Abstract: An aircraft hydraulic valve includes a housing, a check valve, a valve opening component, and an auxiliary hydraulic pressure supply mechanism. The housing includes a first port communicated with a first chamber of a hydraulic actuator, a second port communicated with a switch valve bypass-communicating a second chamber of the hydraulic actuator with the first chamber, and an oil channel connecting the first and second ports. The check valve interrupts oil flow from the first port to the second port. The valve opening component is configured to open the check valve with pilot pressure supplied from the second chamber. The auxiliary hydraulic pressure supply mechanism obtains hydraulic pressure, for opening the check valve, from a closed hydraulic pressure section, which is defined in the oil channel between the check valve and the first port.

Abstract: To provide a fuel supply system in which fuel stored in a fuel storage tank formed in a housing main body can be supplied by a high-pressure pump provided in the housing main body in spite of a rapid acceleration or a rapid deceleration of an engine, two types of connectors, which is a first connector having a low-pressure pump having a connection port for a fuel supply pipe from a fuel tank and a second connector having no pump, can be selectively attached via a common connector mounting part formed on a wall surface of a housing main body, and by using a housing having therein the commonly used high-pressure pump, a fuel supply system using an external pump and a fuel supply system using no external pump can be respectively manufactured in accordance with the purpose of use.

Abstract: A centrifugal fan assembly having an axis of rotation includes an inlet ring, a back plate, and a plurality of blades coupled between the inlet ring and the back plate. At least one blade of the plurality of blades includes a radially inner edge, a radially outer edge, and at least one flow channel extending obliquely therebetween. The at least one flow channel includes an inlet defined on the radially inner edge and an outlet defined on the radially outer edge, wherein the inlet and the outlet are positioned at different axial locations along a length of the blade.

Abstract: A cooling structure for a gas turbine engine comprises a gas turbine engine structure defining a cooling cavity. A cooling component is configured to direct cooling flow in a desired direction into the cooling cavity. A bracket supports the cooling component and has an attachment interface to fix the bracket to the gas turbine engine structure. A first orientation feature associated with the bracket. A second orientation feature is associated with the gas turbine engine structure. The first and second orientation features cooperate with each other to ensure that the cooling component is only installed in one orientation relative to the gas turbine engine structure. A gas turbine engine and a method of installing a cooling structure are also disclosed.

Abstract: A control and supply unit for an actuating device of a choke, a valve, a blow-out preventer or some other device applied in the field of oil and natural gas production. The control and supply unit includes a vibration detection means to detect vibrations caused by a conveyed flow. The conveyed flow can be controlled by the actuating device.

Abstract: A flow rate control valve capable of eliminating an extra operation of a diaphragm spacer after a valve has become a closed state and shortening a response time is provided. It has an annular valve seat 115, a diaphragm 116 including a thin plate-shaped elastic body an outer peripheral part of which has been fixed, and a diaphragm spacer 117 located on the opposite side of the valve seat 115 with the diaphragm 116 interposed therebetween, and the annular valve seat 115, the diaphragm 116 and the diaphragm spacer 117 are coaxially disposed. And, it is structured that the annular valve seat 115 has, on its top, an inclined surface 123 inclined to the inner peripheral side, and the diaphragm 116 is displaced in a direction of the valve seat 115 and the inclined surface 123 on the top of the valve seat 115 and the diaphragm 116 abut against with no gap by pressing force of the diaphragm spacer 117.

Abstract: A shuttle valve has a valve body including a first valve seat defining a first fluid inlet, a second valve seat defining a second fluid inlet, and a center portion that is connected to the valve seats, the center portion defining a fluid outlet and a bore. A moveable member is moveable within the bore between a first position against the first valve seat and a second position against the second valve seat to control the flow of fluid from either of the first or second inlet to the outlet. The moveable member may be configured to have a unitary construction formed of a single component, by which a unitary shell defines a substantially hollow interior. The moveable member has a hollow interior and a weep hole for equalizing pressure between the hollow interior and exterior of the moveable member.

Abstract: Pressure independent flow rate control valve, for placement in hydraulic systems between upstream inlet and downstream outlet ducts, including a first functional unit arranged between the inlet and outlet ducts, mobile equipment actuated manually or by an actuator for setting and modifying the orifice span of a fluid passage, and thus the valve flow rate, up to complete closure; and a second functional unit for maintaining the differential pressure constant between upstream and downstream of the first unit, and thus the set valve flow rate independently of pressure fluctuations in the hydraulic system. The mobile equipment includes main equipment and secondary equipment which can linearly translate with respect to the main equipment for presetting the maximum valve flow rate, the main equipment carrying integrally the secondary equipment and being linearly displaced by the actuator for modulating the fluid flow rate from the preset maximum one up to complete closure.

Abstract: A vent valve comprises a valve housing defining a vent port and a valve member mounted within the housing so as to define a fluid system chamber and an activation chamber with the housing. The valve member is biased towards a closed position, in which fluid communication between the fluid system chamber and the vent port is prevented, by fluid pressure within the fluid system chamber acting on the valve member. The valve member is biased towards an open position, in which there is fluid communication between the fluid system chamber and the vent port, by fluid pressure within the activation chamber acting on the valve member. The vent valve further comprises a pressure limiting arrangement associated with the activation chamber to limit pressure therein to a predetermined pressure value.

Abstract: A pressure regulating valve to regulate a pressure of fuel gas includes a valve seat, a valve element movable into or out of contact with the valve seat to shut off or allow a flow of fuel gas, and a piston placed facing the valve element by interposing the valve seat and being located downstream of the valve element in a flowing direction of the fuel gas. The pressure regulating valve further includes a holder placed more upstream than the valve element in the flowing direction of fuel gas. The holder includes a bottom-closed cylindrical part opening toward the upstream side, and a through hole formed through the bottom-closed cylindrical part from its inner peripheral surface to outer peripheral surface.

Abstract: A pressure-regulating valve includes a valve sleeve with first and second ends defining a longitudinal axis, a sense line, a sense piston, a main chamber, and first and second valve spools. The sleeve includes an axially aligned bore. The sense line is within the bore proximate the first end. The sense piston is within the bore between the sense line and the second end, and is configured to move along the longitudinal axis in response to pressure exerted by fluid in the sense line. The main chamber is within the bore between the sense piston and the second end, and includes supply and vent ports. The first valve spool is within the bore between the sense piston and the second end. The second valve spool is within the bore between the first valve spool and the second end.

Abstract: A balance beam electro-pneumatic converter (100, 400) adapted to couple to a conduit with a fluid is provided. The balance beam electro-pneumatic converter (100, 400) includes a nozzle (184) adapted to fluidly couple to the conduit, and a flapper (130) rotatably coupled to the nozzle (184) via a pivot (140) wherein the flapper (130) is adapted to regulate a pressure of the fluid and balance about the pivot (140).

Abstract: A turbine blade according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a platform, an airfoil tip, and an airfoil section between the platform and the airfoil tip. The airfoil section has a cavity spaced radially from the airfoil tip and a plurality of cooling passages radially between the cavity and the airfoil tip. Each of the plurality of cooling passages defines an exit port adjacent the airfoil tip. An internal feature within each of the plurality of cooling passages is configured to meter flow to the exit port.

Abstract: For the present small solenoid valve, a stem is coupled to a solenoid plunger, and a valve body is attached to a distal end of the stem. A circular-ring shaped valve seat on which the valve body is seated is provided in a valve chamber of a valve casing, and a seal ring is externally fitted on the stem between the valve chamber and the solenoid plunger with an outer peripheral portion of the seal ring made to contact with an inner surface of the valve casing. The valve casing and the seal ring are made of a rubber-like polymer elastic body, a first port is connected to communicate with the valve chamber, and a second port is connected to communicate with an inner side of the valve seat. At actuation of the solenoid, when the stem moves in an axial direction, the seal ring follows the movement by only elastic deformation without sliding.

Abstract: Provided is a rotating fluid machine capable of holding down a decrease rate of a circumferential velocity of a leakage fluid in an interspatial flow passage and thereby controlling an unstable fluid force. A steam turbine includes: an interspatial flow passage 15 formed between an outer circumferential surface of a rotor blade cover 6 and an inner circumferential surface of a grooved section 14 in a casing 1; annular sealing fins 17A to 17D spatially arranged in a direction of a rotor axis, at a side of the rotor blade cover 6 in the interspatial flow passage 15; and a friction enhancement portion (more specifically, rough surfaces 19A to 19E) disposed over the whole circumference on the side of the rotor blade cover 6 in the interspatial flow passage 15.

Abstract: A shut off valve featuring a flow conduit with a fluid inflow end and a fluid outflow end, at least one electrically actuated flow control element coupled to the conduit with a blocking state and a flow state, control circuits coupled to the element and a local power source coupled at least to the control circuits. Wherein, in response to a received signal from a displaced source, the control circuits switch the element from the flow state to the blocking state.

Abstract: A dual cartridge temperature control valve having a self-contained, top loading bonnet cartridge and a self-contained, bottom loading seat cartridge. The control valve body may include internally configured pressure channels configured to mate with the upstream and downstream pressure channels of a control valve actuator having internally integrated pressure channels.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for self-calibrating control of gas flow. The gas flow rate is initially set by controlling, to a high degree of precision, the amount of opening of a flow restriction, where the design of the apparatus containing the flow restriction lends itself to achieving high precision. The gas flow rate is then measured by a pressure rate-of-drop upstream of the flow restriction, and the amount of flow restriction opening is adjusted, if need be, to obtain exactly the desired flow.

Abstract: Various embodiments provide a leaching solution monitoring module comprising a first leaching solution distribution system interface, a flow meter in fluid communication with the first leaching solution distribution system interface, the flow meter in fluid communication a 3-way pressure regulator, and a second leaching solution distribution system interface in fluid communication with the 3-way pressure regulator.

Abstract: Discussed herein are systems, apparatuses, and methods for reversing a flow through a conduit loop. A system may include a flow reversing loop having an inlet, an outlet in communication with a drain, a first port on a first side of the flow reversing loop, and a second port on a second side of the flow reversing loop, the first and second sides separated by the inlet and outlet, a conduit loop including one or more flow paths, wherein the flow reversing loop includes a first flow path from the inlet to the first port so that the treatment fluid can flow through the conduit loop in a first direction to the outlet of the flow reversing loop, and a second flow path from the inlet to the second port so that the treatment fluid can flow to the drain in a second direction, opposite of the first direction.