Abstract: The present invention relates to a VOC reduction system and a VOC reduction method that applies pulse type thermal energy to a catalyst to activate the catalyst and oxidizes and removes the VOC.

Abstract: A near isothermal machine for compressing or expanding gas having a piston in a main cylinder with a heat absorbing and releasing structure attached thereto. The main cylinder contains a substantially constant volume of liquid maintained at a substantially constant temperature and a variable volume of gas, the gas temperature being controlled to substantially the same temperature as the liquid by the movement with the piston of the heat absorbing and releasing structure. A compensator is provided to compensate for variations in the level of liquid as the piston moves in the main cylinder.

Abstract: A thermal accumulator assembly (TAA) for a vehicle waste heat recovery system (WHRS) utilizing a two-phase coolant includes a hermetically sealed housing having a separator plate dividing an interior of the housing into a higher pressure first chamber and a lower pressure second chamber, and an expander generator disposed between the first and second chambers and including an expander operably coupled to a motor generator. The first chamber is configured as a reservoir for the two-phase coolant, and the expander is configured to receive a flow of vapor coolant from the first chamber to generate power via the motor generator.

Abstract: In an opposed-piston engine which includes a catalytic aftertreatment device in its exhaust system an exhaust gas condition indicating a catalyst temperature of the aftertreatment device is monitored. When the catalyst temperature is near or below a light-off temperature, a catalyst light-off procedure is executed to elevate the temperature of the catalyst.

Abstract: The disclosure concerns a waste heat recovery cycle system and related method in which a Brayton cycle system operates in combination with a Rankine cycle system. The Brayton cycle system has a heater configured to circulate a fluid, namely an inert gas, in heat exchange relationship with a heating source, such as an exhaust gas of a different system, in order to recover waste heat from such different system by heating the inert gas. The Rankine cycle system has a heat exchanger configured to circulate a second fluid, in heat exchange relationship with the inert gas of the Brayton cycle system to heat the second fluid while at the same time cooling the inert gas. The second fluid can be selected among fluids having a boiling point at a temperature lower than the temperature of the inert gas from the expansion unit/group in the Brayton cycle system.

Abstract: A submersible hydraulic assembly for an energy storage plant is provided that includes at least one hydraulic machine and at least one first buoyancy chamber filled with at least one first buoyancy element. The at least one first buoyancy chamber is generally configured in such a way that the hydraulic machine is substantially neutrally buoyant when submerged in an environmental liquid. An energy storage plant is also provided as well as a method for performing maintenance operations on an energy storage plant and a method for assembling/disassembling an energy storage plant.

Abstract: A device increasing engine efficiency and reducing exhaust and noise, comprising: the liquid catalyst pressured spraying exhaust gas reducing system, the exhaust gas bypass pipe, and the high temperature plasma exhaust gas reducing device, and the three are linked to achieve the effect of: without replacing the catalytic converter, the catalyst carrier can easily remove accumulated dirt and the block on the through holes, reduce the resistance of the exhaust gas, increase the horsepower of the engine, etc., thereby improving the efficiency of the engine and reducing the exhaust gas, so as to achieve degrading pollutants, makes vehicles comply with environmental regulations, and saves maintenance costs.

Abstract: An exhaust gas aftertreatment system includes a first decomposition chamber, a first dosing module, a first conversion catalyst member, a second decomposition chamber, a second dosing module, a second conversion catalyst member, and a third conversion catalyst member. The first decomposition chamber is configured to receive an exhaust gas. The first dosing module is coupled to the first decomposition chamber and configured to provide a first treatment fluid into the first decomposition chamber. The first conversion catalyst member is configured to receive a mixture of the first treatment fluid and the exhaust gas, from the first decomposition chamber. The second decomposition chamber is configured to receive the exhaust gas from the first conversion catalyst member. The second dosing module is coupled to the second decomposition chamber and configured to provide a second treatment fluid into the second decomposition chamber.

Abstract: A nitrogen oxide reduction type regenerative thermal oxidation system and a method for nitrogen oxide reduction thereof are disclosed. The nitrogen oxide reduction type regenerative thermal oxidation system according to the present invention is characterized by comprising: a first reduction device for primarily reducing nitrogen oxides generated by a regenerative thermal oxidation device based on a selective non-catalytic reduction method; an exhaust gas storage device for storing the exhaust gas being discharged from the regenerative thermal oxidation device; a second reduction device for secondarily reducing nitrogen oxides based on a selective catalytic reduction method for an exhaust gas stored in the exhaust gas storage device; and a suction and discharge device for sucking in the exhaust gas with secondarily reduced nitrogen oxides from the exhaust gas storage device and discharging it into the atmosphere.

Abstract: A wind turbine blade comprising: a first blade portion having a shell that defines a suction side, a pressure side, a leading edge, and a trailing edge of the blade, the first blade portion further including a first blade portion end surface at one end of the first blade portion; a second blade portion having a shell that defines a suction side, a pressure side, a leading edge, and a trailing edge of the blade, the second blade portion further including a second blade portion end surface at one end of the second blade portion, wherein the first blade portion and the second blade portion are configured to be coupled together at the first and second blade portion end surfaces; and a connection joint for coupling the first and second blade portions together, wherein the connection joint includes: a first insert embedded in the first blade portion; a fitting integral with the first insert and projecting from the first blade portion end surface toward the second blade portion end surface; a second insert embedded

Abstract: An exhaust gas carbon dioxide capture and recovery system that may be mounted on a mobile vehicle or vessel. The system may include an exhaust absorber system, a solvent regenerator, a solvent loop, a carbon dioxide compressor, and a carbon dioxide storage tank, among other components. The system may be configured and integrated such that energy in the exhaust may be used to power and drive the carbon dioxide capture while having minimal parasitic effect on the engine.

Abstract: A connector system includes an adaptor with a magnetic target surface, and a nozzle that is configured to be connected to the magnetic target surface of the adaptor by a magnetic coupling. The nozzle has a housing having an inlet end and an outlet end, and a throughgoing channel having an axial extension therebetween. The housing includes one or more magnets that are arranged at the inlet end and configured to direct or indirect engage the magnetic target surface in a condition when the nozzle is connected to the adaptor. Further, the housing includes one or more air vents that are arranged at the outlet end and which have an axial extension being radially displaced in view of the axial extension of the throughgoing channel.

Abstract: A close-coupled catalytic article, and its use in an exhaust system for internal combustion engines, is disclosed. The close-coupled catalytic article for the treatment of an exhaust gas comprising: an upstream substrate and a downstream substrate, wherein the upstream substrate is spaced apart from the downstream substrate, wherein the upstream substrate comprises a first three-way catalyst (TWC) composition and the downstream substrate comprises a second TWC composition, the first and second TWC compositions each comprising an oxygen storage component (OSC), wherein a loading of the OSC in the downstream substrate is greater than a loading of the OSC in the upstream substrate and is at least 2.2 g/in3.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine system is described herein. The system uses an additive added to the exhaust of the internal combustion engine to maintain a range of NO2 to NO within a range that provides for a fast SCR reaction in a selective catalyst reduction unit. The additive and the exhaust enter a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC), whereby the NO2 undergoes a two-stage process. In the first stage, the NO2 from the exhaust is adsorbed onto the precious metal catalyst of the DOC and an atomic oxygen is removed from the NO2, reducing the NO2 to NO. Because of the higher reactivity of the additive, the additive scavenges a portion of the atomic oxygen from the catalyst. During the second stage of the DOC process, the NO is oxidized over the catalyst to form NO2.

Abstract: An engine system includes an internal combustion engine, a main exhaust aftertreatment system with a main catalytic converter, and a light-off catalyst bypass system with a bypass passage and a bypass catalytic converter. An emissions control system includes a controller in signal communication with a first temperature sensor disposed upstream of the bypass catalytic converter, and a second temperature sensor disposed downstream of the bypass catalytic converter.

Abstract: An electrically heating converter includes: a pillar shaped honeycomb structure made of conductive ceramics, including: an outer peripheral wall; and a partition wall disposed on an inner side of the outer peripheral wall, the partition wall defining a plurality of cells, each of the cells penetrating from one end face to other end face to form a flow path; metal electrodes; conductive connecting portions arranged on a surface of the pillar shaped honeycomb structure; and a pressing member configured to press the metal electrodes against the conductive connecting portions, so that the metal electrodes are electrically connected to the pillar shaped honeycomb structure. Each of the conductive connecting portions has an electrical resistivity lower than that of the pillar shaped honeycomb structure.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine assembly comprising a fuel reformer, a combustion chamber and a controller. The fuel reformer comprises a first channel and a second channel, a portion of the second channel being adjacent to a portion of the first channel to facilitate heat exchange between the first and second channels. The first channel comprises a catalyst selected to reform ammonia to hydrogen and nitrogen. The first channel is configured to receive ammonia, pass the ammonia over the catalyst and output a first mixture comprising ammonia, hydrogen and nitrogen. The composition of the first mixture depends on a first reformer temperature of the first channel. The combustion chamber is configured to receive the first mixture from the fuel reformer; to receive an oxidant; to combust the first mixture in the oxidant to produce heat and a first product; and to output the first product. The second channel of the fuel reformer is configured to receive the first product.

Abstract: An exhaust pipe is fixed to an internal combustion engine. A proximal end of a sensor guide is fixed to the exhaust pipe. A lead extends from an exhaust gas temperature sensor through the inside of the sensor guide to the outside of the sensor guide. The lead is fixed to a body of a vehicle outside the sensor guide. A distal end of the sensor guide is located forward of the proximal end.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine emissions reduction system in which a emissions passing through a second catalyst element having a second catalyst function are mixed with emissions passing through a first catalyst element having a first catalyst function.

Abstract: A thermal management system for an aircraft comprises a first gas turbine engine, a first thermal bus, a first heat exchanger, and a chiller. The first thermal bus comprises a first heat transfer fluid, with the first heat transfer fluid being in fluid communication, in a closed loop flow sequence, between the first gas turbine engine, the first heat exchanger, and the chiller. Waste heat energy generated by the first gas turbine engine, is transferred to the first heat transfer fluid. The chiller is configured to lower a temperature of the first heat transfer fluid prior to the first heat transfer fluid being circulated through the gas turbine engine. The first heat exchanger is configured to transfer the waste heat energy from the first heat transfer fluid to a dissipation medium.