight line connecting a shroud side end and a hub side end; and a blade surface formed between the leading edge and a trailing edge of the blade and having a curved-surface shape drawn by a trajectory of a movement of a generating line that is a straight line connecting the shroud side end and the hub side end.

Abstract: Provided is a workpiece cutting device capable of reliably cutting a workpiece in a short period of time without damaging portions other than seams and without leading to an increase in size of the device in a case where the device is used to cut a workpiece formed into a sheet shape by partially coupling a plurality of small pieces to each other, for example. A workpiece cutting device that cuts a sheet-shaped or thin plate-shaped workpiece into a first-side workpiece and a second-side workpiece includes a securing mechanism that secures the first-side workpiece, a gripping and turning mechanism that grips the second-side workpiece and turns the second-side workpiece about a seam with the first-side workpiece as an axis, and a separating piece insertion mechanism that separates the first-side workpiece and the second-side workpiece at a vulnerable portion formed at the seam through a turning operation of the second-side workpiece performed by the gripping and turning mechanism.

Abstract: A hydrocarbon generation system includes a first generation apparatus configured to generate a hydrocarbon with two or more carbon atoms from a first raw material containing: at least one of carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide; and hydrogen. The hydrocarbon generation system includes a second generation apparatus configured to generate methane from a second raw material including: hydrogen; and at least one of carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide contained in the first raw material and discharged from the first generation apparatus.

Abstract: A thrust foil bearing includes a base plate including an insertion hole through which a rotating shaft is inserted and a support surface disposed around the insertion hole on one side of the insertion hole in an axial direction, and a back foil disposed on the support surface, in which the support surface has a plurality of inclined surfaces of which inclination angles inclined toward the other side of the base plate in the axial direction become shallower in order toward an outside of the insertion hole in a radial direction, and the back foil is divided into a plurality of divided regions in the radial direction by a slit, and the plurality of divided regions are supported by the plurality of inclined surfaces.