Abstract: A device and method for determining the purity of hydrogen, includes a measurement fuel cell cascade having at least one measurement fuel cell, a hydrogen inlet and a hydrogen outlet, a cell voltage monitoring unit that is electrically connected to the measurement fuel cell stack and monitors a voltage output of the measurement fuel cell stack, and a valve located downstream of the measurement fuel cell cascade in the direction of flow of the hydrogen for allowing dead-end operation of the measurement fuel cell cascade. The device for determining the purity of hydrogen further includes an evaluation unit that is connected to the cell voltage monitoring unit and receives a signal corresponding to a voltage output of the measurement fuel cell cascade from the cell voltage monitoring unit as a function of time, wherein the evaluation unit is designed to determine the purity of the hydrogen from the received signal.

Abstract: A coating composition for coating of components of a flow machine, especially a turbomachine such as a gas turbine with compressor, or of a compressor, which are exposed to the fluid stream of the flow machine or of the compressor, wherein the coating composition includes anticorrosion pigments, wherein the coating composition includes hard material particles, and wherein the coating composition is an RT-curing, UV-curing and/or thermally curing coating composition. A component of a flow machine or of a compressor has the coating composition. A method of maintaining a flow machine or a compressor uses the coating composition.

Abstract: A production method for a component having integrated channels for internal fluid guidance, having a first region, which is connected to a second region, and wherein the channels extend both through the first region and through the second region. The geometry of the component is modified to the technological characteristics of both production methods. The first region is produced by a method for casting using lost models without undercuts, and proceeding from the first region, the second region is built up using an additive manufacturing method.

Abstract: An annular resonator with a multiplicity of perforations for installation into a combustor arrangement of a static gas turbine installation, wherein the resonator is produced from refractory ceramic. A combustor arrangement for a gas turbine installation with a combustor unit, has a combustor, with a transfer line, which is arranged downstream of the combustor unit and which is designed to conduct hot gas generated by the combustor to a turbine, and with at least one resonator.

Abstract: A system includes a combustion power plant for generating power and an electrolysis unit for producing hydrogen. The combustion power plant has a combustion chamber for combustion of a fuel and an offgas conduit for leading off hot offgases formed in the combustion of the fuel. The offgas conduit is thermally coupled to the electrolysis unit. A method for operating the system includes burning the fuel in the combustion power plant, forming the hot offgases in the combustion of the fuel, removing the hot offgases through the offgas conduit, feeding the thermal energy of the hot offgases from the offgas conduit to the electrolysis unit, and producing hydrogen in the electrolysis unit by using the thermal energy from the hot offgases.

Abstract: An electric plug-in device, which is suitable for plugging into an electric receiving device, has an inner conductor and an insulating body that encloses the inner conductor. The plug-in device includes a retaining element which can be firmly connected indirectly, in particular with the help of a housing wall, or directly to the receiving device; a sliding element which can be moved axially along a longitudinal axis of the inner conductor relative to the retaining element includes the internal conductor and the insulating body. When the plug-in device is plugged into the receiving device, the sliding element protrudes into a receiving portion of the receiving device. A spring device exerts an axially active spring force on the sliding element in the direction of the receiving device when the plug-in device is plugged into the receiving device.

Abstract: A turbine blade for a gas turbine, having a blade root and an aerodynamically curved blade airfoil arranged above the blade root. The blade airfoil has a pressure-side and a suction-side blade wall, together extending from a leading edge, that can receive a flow of working medium, to a trailing edge. A multiplicity of cooling air outlet openings are formed on the pressure-side blade wall, which extend upstream from the trailing edge with respect to the flow direction, and through these openings cooling air that is conveyed through the interior of the blade airfoil can exit. At least one of the cooling air outlet openings has a substantially rectangular or trapezoidal shape with rounded corners. At least the lower corner, pointing towards the leading edge, of the cooling air outlet opening forms a relief notch, which projects outwardly from the rectangular shape, with a rounded notch bottom.

Abstract: A turbine blade tip, turbine blade and method where improved cooling is made possible by an improved cooling structure with cooling air holes inside a depression in a blade tip and a special arrangement of multiple cooling air holes which are supplied by a single cooling air channel inside a wall.

Abstract: An interrupter unit for a circuit breaker includes a gas-insulated housing, which is fillable with a quenching gas, and a gas-guiding structure, which is disposed in the housing and has a guide tube and at least one diverting element. The guide tube extends in tubular manner about a longitudinal axis of the interrupter unit in order to guide hot gas, which is created in an electric arc region of the interrupter unit by the heating of quenching gas by an electric arc, away from the electric arc region. The at least one diverting element is configured to set hot gas exiting from the guide tube in a circular flow running around the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A rotor arrangement for a rotor of a gas turbine includes at least one rotor disk with attachment slots for carrying rotor blades and an annular groove having an annular opening towards the outward direction; and rotor blades having an airfoil and a blade root and assembled in an attachment slot. Each of the assembled blade roots have a root extension with a root groove. The root groove faces the annular groove when the rotor blade is assembled in the attachment slot. For each assembled rotor blade a locking element is provided, the locking element engaging the annular groove of the rotor disk and the root groove of the respective rotor blade. Preferably all locking elements are embodied as a locking sheet metal strip, which has two bended tongues embracing the respective root extension.

Abstract: A seal arrangement for sealing a gap between two housing parts, the gap being situated between opposite end faces of the housing parts. In the first housing part, there is a first receiving groove on the first end face, in which first receiving groove a sealing strip is arranged which protrudes out of the receiving groove and lies against a first outer flank. The sealing strip engages in an opposite second receiving groove of the second housing part and lies against a second outer flank. For position securing purposes and to achieve a sealing effect, even if there is no differential pressure, a spiral strip is provided, which spiral strip is situated in the first receiving groove and exerts an elastic force on the sealing strip.

Abstract: Rotor structure for a turbomachine, such as a centrifugal compressor is provided. Disclosed embodiments make use of venting/sealing arrangements effective for venting a tie bolt rotor so that, for example, an incipient leakage of a process fluid can be monitored. Additionally, in operation disclosed embodiments are effective to, for example, convey to the tie bolt a pressurized sealing fluid effective for reducing the likelihood of process fluid escaping to the atmosphere.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for detecting defects in a 3D printer, wherein the method includes: a) capturing a first image of a construction space of the 3D printer, wherein the construction space is a 3D printed part that is shown in the first image; b) generating a second image that has a higher spatial resolution than the first image out of the first image by using a spatial resolution increasing artificial neural network.

Abstract: A power generation installation in which exhaust gas from a gas turbine is fed to a thermal energy accumulator, wherein energy in the thermal energy accumulator can be employed for various purposes, a method for operating such an installation, and a method for the modification of existing installations. The thermal energy accumulator has sufficient capacity to permit the operation of a steam turbine in isolation for the storage of thermal energy from exhaust gas in the thermal energy accumulator.

Abstract: A device for high-voltage or medium-voltage technology includes at least one connection configured for connection to a high-voltage or medium-voltage conductor; a sensor system configured to determine a plurality of different physical and/or chemical measurement values relating to the device and/or the conductor and/or the surroundings; and a communication system, in particular a wireless system, configured to receive the measurement values from the sensor system and to transmit them to an entity in a network. A method for high-voltage or medium-voltage technology is also provided.

Abstract: Nickel based super alloy, which includes at least, (in wt %): Iron (Fe) 1.5%-6.5% especially 3.5%-5.5%; Chrome (Cr) 12.0%-14.0%; Molybdenum (Mo) 1.0%-2.0%; Wolfram (W) 2.0%-5.0%; Aluminum (Al) 5.2%-5.8%; Tantalum (Ta) 5.0%-7.0%; Hafnium (Hf) 1.2%-1.8%; Silicon (Si) 0.005%-0.4%; Carbon (C) 0.005%-0.1%; Nickel (Ni), optionally Cobalt (Co) 0.0%-5.0%; especially at least 1.0 wt % Cobalt (CO); Boron (B) >0.0%-0.02%; especially maximum 0.005%; Zirconium (Zr) >0.0%-0.05%; especially maximum 0.01% 0-0.05%; reactive element(s), especially Yttrium (Y), Cerium (Ce), Dysprosium (Dy), and/or Lanthanum (La).

Abstract: An electrode, which includes at least one tetragonally crystallized compound containing at least one element selected from the group of Cu and Ag, the crystal lattice of the compound being of the space group I41/amd type. An electrolysis cell includes the electrode.

Abstract: A circuit assembly includes at least one coil assembly with a first coil and a second coil, the first coil being connected to a DC voltage side of a rectifier of the circuit assembly, and the second coil being connected to a power source of the circuit assembly, the first coil and the second coil being coupled to each other via a coupling component of the coil assembly, the coupling component forming a core of each of the coils.