Abstract: An energy storage system includes a plasma battery and a reconverter to convert energy stored in the plasma battery to electricity. The plasma battery and the reconverter are coupled by a non-neutral plasma duct. The plasma battery includes a plasma battery supercell. The plasma battery supercell includes a plasma battery cell which includes a plasma containment fiber. The plasma containment fiber includes one or more concentric shells to store non-neutral plasma ions for energy storage. The plasma battery may include additional plasma battery supercells, which may be separated by a separator. The plasma battery includes an enclosure to provide electromagnetic shielding. The reconverter includes a power outlet to power an electric load.

Abstract: A clearance ? between an inner peripheral surface of an attachment hole of an attachment tongue and an outer peripheral surface of a valve shaft is set to be smaller than an allowable displacement amount ? in an axial direction of a valve with respect to the attachment tongue. When a condition is satisfied in which the outer peripheral surface of the valve shaft comes into contact with a front-side periphery and a back-side periphery of the attachment hole of the attachment tongue, and in which a top surface of a valve body comes into contact with a back surface of the attachment tongue, a waste gate valve is constituted so that a metal washer becomes non-contact with a front surface of the attachment tongue.

Abstract: The present invention effectively cools air in a compression process at a high stage when an oil is supplied at the same pressure at a low stage and the high stage. Provided is a liquid-cooled type compressor including: a liquid-cooled type compressor body; at least one first nozzle; and at least one second nozzle, the at least one first nozzle and the at least one second nozzle each having a plurality of injection ports per nozzle and supplying a refrigerant through the injection ports into an inside of the compressor body, the second nozzle having the injection ports each having a diameter larger than a diameter of each of the injection ports of the first nozzle.

Abstract: A scroll compressor includes an orbiting scroll and a fixed scroll. The orbiting scroll has a disk-shaped orbiting end plate and a spiral wall-shaped orbiting lap protruding from a front surface of the orbiting end plate. The fixed scroll has a spiral wall-shaped fixed lap meshing with the orbiting lap. The orbiting end plate is provided with a rear concave portion that opens in a rear surface of the orbiting end plate and extends along a winding finish portion of the orbiting lap.

Abstract: The exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system provided herein utilizes a crossover (X) valve that is selectively activated at the direction of the electronic control module (ECM) to mix the high temperature (HT) and low temperature (LT) circuits of the EGR system under certain predetermined operating conditions. Thus, HT circuit fluid (at engine temperatures) is selectively fed into the LT circuit fluid (at ambient temperatures) to heat certain LT circuit components that are normally cooled by the LT circuit before starting the low pressure (LP) EGR in certain cold cycles. When this heating is finished, the X valve is closed to provide normal HT circuit/LT circuit fluid separation. The X valve can be controlled using a rotational actuator or the like. To avoid exposing the LT circuit to the high revolution-per-minute (RPM) operating conditions of the HT circuit, a HT bypass mechanism is provided.

Abstract: A compressor including a compression unit comprising an inlet for sucking gas and configured to compress the sucked gas; and a casing configured to accommodate the compression unit; and a suction guide comprising a passage for guiding the gas from an outside of the casing to the inlet. The compression unit includes a first surface extending from an edge of the inlet, the suction guide includes a second surface extending from an edge of a vent of the passage, and provided in an internal area of the casing to make the first surface and the second surface face each other, and an external end of the first surface and an internal end of the second surface or an internal end of the first surface and an external end of the second surface do not overlap along a direction of an axis of the compressor.

Abstract: A screw spindle pump, comprising a pump housing having a lead screw received therein and at least one running spindle which meshes with said lead screw, as well as a connector housing which is placed onto the pump housing and has a suction connector and a pressure connector, the two latter fluidically communicating with a suction inlet and a pressure outlet of the pump housing, wherein the connector housing is composed of a first housing part and a second housing part, one of the two latter having the suction connector and the other having the pressure connector, both said housing parts being rotatable relative to the pump housing and both being rotatable relative to one another.

Abstract: A carrier for a motor subassembly of a hydraulic motor is provided that enables multiple components of the motor subassembly to be temporarily bundled into a compact and easy-to-transport motor subassembly kit. The carrier is a non-hydraulically-functioning member that is configured to have one or more features that mimic a corresponding one or more features of a hydraulically-functioning motor housing to which motor subassembly is intended to be coupled for forming the hydraulic motor. The carrier may have a body with a recessed portion that is configured to receive and/or enclose one or more components of the motor subassembly, and which may cooperate with the one or more motor subassembly components to temporarily secure and bundle the motor subassembly as a compact kit, thereby facilitating transportation and handling of the subassembly components.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a vibration isolation structure for linear oscillating motor and Stirling engine, wherein the said vibration isolation structure comprises a first vibration isolation device and a second vibration isolation device. The first vibration isolation device is set between the fixed hood and the housing of the linear oscillating motor to attenuate the high-frequency and small-amplitude vibrations from the linear oscillating motor. The first vibration isolation device comprises a first set of tension springs and a second set of tension springs, and a lateral gap is formed between the fixed hood and the linear oscillating motor. The second vibration isolation device is set in the said lateral gap to attenuate the low-frequency and large-amplitude vibrations from the linear oscillating motor.

Abstract: Aspects of the invention disclosed herein generally provide a heat engine system, a turbopump system, and methods for lubricating a turbopump while generating energy. The systems and methods provide proper lubrication and cooling to turbomachinery components by controlling pressures applied to a thrust bearing in the turbopump. The applied pressure on the thrust bearing may be controlled by a turbopump back-pressure regulator valve adjusted to maintain proper pressures within bearing pockets disposed on two opposing surfaces of the thrust bearing. Pocket pressure ratios, such as a turbine-side pocket pressure ratio (P1) and a pump-side pocket pressure ratio (P2), may be monitored and adjusted by a process control system. In order to prevent damage to the thrust bearing, the systems and methods may utilize advanced control theory of sliding mode, the multi-variables of the pocket pressure ratios P1 and P2, and regulating the bearing fluid to maintain a supercritical state.

Abstract: Provided is an engine control device which controls at least an intake valve, an exhaust valve, and a fuel injection valve injecting a fuel into an intake pipe such that internal EGR is realized, in which timing of opening and closing of the intake valve is set to be later in comparison with a reference operation state which is a first operation state and timing of closing of the exhaust valve is set to be earlier in comparison with the reference operation state, and the fuel injection valve is caused to inject the fuel in a period which is: after a piston starts to rise which had been passed through a bottom dead center for the first time after an exhaust stroke is finished, which is followed by closing of the intake valve; and before the intake valve is opened.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for power generation during regasification, having a tank for a cryogenic fluid, a first pump connected to the tank via a first line, a first heat exchanger connected to the first pump via a second line, and a second heat exchanger connected downstream of the first heat exchanger, and a first turbine connected immediately downstream of the second heat exchanger, wherein a third line branches off from the first turbine and opens into the first heat exchanger, and a fourth line branches off from this first heat exchanger and opens into the second line, wherein a second pump is connected into the fourth line.

Abstract: Provided is a scroll compressor including a sealed case, a fixed scroll portion fixed at an inside of the sealed case and provided with a fixed scroll vane, an orbiting scroll portion provided with an orbiting scroll vane that is coupled to the fixed scroll vane, and a rotating shaft formed to allow the orbiting scroll portion to orbit. The orbiting scroll portion is provided at a center thereof with a shaft support portion such that the orbiting scrolling portion is coupled to the rotating shaft. The shaft support portion includes a closing portion provided to cover an end portion of the rotating shaft, and slide while in contact with an inner surface of the fixed scroll portion, and a high-pressure space formed in an outer surface of the closing portion that faces the inner surface of the fixed scroll portion, and on which a discharge pressure acts.

Abstract: A system includes a generator using a fluid mixture obtained via a generator inlet, a compressor having a compressor inlet that is connected to a generator outlet by a first set of conduits, a second set of conduits connected to the compressor outlet and the generator inlet, and a sensor in communication with the second set of conduits, where a portion of the fluid mixture includes gas from a hydrocarbon well, and where exhaust fluid of the generator is provided to the compressor. A process includes obtaining a target fluid property and a fluid measurement using the sensor and modifying a parameter of a fluid control device to modify a first flow rate of the flow of the exhaust fluid through the second set of conduits relative to a second flow rate of the flow of the gas provided by the hydrocarbon well through the first set of conduits.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a motor driven compressor apparatus capable of reducing abrasion of an orbiting scroll by implementing decompression without a separate decompression mechanism when a compressor is driven and increasing efficiency of the compressor by adjusting the pressure of a refrigerant, wherein a flow path, which is configured to pass through a center of a cross section in a longitudinal direction, and a first pin insertion hole in one direction at which the eccentric bushing is disposed and configured to communicate with the flow path and into which a swing pin is inserted, are formed in the rotary shaft, a second pin insertion hole, into which the swing pin is inserted, is formed in the eccentric bushing in the other direction at which the rotary shaft is disposed, and the refrigerant leaks between the swing pin and the first pin insertion hole.

Abstract: A stator for a progressive cavity pump may include a containment element with an inner surface and a casing. The casing may be arranged within the containment element, be generally isolated from the inner surface of the containment element, and define a stator cavity adapted for receiving a progressive cavity pump rotor and for accommodating substantially free rotation of the progressive cavity pump rotor therein.

Abstract: A Stirling engine comprising: a crank case (1) with a crank shaft (2) arranged therein, a displacer cylinder (3) with a reciprocatingly arranged displacer piston (4) therein, said displacer piston (4) being connected to said crank shaft (2) via a connecting rod (5) extending through a first end of said displacer cylinder (3), and wherein the displacer cylinder (3) defines a hot chamber (6) and a cool chamber (7) separated by the displacer piston (4), a working cylinder (8) defining a working cylinder chamber (11) with a reciprocatingly arranged working piston (9) therein, said working piston (9) being connected to said crank shaft (2) via a connecting rod (10) extending through a first end of the working cylinder (8), a heater device (14), arranged at a second end of said displacer cylinder (3) opposite to said first end and configured to heat a working gas which is present in the hot chamber (6) of the displacer cylinder (3) and in fluid communication with the working cylinder chamber (11) through a worki

Abstract: A Stirling engine includes a working cylinder defining a working cylinder chamber with a reciprocatingly-arranged working piston and a heater fluidly communicating with the working cylinder chamber through a working gas channel. The engine includes a first heat exchanger extending from a head of a displacer cylinder into the heater, a second heat exchanger formed by a regenerator arranged outside the heater, and a third heat exchanger formed by a cooler arranged between the regenerator and the working cylinder chamber. At any point along the working gas channel, as seen cross-wise to an assumed working gas flow direction through the working gas channel, the cross section area of the working gas channel defined by the first, second and third heat exchangers is within the range of the medium cross section area of the working gas channel +/?10%.

Abstract: A fluid machine includes a main body, two first screw rotors, two second screw rotors, a driving module, a first slide member and a second slide member. The two first screw rotors are meshingly engaged with each other. The two second screw rotors are meshingly engaged with each other. Two first screw rotors are arranged in the first chamber of the main body. Two second screw rotors are arranged in the second chamber of the main body. The driving module is arranged in the drive chamber of the main body. The first slide member can move relative to the two first screw rotors. The second slide member can move relative to the two second screw rotors. A fluid entering the main body exits after being compressed or expanded by the two first screw rotors and the two second screw rotors.

Abstract: Methods and systems for producing thermal or electrical power from geothermal wells. Power is produced from a working fluid circulating in a closed loop within a geothermal well. Geothermal steam or brine at depth transfers heat at higher temperature than at the surface to the working fluid. The working fluid is then used to produce power directly or indirectly. The geothermal production fluid may be stimulated through use of gas lifting or submersible pumps to assist in bringing such fluids to the surface or through the use blockers to encourage the downhole steam advection and brine recirculation through the resource in a connective loop. The working fluid may be compatible with existing direct heat or power generation equipment; i.e., water for flash plants or hydrocarbons/refrigerants for binary plants.