Abstract: An organic Rankine cycle system (100, 110, 120) with direct exchange and in cascade comprising a high temperature organic Rankine cycle (10) which carries out the direct heat exchange with a hot source (H) and a low temperature organic Rankine cycle (10?) in thermal communication with the high temperature cycle (10). The organic Rankine cycle system (100, 110, 120) is configured in a way that the thermal communication between the cycles (10, 10?) takes place through at least one heat exchanger (3) configured to use at least the condensation heat of the high temperature cycle to vaporize and/or preheat the working fluid of the low temperature organic Rankine cycle fluid and through a heat exchanger (4) configured to operate as working fluid sub-cooler for the high temperature organic Rankine cycle (10) and as a working fluid preheater for the low temperature organic Rankine cycle (10?).

Abstract: A compressor includes a shell, a compression mechanism and a fitting. The shell includes an opening and defines a chamber. The compression mechanism is disposed within the chamber of the shell. The fitting is attached to the shell at the opening. Working fluid flowing through the fitting flows to the compression mechanism. The opening is partially defined by a first edge and a second edge. The first edge includes a first planar surface and the second edge includes a second planar surface that faces the first planar surface. A first portion of the fitting extends at least partially into the opening and a second portion of the fitting abuts against the first and second edges.

Abstract: A heat recovery device, including a pillar-shaped honeycomb structure comprising an outer peripheral side wall having one or more planar outer peripheral side surfaces; one or more thermoelectric conversion modules arranged to face the one or more planar outer peripheral side surfaces; a tubular member that circumferentially covers the outer peripheral side surfaces of the honeycomb structure and the one or more thermoelectric conversion modules; and a casing that circumferentially covers the tubular member; wherein the partition walls are mainly configured of ceramics; and wherein the casing has an inflow port and an outflow port for a second fluid having a temperature lower than that of the first fluid, and a flow path for the second fluid is formed circumferentially around the tubular member between an inner surface of the casing and an outer surface of the tubular member.

Abstract: A compressor that includes a shell assembly, a compression mechanism and a conduit. The shell assembly defines a chamber. The compression mechanism is disposed within the chamber of the shell assembly and includes a first scroll member and a second scroll member in meshing engagement with each other. The second scroll member includes an externally located slot and a suction inlet. The conduit includes a first end that defines an inlet opening and a second end that defines an outlet opening. The second end includes a connecting arm that has a first boss extending therefrom. The second end snaps into engagement with the second scroll member such that the first boss is received within the slot of the second scroll member.

Abstract: A scroll compressor includes a fixed scroll including a first end plate having an injection passage through which refrigerant is supplied to a refrigerant suction chamber. The injection passage includes an outlet passage section that opens into the refrigerant suction chamber and extends linearly. A refrigerant compression chamber is disposed on an extension of the outlet passage section.

Abstract: A screw compressor includes a screw rotor, a casing, and a fluid supply portion to supply fluid in a membrane form into a compression chamber in the casing. The screw rotor has a male and female rotors. A male bore covering the male rotor and a female bore covering the female rotor are formed on the inner surface of the casing. An intersection line, on a higher pressure side, of the male and female bores is defined as a compression cusp. In a bore development view, a trajectory made by the first intersection of an extension line of a female lobe ridge and a male lobe ridge being moved, along with the rotation of the male and female rotors, is defined as a trajectory line. An opening of the fluid supply section to the compression chamber is positioned between the compression cusp and the trajectory line.

Abstract: The invention reduces a pressure or thermal effect while reducing the mass of a screw rotor. There is provided a screw rotor having a helical tooth on an outer periphery, the helical tooth extending by a predetermined length in an axial direction, in which a radial cross section of the screw rotor includes a lobe portion having a predetermined thickness in a direction toward an axis and forming the helical tooth, and a hollow portion extending from an axial side inner surface of the lobe portion toward an axial side, and the predetermined thickness of the lobe portion differs between a high load side on the outer periphery of the screw rotor and a low load side on the outer periphery.

Abstract: A rotary compressor may include a rotary shaft; a plurality of plates that supports the rotary shaft; a cylinder provided between the plurality of plates to define a compression space, and provided with a vane slot; a roller slidably coupled to the rotary shaft inside of the cylinder, and having a hinge groove on an outer circumferential surface of the roller; and a vane, a first end of which is slidably coupled to the vane slot of the cylinder, and a second end of which is rotatably coupled to the hinge groove of the roller. When an imaginary line passing through an axial center of the rotary shaft and a hinge center of the vane is a first center line, and a radial center line of the vane slot passing through the hinge center of the vane is a second center line, the vane slot is disposed such that the second center line is intersected by a predetermined tilting angle with respect to the first center line.

Abstract: A vehicle includes an internal combustion engine, a cooling loop, an exhaust system, and a thermosiphon. The cooling loop is configured to direct an engine coolant through the engine. The exhaust system is configured to direct exhaust gas away from the engine. The thermosiphon is configured to transfer heat from the exhaust gas to the engine coolant.

Abstract: A scroll compressor including an orbiting scroll having a small diameter compared to a case in which an oil groove is provided in a ring shape and constantly communicates with an outlet of an oil passage. The scroll compressor includes a fixed scroll and an orbiting scroll configured to orbit in engagement with the fixed scroll. The fixed scroll includes an outlet of an oil passage configured to communicate with an oil tray storing lubricant, the outlet of the oil passage connected to a sliding surface of the orbiting scroll. The orbiting scroll includes a plurality of oil grooves configured not to communicate with each other so as to supply the lubricant to a sliding surface of the fixed scroll, the plurality of oil grooves configured to communicate with the outlet at least once and not to communicate with the outlet at least once while the orbiting scroll rotates once.

Abstract: An object is to provide a supercharging system capable of actively and easily controlling a rotational speed of a turbine generator. A supercharging system includes a compressor driven by an electric motor to pump fluid to an engine, a turbine generator rotated by exhaust from the engine, and a drive device that drives the electric motor by electricity generated by the turbine generator, wherein the drive device includes a rectifying unit that rectifies the electricity generated by the turbine generator, a converter unit that steps up or down a voltage value of a DC voltage rectified by the rectifying unit and outputs the DC voltage, an inverter unit that drives the electric motor using the DC voltage output from the converter unit, and a control unit that controls a change amount of the DC voltage in the converter unit.

Abstract: In this scroll fluid machine, a tip seal (7) that is in contact with facing end plates (5a) and that is for sealing in a fluid is provided to a tip seal groove (3d) formed on the tooth tip of a wall (3b). The tooth bottoms of the end plates (5a) have a shape in which a central section is deeper than a side section (5d3) in a width direction orthogonal to the spiral direction of a wall (5b). During operation, the protrusion amount (?) when the tip seal (7) protrudes from the tooth tip of the wall (3b) in an inclined section and is in contact with the facing end plates is greater than the protrusion amount (?) when the tip seal (7) protrudes from the tooth tip of the wall (3b) in a flat section and is in contact with the facing end plates.

Abstract: A scroll compressor may include a frame, an orbiting scroll provided with at least one first key groove, a non-orbiting scroll provided with at least one second key groove and coupled to the orbiting scroll to form a compression chamber, and an anti-rotation ring disposed between the frame and the orbiting scroll. The anti-rotation ring may include a ring, at least one first key that axially extends from a first surface of the ring and slidingly coupled to the at least one first key groove of the orbiting scroll, and at least one second key that axially extends from the first surface of the ring and slidingly coupled to the at least one second key groove of the non-orbiting scroll. The first and second keys may be provided along a circumferential direction. This may allow processability of a one-way anti-rotation ring. Further, increase in weight may be prevented while reducing deformation by providing a weight-reduced portion in addition to a reinforcing portion.

Abstract: Provided is a co-rotating scroll compressor comprising a synchronous drive mechanism that can achieve a long life. The compressor comprises a driving side scroll member (90) driven to rotate about a driving side rotation axis CL1, a driven side scroll member (70) driven to rotate about a driven side rotation axis CL2, a hollowed drive shaft (6) that is connected to the driving side scroll member (90), and driven by a motor (5) to rotate, and a driven shaft (20) that is disposed inside the drive shaft (6), and has one end connected to the drive shaft (6) via a first flexible coupling (21) and the other end connected to the driven side scroll member (70) via a second flexible coupling (22).

Abstract: An exhaust gas aftertreatment system for an internal combustion engine charged by an exhaust gas turbocharger and spark-ignited by means of spark plugs has a particulate filter and a first three-way catalytic converter downstream from the particulate filter in a position close to the engine in an exhaust gas system connected to an outlet of the internal combustion engine and another three-way catalytic converter arranged in the underbody position of the motor vehicle, downstream from the first three-way catalytic converter. An exhaust gas burner is active from the start of the engine, introducing hot exhaust gas into the exhaust gas system downstream from the particulate filter, in order to heat at least one of the three-way catalytic converts to a light-off temperature, as quickly as possible after the cold start, thereby allowing an efficient exhaust gas aftertreatment.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a solar heat absorber including: an inlet through which a heat collecting medium enters the solar heat absorber; a passage member configured to be fluidly connected with the inlet such that the heat collecting medium enters the passage member through the inlet; and a collection member configured to be fluidly connected with the passage member such that the heat collecting medium enters the collection member through the passage member. In the solar heat absorber according to the present disclosure, the ceramic particles are used as the heat collecting medium. In addition, the present disclosure also provides a solar heat collecting system including the solar heat absorber, and a solar power generation system including the solar heat collecting system.

Abstract: Systems and methods for generating and a controller for controlling generation of geothermal power in an organic Rankine cycle (ORC) operation in the vicinity of a wellhead during hydrocarbon production to thereby supply electrical power to one or more of in-field operational equipment, a grid power structure, and an energy storage device. In an embodiment, during hydrocarbon production, a temperature of a flow of wellhead fluid from the wellhead or working fluid may be determined. If the temperature is above a vaporous phase change threshold of the working fluid, heat exchanger valves may be opened to divert flow of wellhead fluid to heat exchangers to facilitate heat transfer from the flow of wellhead fluid to working fluid through the heat exchangers, thereby to cause the working fluid to change from a liquid to vapor, the vapor to cause a generator to generate electrical power via rotation of an expander.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for charging a pumped thermal energy storage (“PTES”) system. A system may include a compressor or pump configured to circulate a working fluid within a fluid circuit, wherein the working fluid enters the pump at a first pressure and exits at a second pressure; a first heat exchanger through which the working fluid circulates in use; a second heat exchanger through which the working fluid circulates in use; a third heat exchanger through which the working fluid circulates in use, a turbine positioned between the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger, configured to expand the working fluid to the first pressure; a high temperature reservoir connected to the first heat exchanger; a low temperature reservoir connected to the second heat exchanger, and a waste heat reservoir connected to the third heat exchanger.

Abstract: Solar thermal power generation equipment is equipped with a wind turbine, a compressor, a heat receiver that receives sunlight to heat a compressed medium from the compressor, a turbine driven by the compressed medium heated with the heat receiver, a power generator that performs power generation by driving of the turbine, a transmission mechanism that transmits the rotation of the wind turbine to the power generator, and a tower which supports these components. The wind turbine, the compressor, the turbine, and the power generator each constitute an array apparatus. The plurality of array apparatuses are arranged in a vertical direction.

Abstract: A mixer for an exhaust system for mixing reactant injected into an exhaust gas stream with exhaust gas includes a mixer body (22). The mixer body includes a reactant passage body area (24) with a reactant passage opening (26), a mixer plate body area (30) adjoining the reactant passage body area (24) on one side in a mixer longitudinal direction (L) and a mixer main body area (36) adjoining the reactant passage body area (24) in the mixer longitudinal direction (L) on another side opposite the one side.