Abstract: A thermobimetal heat driven turbine having a rotor, and a series of vanes extending from the rotor wherein the vanes comprise two or more separate materials laminated together, said two separate materials having different coefficients of expansion whereby exposure to a heat source causes the two separate materials to expand at different rates thereby re-shaping the vanes to drive the rotor. The rotating turbine is thus able to generate power using direct heat from an energy source. The heat source may be radiant, convection and/or conduction type heat.

Abstract: A compressor includes a motor, a balance weight and a partition. The motor includes a rotor having a first end surface and a second end surface. The balance weight is disposed on the first end surface or the second end surface. The partition is disposed on the first end surface or the second end surface. The rotor has a through hole extending from the first end surface to the second end surface. The partition divides, from the through hole, at least one of a front region and a rear region. The front region is located in front of a front edge of the balance weight in a rotational direction of the rotor. The rear region is located behind a rear edge of the balance weight in the rotational direction of the rotor.

Abstract: The compressor includes a rotor that applies rotational power to a compressor unit, wherein the rotor includes a rotor core and an upper rotor-end plate, the rotor core has a plurality of through-holes through which a refrigerant passes, the upper rotor-end plate covers the upper rotor-end face of the rotor core, where one end of each of the plurality of through-holes is formed, the upper rotor-end plate has a plurality of upper openings that allow communication of the plurality of through-holes with an internal space in a compressor container, the plurality of upper openings are adjacent to the plurality of through-holes in the upper rotor-end face, and a plurality of upper inner peripheral-side adjacent areas, which are on the inner peripheral-side closer to a rotation axis than the plurality of through-holes, are exposed to the internal space.

Abstract: Provided is a scroll compressor capable of expanding a compression space and accordingly increasing a design volume ratio. The scroll compressor includes: a main body; a fixed scroll fixed inside the main body; an orbiting scroll orbiting the fixed scroll; and a plurality of compressing portions respectively provided in the fixed scroll and the orbiting scroll, wherein each compressing portion includes a circular arc portion of which a curvature is constant, a curved portion positioned in an inside of the circular arc portion and spaced a preset distance from the circular arc portion, and a connection portion connecting the circular arc portion to the curved portion, wherein a curvature of the connection portion changes from the first circular arc portion to the second circular arc portion.

Abstract: A scroll compressor includes a main body, a cover to divide the main body into a low pressure section and a high pressure section, a fixed scroll including a first discharge port, an orbiting scroll to rotate with respect to the fixed scroll and to form a compression chamber together with the fixed scroll, a discharge guide disposed between the fixed scroll and the cover and including a second discharge port connected to the first discharge port, and a back pressure actuator configured to form a back pressure chamber together with the discharge guide and to move in a direction toward the cover with respect to the discharge guide to selectively connect the second discharge port with the high pressure section. The fixed scroll includes a bypass flow path connecting the compression chamber and the second discharge port and a bypass valve to open or close the bypass flow path.

Abstract: Provided is a compressor apparatus comprising: a casing defining appearance of the apparatus; and a drive portion coupled to an inner circumferential surface of the casing and configured to rotate a rotatable shaft; a compression portion coupled to the rotatable shaft and configured to compress fluid, wherein the compression portion apparatus is characterized in that the drive portion and the compression portion are fixed to the fastening member which is detachably attached to at least one of the side face of the drive portion or the side face of the compression portion and thus, the combination of the drive portion and the compression portion is coupled to an inner circumferential surface of the casing. Further, provided is a manufacturing method of the compression portion apparatus.

Abstract: In a method of hybrid power generation in an environment with a gas pressure below the earth's atmospheric pressure, liquid water is extracted from a subsurface water ice deposit by pumping superheated-supercritical fluid heated by a heater through an extraction well into the subsurface water ice deposit in order to form a liquid water reservoir. Liquid water is pumped from the liquid water reservoir through the extraction well to the buffer tank. The liquid water is pumped from the buffer tank into a high pressure feeder system (HPFS) and a low pressure feeder system (LPFS), which are each also heated by the heater. The HPFS outputs supercritical water and the LPFS outputs flash steam into a combined injector and the mixture is injected into a turbine at near environmental pressure. This mixture explosively expands into superheated steam and passes through the turbine, powering an electrical generator.

Abstract: In the present invention, a fixed scroll (210A) comprises a lubricating oil introduction passage (40) that serves as a first passage for supplying, to the inside of a scroll compressor part (30), a lubricating oil located inside an oil separator that serves as a lubricating oil separation part. An orbiting scroll (210B) comprises a lubricating oil discharge passage (50) that serves as a second passage for discharging, to the outside of the scroll compressor part (30), the lubricating oil which has been introduced to the inside of the scroll compressor part (30).

Abstract: A compressor include a casing, a drive unit including a stator and a rotor accommodated in the stator, a rotation shaft coupled to the rotor and configured to be rotated by the rotor, a compression unit that is coupled to the rotation shaft, that is lubricated with the oil, and that is configured to compress and discharge the refrigerant, and an oil-separator that is disposed between the discharge part and the drive unit and that is configured to separate the oil from the refrigerant and guide the refrigerant to the discharge part. The oil-separator includes a centrifugal separator configured to rotate together with the rotation shaft and configured to generate a centrifugal force to separate the oil from the refrigerant, and a coupler coupled to the rotor or the rotation shaft and configured to rotate the centrifugal separator based on rotation of the rotating shaft.

Abstract: Techniques for cogeneration of heat and power are disclosed. A cogeneration system includes: a conduit loop configured to carry a working fluid using a Rankine cycle; a valve system disposed along the conduit loop, including valves configured to manage flow of the working fluid through a chamber; a backflow vapor line disposed along the conduit loop, configured to direct working fluid in a gaseous state to the chamber, such that the working fluid in the gaseous state displaces working fluid in a liquid state in the chamber and the working fluid in the liquid state advances through the conduit loop without requiring a mechanical pump; and a heat exchanger disposed along the conduit loop, configured to extract heat from the working fluid and direct the heat to a practical use.

Abstract: An ORC power generation apparatus for generating power by using new renewable thermal energy, includes: a housing, which has a front cover with a fluid inlet and a rear cover with a fluid outlet and is provided as structure insulated and sealed off from external air; a plurality of turbines which use an organic compound as a working fluid and having turbine shafts, each of which has one end portion penetrating a bored hole and a bearing provided in the center of the front cover of the housing so as to protrude outward, and has the other end portion coupled to a bearing provided in the center of the rear cover of the housing; and heat suppliers provided inside the housing and provided at the front of a working fluid inlet hole of each of the plurality of turbines.

Abstract: An external reactor vessel cooling and electric power generation system according to the present invention includes an external reactor vessel cooling section formed to enclose at least part of a reactor vessel with small-scale facilities so as to cool heat discharged from the reactor vessel, a power production section including a small turbine and a small generator to generate electric energy using a fluid that receives heat from the external reactor vessel cooling section, a condensation heat exchange section 140 to perform a heat exchange of the fluid discharged after operating the small turbine, and condense the fluid to generate condensed water, and a condensed water storage section to collect therein the condensed water generated in the condensation heat exchange section, wherein the fluid is phase-changed into gas by the heat received from the reactor vessel.

Abstract: A valve assembly forms a check valve for a scroll compressor including a fixed scroll having a pair of injection ports fluidly coupled to a compression mechanism. The valve assembly includes a valve body having a pair of flow paths with each of the flow paths fluidly coupled to a corresponding one of the injection ports. An injection plate has a pair of injection holes. A reed structure is disposed between the injection plate and the valve body with the reed structure including a pair of reeds. Each of the reeds is configured to selectively provide fluid communication between a corresponding one of the injection holes and a corresponding one of the injection ports. A valve gasket is disposed between the reed structure and the valve body and includes a pair of flaps with each of the flaps configured to selectively contact a corresponding one of the reeds.

Abstract: A heat exchanger has arcuate inlet and outlet manifolds and a plurality of tube banks, each tube bank coupling one of the inlet manifold outlets to an associated one of the outlet manifold inlets. Each tube bank partially nests with one or more others of the tube banks and has: a first header coupled to the associated inlet manifold outlet and the associated the outlet manifold inlet; a second header; and a plurality of tube bundles each having a first end coupled to the associated first header and a second end coupled to the associated second header. A flowpath from the each inlet manifold outlet passes sequentially through flowpath legs formed by each of the tube bundles in the associated tube bank to exit the tube bank to the associated outlet manifold inlet.

Abstract: A scroll compressor is disclosed. The scroll compressor includes an shell, a fixed scroll, a housing and an orbiting scroll. The fixed scroll and the housing are disposed in the shell and fixed relative to each other. An outer peripheral surface of the housing and an inner peripheral surface of the shell are fitted to each other. The orbiting scroll is disposed between the fixed scroll and the housing. The fixed scroll is formed therein with a first injection passage, the housing is formed therein with a second injection passage, a port of the first injection passage and a port of the second injection passage face each other, so that the first injection passage and the second injection passage communicate with each other. The scroll compressor further includes an injection tube assembly, the injection tube assembly is disposed in the shell.

Abstract: A system for reheating a power generation system including a boiler having a waterwall and a steam drum with an input fluidly coupled to the waterwall and an auxiliary heat source to provide heated fluid. The system also includes a first flow control valve connected to the auxiliary heat source and the boiler to control a flow of heated fluid from the auxiliary heat source to the waterwall; a first isolation valve disposed at a waterwall, to isolate circulation of heated fluid from the steam drum to the waterwall; and a sensor to monitor at least one operating characteristic in the boiler. The system also includes a controller to control at least one of the flow control valve, the isolation valve, and the auxiliary heat source to control the amount of heated fluid supplied to the waterwall when the boiler is not generating steam.

Abstract: Provided is an exhaust system for an engine in which a fastening force of a fastener hardly decreases. An exhaust system for an engine includes: an exhaust passage component of ferrous metal; and a fastener that fastens the exhaust passage component to other parts, the exhaust passage component including a pressure receiving surface that receives a fastening force of the fastener. The oxide film of triiron tetraoxide is formed on the pressure receiving surface of the exhaust passage component. It is preferable that the oxide film of triiron tetraoxide be also formed on an outer surface other than the pressure receiving surface of the exhaust passage component. It is preferable that the oxide film of triiron tetraoxide be also formed on an inner surface of the exhaust passage component.

Abstract: Systems and methods for variable pressure inventory control of a closed thermodynamic cycle power generation system or energy storage system, such as a reversible Brayton cycle system, with at least a high pressure tank and an intermediate pressure tank are disclosed. Operational parameters of the system such as working fluid pressure, turbine torque, turbine RPM, generator torque, generator RPM, and current, voltage, phase, frequency, and/or quantity of electrical power generated and/or distributed by the generator may be the basis for controlling a quantity of working fluid that circulates through a closed cycle fluid path of the system.

Abstract: A combustion system with surface-less heat energy exchange for efficient heat energy capture and lower pollutant emission, comprising: a first line feeding an oxygen-rich reactive; a second line feeding a hydrogen fuel; a vessel containing feed-water, a combustion enclosure without a bottom wall submersed into the feed water contained in a vessel, the combustion enclosure configured to receive the feed from each of the first and second line and combust a mixture of the two feeds in a pocket formed between an inner top and side walls of the combustion enclosure and a top surface of the feed-water contained in the vessel; and the combustion within the pocket yielding a high temperature and pressure combustion product and by-product directly into the feed-water of the vessel.

Abstract: A compressor may include a shell assembly, orbiting and non-orbiting scrolls, a bearing housing, a bushing, a damper, and a fastener. The bearing housing includes a first aperture. The bushing may include an axial end abutting the bearing housing. The bushing may extend through a second aperture of the non-orbiting scroll. The bushing may include a third aperture. The damper may be received in a pocket that may be defined by and disposed radially between an outer diametrical surface of the bushing and an inner diametrical surface of the non-orbiting scroll. The damper may be at least partially disposed within the second aperture and may encircle the second portion of the bushing. The fastener may include a shaft portion and a flange portion. The shaft portion may extend through the third aperture and into the first aperture. The flange portion may contact a first axial end of the damper.