Abstract: Provided is an axial fan including: a rotor blade; a base portion placed on a rotation axis of the rotor blade and on a downstream side in an air-blowing direction of the rotor blade; and an outer frame portion where the rotor blade and the base portion are housed, wherein the base portion includes an inclined portion in an end portion, on the downstream side in the air-blowing direction, of the base portion, the inclined portion reducing in diameter toward the downstream side in the air-blowing direction, the inclined portion includes opening portions and hollow ribs, the opening portions are placed at predetermined intervals in a peripheral direction of the inclined portion, and each of the hollow ribs surrounds a peripheral part on an outer side of each of the opening portions, sticking out from the inclined portion toward the downstream side in the air-blowing direction along the rotation axis.

Abstract: Some embodiments of a disclosure provide a piston limiting structure, a compressor, and a heat exchange apparatus. The piston limiting structure includes: a cylinder, having a piston hole perpendicular to an axial direction of the cylinder and penetrating the cylinder, wherein a projection of the piston hole in a penetrating direction is circular; a piston, disposed in the piston hole and slid in the piston hole, wherein a side wall of the piston is provided with a limiting surface, and the limiting surface does not penetrate two ends of the side wall of the piston along an axial length of the piston; and a limiting member, wherein the cylinder is provided with a limiting hole penetrating from an outer wall of the cylinder to the piston hole, the limiting member is mounted in the limiting hole, and the limiting member abuts against the limiting surface.

Abstract: An exhaust gas treatment apparatus is disclosed. An exhaust gas treatment apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a gas/liquid reactor contacting a treatment liquid and an emission-regulated gas included in exhaust gas, to absorb and remove the emission-regulated gas; a treatment liquid supply tank supplying the treatment liquid to the gas/liquid reactor; and a gas/liquid separation treatment liquid regeneration unit regenerating a waste treatment liquid in which the emission-regulated gas is absorbed, into a treatment liquid in which the emission-regulated gas is not absorbed, and supplying the regenerated treatment liquid to the treatment liquid supply tank, wherein the gas/liquid separation treatment liquid regeneration unit includes a gas/liquid separation membrane through which a gas can pass but a liquid cannot pass.

Abstract: An exhaust device of an engine includes: a muffler provided with a plurality of muffling chambers separated by a plurality of partition walls, a communication pipe accommodated in the muffler and penetrating at least one of the partition walls, and a catalyst accommodated in the muffler and penetrating at least one of the partition walls, wherein the muffling chambers include: a pair of first muffling chambers each provided with an inlet port for exhaust gas; a second muffling chamber communicating with the pair of first muffling chambers via the communication pipe; and a third muffling chamber communicating with the second muffling chamber via the catalyst.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method involving the treatment of the pollutants emitted by a vehicle having a heat engine, in which catalyst means (3) are heated, characterised in that the amount of oxygen (OS) in the catalyst means (3) is controlled to be over a minimum amount of oxygen (OS1) by injecting air upstream of said catalyst means (3).

Abstract: An assembly includes a structure with 6 o'clock and 12 o'clock beams and front and rear curved beams, in which the 12 o'clock beam is mounted to be able to rotate on a pylon of an aircraft between a closed position and a raised position, a fan cowl fixed to the structure, a thrust reverser with a rear cowl and that is able to move in translation along the 6 o'clock and 12 o'clock beams between a forward position and a backward position, cascades fixed to the thrust reverser, and a mover for moving the thrust reverser. With such an arrangement, the fan cowl and the thrust reverser are fixed to the same structure, and it is this structure that is hinged to the pylon.

Abstract: A vehicle provided with a power plant having at least one heat engine, the vehicle having an air-conditioning system comprising a fluid circulating in a fluid circulation system, the fluid circulation system comprising at least one pump configured to cause the fluid to circulate in a fluid circuit. The vehicle comprises one injection member per heat engine configured to inject the fluid into the associated heat engine, the vehicle comprising a back-up circuit fluidly connecting the fluid circulation system to each injection member, the back-up circuit comprising a distribution device controlled by a controller to authorize, on command, circulation of the fluid towards an injection member.

Abstract: An oil-lubricated rotary vane vacuum pump includes a rotary vane unit, having a rotary vane chamber and a rotary vane rotor, and an oil separator device having an air/oil separating unit that has a filter element with a plug-in ring that can be plug-connected on a housing side. The plug-in ring is designed for radial sealing and axial displaceability in a housing receptacle. The filter element has a moulding for bayonet mounting, which faces the end associated with the outer wall. A mounting wall of the housing, extending at a distance from the outer wall of the housing, is designed to interact with the moulding of the filter element and to form the bayonet mounting. A separate cover closes a mounting opening associated with the filter element in the outer wall of the housing. The cover form-fittingly interacts with the filter element to secure the filter element against rotation.

Abstract: A sliding bearing for a gearbox of a wind turbine, having a support body and a sliding layer which is applied on the support body, and on which a sliding surface is formed, wherein a lubricant distribution groove extending in an axial direction of the sliding surface is formed on the sliding surface. The support body is formed as a bush rolled from a support body strip, wherein a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end of the support body strip are connected to one another in a materially bonded manner, in particular by a welding connection, at a joint, wherein the joint is formed in the region of the lubricant distribution groove.

Abstract: An ammonia generating apparatus comprises a housing comprising a first end wall on which a reductant injector configured to insert a reductant into the housing is mountable. A heating coil assembly is disposed within the housing. A first end of the heating coil assembly is located proximate to a location of the first end wall where a reductant injector tip of the reductant injector is located when the reductant injector is mounted on the first end wall. The heating coil assembly is configured to generate heat sufficient to thermolyze the reductant to generate ammonia and reaction byproducts, in response to an electric current being passed therethrough. A hydrolysis catalyst can be disposed downstream of the heating coil assembly for catalyzing hydrolysis of the reaction byproducts into ammonia.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fluid compressor comprising: a driving module comprising a driving motor embedded in a motor case; and a compression module comprising a rotor, which is rotatably driven by a driving motor and which has a plurality of variable blades radially provided along the outer peripheral surface thereof, a rotor housing for encompassing the rotor, and a cover of the rotor, for closing the rotor housing, wherein the compression modules are stacked and airtight to block contact between fluid passing through the compression module and air outside the compression module, so that the fluid flowing into any one compression module sequentially passes through the remaining compression modules. The rotary shafts provided in each center of the rotors are connected a shaft coupler. The present invention simultaneously achieves a high-efficiency compression ratio and reduces noise caused by the excessive velocity of any compression module.

Abstract: A cross-pipe exhaust assembly includes: a first inlet collector splitting into an upper outlet and a lower outlet; a second inlet collector splitting into an upper outlet and a lower outlet; a first outlet collector joining an upper inlet and a lower inlet into a single outlet; a second outlet collector joining an upper inlet and a lower inlet into a single outlet; a first inline conduit located between the first inlet collector and the first outlet collector; a second inline conduit located between the second inlet collector and the second outlet collector; a first crossover conduit between the lower outlet or upper outlet of the first inlet collector and the upper inlet or lower inlet; and a second crossover conduit extending between the lower outlet or the upper outlet and the upper inlet or lower inlet of the first outlet collector.

Abstract: A mixer arrangement for an exhaust gas system, having an inlet opening through which an exhaust gas mass flow (A) can be guided, and a mixer for swirling the exhaust gas, which has at least one inflow opening that is fluidically connected to the inlet opening, wherein at least one first portion (A1) of the exhaust gas mass flow (A) can be guided through the mixer via the at least one inflow opening, an injection device by means of which an additive can be injected, and a bypass having at least one throughflow opening which is fluidically connected to the inlet opening and through which a second portion (A2) of the exhaust gas mass flow (A) can be guided past the mixer, there being provided at least one regulating body by means of which a flow cross-section Q in the mixer arrangement can be varied such that a ratio V with (formula I) can be varied.

Abstract: An electrically heated catalytic device is provided. The electrically heated catalytic device includes a cylindrical catalyst carrier. Two electrode units are attached to a side surface of the catalyst carrier. The side surface of the catalyst carrier includes slits each extending in an axial direction of the catalyst carrier. Each slit is filled with a filler that has a lower Young's modulus than the catalyst carrier. An average Young's modulus is a value obtained by averaging the Young's modulus of the filler at different portions of the slit over an entire length of the slit in the axial direction. The slits include a first slit and a second slit. The average Young's modulus of the first slit is a first value. The average Young's modulus of the second slit is a second value that is smaller than the first value.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an exhaust system. In one example, a method includes heating an aftertreatment device during an engine off. The heating includes utilizing one or more of an injector, a heater, and a recirculation fan.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a horizontal compressor comprises a container accommodating a compression mechanism unit and an electric motor unit, a first leg fixed to the container near the motor unit, a second leg fixed to an end of the container on the compression mechanism unit side, an accumulator between the legs, and a joint port in the container. The second leg includes a first support portion supporting the container in a horizontal attitude, and a second support portion supporting the container standing in a vertical attitude. The first support portion extends in a direction away from the joint port relative to the second support portion.

Abstract: An electric heating type carrier including a conductive honeycomb structure portion and a pair of electrode layers, wherein in a cross-section orthogonal to the direction in which the cells extend, the honeycomb structure portion is classified into following three regions: a first resistance region having a contact portion with a first electrode layer, a second resistance region having a contact portion with a second electrode layer, and a third resistance region that does not come into contact with either the first electrode layer or the second electrode layer, and traverses the cross-section so as to be sandwiched between the first resistance region and the second resistance region, and has a higher electrical resistance per unit volume (1 cm3) than an electrical resistance per unit volume (1 cm3) of the first resistance region and the second resistance region.

Abstract: A connection unit for connecting two exhaust gas-carrying assembly units of an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, includes a ring washer-shape connection element (26) with a connection side (42), which is to be positioned to face a counter-connection element (24) to be connected to the connection element (26) or/and in contact with the counter-connection element (24). A passage opening (28), bordered by an inner circumferential surface (36) of the connection element (26), receives a connection pipe (30), which is inserted into the passage opening (28) and extends in the direction of a pipe longitudinal axis (L). The connection pipe (30) is connected to the connection element (26) in the area of the inner circumferential surface (36) by welding, or/and the connection pipe (30) projects with a centering section (40) on the connection side (42) of the connection element (26).

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a catalytic converter anti-theft device for motor vehicles. The anti-theft device a motor vehicle catalytic converter anti-theft device comprises a first shell component configured to surround, at least in part, a first portion of a motor vehicle catalytic converter. A second shell component is configured to surround, at least in part, a second portion of the motor vehicle catalytic converter. The first shell component and the second shell component are configured to be attachable to each other in coaxial relation about the first portion of the catalytic converter and the second portion of the catalytic converter, respectively. A distal end of at least the first shell component comprises a structure configured to prevent axial movement of the first shell component relative to the catalytic converter. At least the first shell component further may be attachable to a fixed component of the motor vehicle.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a fuel system. In one example, a method includes flowing fuel tank vapors to a catalyst during a fuel tank depressurization in response to a refueling request. The method further includes executing an engine vapor flush following a refueling event being completed.