Abstract: An internal combustion engine in which a required reformed-fuel heat generation quantity (required output cylinder heat generation quantity) is calculated based on a required engine power and the thermal efficiency of an output cylinder. An estimated reformed fuel heat generation quantity is calculated based on the molar number of reformed fuel, mole fraction of each gas component in the reformed fuel, and heat generation quantity of each gas component in the reformed fuel. When a value resulting from subtracting the estimated reformed fuel heat generation quantity from the required reformed-fuel heat generation quantity is negative, a fuel reforming operation is not executed, assuming that there is a possibility that surplus reformed fuel may be generated. For example, a fuel supply from an injector to a fuel reformation chamber is stopped.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a centrifugal fan structure. The centrifugal fan structure includes a top case, a body, a fan, and a muffler pipe. The top case includes an air inlet. The body includes a sidewall, a tongue part, and a bottom case. The sidewall and the tongue part are disposed on the bottom case. The sidewall includes an opening. The fan is disposed in the body, and includes a shaft and a plurality of fan blades connected to the shaft. The muffler pipe is disposed on the sidewall, and the opening of the muffler pipe is corresponding to the opening of the sidewall. The length of the muffler pipe is proportional to the wavelength of the blade passing frequency of the fan.

Abstract: The present application provides a piston assembly. The piston assembly may include a cylinder bore extending from a thrust side to an antithrust side and a piston positioned within the cylinder bore. The piston may include a top land, a second land, and a skirt with an axis extending therethrough. The piston may include a tight land profile with an offset about the axis of the skirt.

Abstract: An engine control system of a vehicle includes a cylinder control module configured to: determine a target sequence for at least activating and deactivating cylinders of an engine based on a torque request; and activate and deactivate the cylinders of the engine according to the target sequence. A values module is configured to determine, based on the target sequence, a plurality of coefficients and an offset value. An indicated mean effective pressure (IMEP) determination module is configured to determine an IMEP of a first cylinder based on: the plurality of coefficients; the offset value; and a plurality of engine speeds at a predetermined crankshaft positions, respectively.

Abstract: This oil pressure control device is provided with: an oil cooler which cools engine oil circulating through a hydraulic circuit of an engine; a bypass oil passage which bypasses the oil cooler; an oil cooler bypass valve by means of which an engine oil flow passage is switched between the oil cooler and the bypass oil passage; an oil pressure sensor which measures a first oil pressure, which is the oil pressure of engine oil; and a valve control unit which controls opening and closing of the oil cooler bypass valve to reduce the magnitude of a difference between the first oil pressure and a second oil pressure, which is a target oil pressure determined on the basis of the rotational speed of the engine and a fuel injection quantity.

Abstract: A method for the destruction of a target gas, the method including: a) compressing at a first pressure a mixture of air and target gas to produce a compressed target gas mixture; b) destroying the target gas by combusting the compressed target gas mixture with diesel fuel in a forced-induction internal combustion engine, at a combustion pressure greater than the first pressure in the turbocharger, to produce an oxidised exhaust gas, the combustion occurring while maintaining a load on the diesel engine with a load bank; and c) processing the oxidised exhaust gas to produce a vent gas for venting to atmosphere where the vent gas includes substantially no target gas.

Abstract: A water jacket of an engine may include: a block-side water jacket formed in a cylinder block of the engine and surrounding a cylinder of the cylinder block; and a head-side water jacket formed in a cylinder head of the engine and surrounding a combustion chamber and an exhaust port of the cylinder head. In particular, the head-side water jacket includes: a first coolant passage surrounding the combustion chamber of the cylinder head, and a second coolant passage surrounding the exhaust port of the cylinder head, and the second coolant passage is fluidly separated from the first coolant passage.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling system (4) for an internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder head (1), the at least one cylinder head being connected to at least one cylinder block (2) by means of a cylinder-bead sealing surface (28).

Abstract: A fuel-saving device includes an oxygen generator adapted for producing oxygen, an air intake component adapted for inhaling air, and a conveyor comprising an output terminal adapted for outputting gas, an oxygen terminal connected with the oxygen generator, an air terminal connected with the air intake component, and a connector connecting the output terminal, the oxygen terminal and the air terminal, so as to allow oxygen from the oxygen generator and air from the air intake component to be mixed and output through the output terminal.

Abstract: A cooling apparatus includes: a radiator promoting heat radiation of cooling water of an engine; a first flow path circulating the cooling water discharged from the engine through the radiator to the engine; a second flow path circulating the cooling water discharged from the engine to the engine without through the radiator; a thermostat attached in a junction of the first and second flow paths, closing the first flow path when a temperature of the cooling water in the second flow path is lower than a threshold value, and opening the first flow path when the temperature of the cooling water in the second flow path is equal to or higher than the threshold value; and a third flow path communicating a part, of the first flow path between the engine and the radiator, with a part, of the first flow path between the radiator and the thermostat.

Abstract: A gas exchange valve in an internal combustion engine includes a valve head having a sealing face structured to contact a valve seat and defining a face angle. The valve head further includes an under-head fillet transitioning from the inner sealing face to a valve stem, and defining a chordal stress zone within the under-head fillet. The under-head fillet is formed by a material distributed according to a stress-diffusing contour within the chordal stress zone, and is blended with the inner sealing face at a blend angle that is less than the face angle and is in a range of about 18° to about 35°. The valve head contour is associated with resistance to chordal stress-induced fatigue failure.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a piston of an internal combustion engine from a piston upper part and a piston lower part may include producing at least the piston lower part as a forged steel part. A partial cross section of a cooling duct may be provided in the piston lower part. A closed supply inlet funnel may be forged within the piston lower part. The closed supply inlet funnel may be bored into the piston lower part from the cooling duct. A borehole may be introduced into the piston lower part obliquely to a piston axis. The piston lower part and the piston upper part may be welded to one another.

Abstract: A snap-fit engine cover assembly provides multiple customized panels that cover and protect critical engine components which are revealed upon removal of engine component covers. Removing the covers from the engine block may be necessary for repairs, rebuilding, and storage of the engine block. The panels are shaped and dimensioned to substantially match the contour of the formed openings and crevices. The edges of the panels are sufficiently resilient and have recessed grooves that form a snap-fit relationship with the perimeter of the engine component openings. In addition to the snap-fit mating, the panels have fastener apertures that align with engine block apertures; thereby enabling fasteners to pass through for reinforcing the attachment of the panels over the formed openings in the engine block. A cardboard rectangular panel is also used along the sidewall of the engine block to protect against paint when painting portions of the engine block.

Abstract: An engine system for internal combustion and reformation of a fuel includes an engine, and a reforming reactor. The engine comprising an intake manifold for receiving a first fuel and an exhaust manifold for releasing an exhaust gas. The reforming reactor includes a first end portion, a second end, a wall having an outer surface and an inner surface. The inner surface defines an interior cavity for receiving the first fuel, a second fuel, reactants for the first fuel, or combinations thereof. The exhaust manifold of the system is sized and shaped for receiving a portion of the reforming reactor such that the exhaust gas flows along a surface of the reforming reactor within the exhaust manifold.

Abstract: A fan structure includes a frame body and a fan impeller. The frame body has a base seat and an annular wall. A bearing cup upward extends from a center of the base seat. At least one groove is annularly formed on inner wall face of the annular wall. The fan impeller is pivotally disposed in the bearing cup and has a hub and multiple blades outward extending from the hub. Each blade has an end edge. At least one protrusion section outward protrudes from the end edge into the groove. According to the design of the fan structure, the protrusion section can destroy the production of the vortex of the blade of the conventional fan so as to greatly minify the strength of the vortex. Therefore, the structure of the sound field of the vortex is changed so that the noise of the fan structure is lowered.

Abstract: A connecting rod for a variable compression internal combustion engine, the connecting rod comprising: at least one hydraulic chamber configured in a connecting rod body, wherein the at least one hydraulic chamber is connectable by a check valve with a bearing shell of the connecting rod or with a tank, wherein the check valve includes a closure element and a valve seat, wherein the closure element contacts the valve seat in a blocking position of the closure element and blocks a fluid path, and wherein the closure element is arranged in a bore hole of the connecting rod body and the valve seat is introduced into the connecting rod body.

Abstract: A thermostat for an engine cooling system may include a housing comprising a radiator-side flowing-in inlet for flowing-in coolant from a radiator side, a bypass-side flowing-in inlet for flowing-in the coolant bypassed from an engine, and a coolant flowing-out outlet for flowing-out the coolant to the engine side; and a main valve provided in the housing, and for opening and closing the radiator-side flowing-in inlet by a change in the volume of a wax. The direction in which the coolant flowed-in through the radiator-side flowing-in inlet presses the main valve and the direction operated to open the main valve are opposite to each other.

Abstract: Implementations are disclosed herein that relate to a cylinder occupying structure. An example provides a cylinder system comprising a mechanical cylinder including an internal space in which a fluid is introduced, and a piston configured for reciprocating motion in the internal space, and a cylinder occupying structure including an insertion rod, wherein the insertion rod is variably inserted into, and retracted from, the internal space of the cylinder in correspondence with the reciprocating motion of the piston.

Abstract: A turbine rotor blade for a thermal continuous flow machine, wherein a transition region and an aerodynamically shaped turbine blade connected to same, follows a blade foot for securing the turbine rotor blade to a rotor along a notional blade longitudinal axis of the turbine rotor blade from bottom to top. The blade foot has two flat end surfaces facing one another, two contoured side surfaces facing one another and joining the two end surfaces to one another, in which side surface at least one respective carrying edge is formed by creating dovetail- or fir tree-like end surface contour. The carrying edges become free edges or extend into the transition region via concave rounded portions. A channel bordering one of the two end sides is arranged in at least one concave rounded portion, the extension of which channel along the side surface is less than that of the carrying edge.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to simplify portions of an oil supply passage which portions are formed at a cylinder block. An oil supply device according to the present invention includes a cylinder block, an oil pan, an oil pump, and an oil filter. Wall portions of the oil pan are coupled to wall portions of the cylinder block. An oil filter is attached to the oil pan. An upstream oil supply passage through which the oil filtrated by the oil filter flows is formed at the oil pan. A downstream oil supply passage including a main gallery extending in a cylinder column direction is formed at the cylinder block. A first communication passage through which the main gallery and the upstream oil supply passage communicate with each other is formed at the wall portion of the cylinder block and the wall portion of the oil pan.