Abstract: A thermal management system for a gas turbine engine includes a cooling airflow which enters through an air filter portion of a forward cover for filtration of particulate which may result in FOD to a rotational system of the engine. Filtered cooling airflow flows along a rotor shaft over and through a forward bearing, over and through a permanent magnet generator, then over and through an aft bearing to provide thermal management. Commensurate therewith, the cooling airflow atomizes and communicates a lubricant to the bearings. From the aft bearing, the cooling airflow merges with a primary airflow path from an intake which generally surrounds the forward cover.

Abstract: Recovery of oil around the lubricating chamber of the rear rolling bearing of the shaft of a jet engine. According to the invention the shaft (14) is supported by a rolling bearing (20) situated in a lubricating chamber (24) surrounded by a single recovery chamber (26) having a seal (48) situated downstream from the rotor of the turbine (12) driving the shaft.

Abstract: Control and regulation system of a combustion unit (10) of the type comprising a combustion chamber (11) and a catalyst (40), the control and regulation system comprising: - an acquisition device of signals proportional to functioning parameters characteristic of the functioning state of the combustion unit (10), an electronic data processing unit (30) connected to the signal acquisition device from which it receives signals, a control and regulation program associated with said electronic data processing unit (30), a first fuel distribution valve (20), a second air distribution valve (21), a data base associated with said electronic data processing unit (30), the electronic data processing unit (30) receives signals from the signal acquisition device, processes them and regulates the opening of the first valve (20) and second valve (21) to minimize the polluting emissions of CO and Nox of the combustion unit (10).

Abstract: The aim of the invention is to provide a highly durable, high-strength thermal shield element for the interior lining of the combustion chamber of a gas turbine. For this purpose, the thermal shield element comprises a base produced from a solidified cast ceramic material into which a plurality of reinforcing elements are integrated.

Abstract: An engine including multiple pulse ducts. Each pulse duct has a hollow interior extending from an upstream end to a downstream end for transporting high-pressure fluid. The high-pressure fluid is expelled from the downstream ends of the pulse tubes during operation of the engine. The engine further includes an ejector adjacent the downstream ends of the plurality of pulse ducts comprising a plurality of segregated compartments. Each compartment is aligned with the downstream end of a corresponding pulse duct of the plurality of pulse ducts to receive the high-pressure fluid expelled from the downstream end of the corresponding pulse duct for preventing high-pressure fluid expelled from each pulse duct from interacting with fluid expelled from each adjacent pulse duct.

Abstract: Hypersonic aircraft having a lateral arrangement of turbojet and SCRAMjet engines are disclosed. The SCRAMjet engines may be positioned laterally outboard of the turbojet engines. In one embodiment, the turbojet inlet and outlet openings may be covered during use of the SCRAMjets in order to provide compression and expansion ramps for the laterally adjacent SCRAMjet engines. The side-by-side arrangement of the turbojet and SCRAMjet engines reduces the vertical thickness of the aircraft, thereby reducing drag and potentially increasing performance.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine having a longitudinal centerline axis therethrough, including a fan section at a forward end of the gas turbine engine for producing a first compressed air flow; a first compressor positioned downstream of the fan section and in flow communication with at least a portion of the first compressed air flow, wherein the first compressor produces a second compressed air flow having a designated pressure; a combustor positioned downstream of the first compressor and in flow communication with second compressed air flow, wherein the combustor produces combustion products from a mixture of fuel and air; a first turbine positioned downstream of the combustor and in flow communication with combustion products, wherein the first turbine powers the first compressor by means of a first rotatable drive shaft connected therebetween; and, a second turbine positioned downstream of the first turbine and in flow communication with the combustion products exiting the first turbine, wherein the second turbine

Abstract: A diagnostic equipment for an exhaust gas cleaning apparatus installed for an engine, comprising a misfire detector which detects the misfire of the engine, and a secondary-air-system failure detector which detects the failure of a secondary air system. An index corrector corrects a deterioration index calculated by a deterioration-index calculator, in accordance with the detected result of the detector. A deterioration decision unit decides if the diagnostic equipment has failed, by the use of the corrected deterioration index. In a case where the extent of the misfire or the like is severe, a decision interrupter interrupts the decision of the deterioration decision unit. Thus, even when the misfire of the engine or the failure of the secondary air system has occurred, the detection of the deterioration of a catalyst does not err. It is therefore avoided to erroneously replace the catalyst which has not deteriorated yet, or to run the engine in spite of the deterioration of the catalyst.

Abstract: A two-stroke internal combustion engine has two cylinders each having an exhaust port. Two exhaust conduits are connected to the two exhaust ports. A passage is provided between the two conduits to fluidly communicate the two together. An actuator moves a valve to open or close the passage depending on the engine speed.

Abstract: A single cylinder engine includes an engine body having a combustion chamber, an intake opening and an exhaust opening which face toward the combustion chamber, an intake passage in communication with the combustion chamber through the intake opening, and an exhaust passage in communication with the combustion chamber through the exhaust opening, an intake valve that opens and closes the intake opening, an exhaust valve that opens and closes the exhaust opening, an injector that injects a fuel toward the intake opening and into the intake passage, a ternary catalyst provided in the exhaust passage, and an engine control unit (ECU) that performs a decelerated operation to selectively execute a cycle for injection of a fuel from the injector, a quantity of which makes an air-fuel ratio in the combustion chamber substantially equal to a theoretical air fuel ratio, and a cycle for inhibition of fuel injection from the injector.

Abstract: A method and a device for operating an internal combustion engine (1) having an exhaust gas treatment system (45), in particular in a non-firing operation of the internal combustion engine (1) are described, which make it possible to implement a different request for change in the temperature gradient of the exhaust gas treatment system (45), in particular via switchover from half-engine operation to full-engine operation. In the event of a request for a change in the temperature gradient of the exhaust gas treatment system (45), a charge cycle state of at least one cylinder (11, 12, . . . 18) of the internal combustion engine (1) is modified.

Abstract: In a control system for a compression-ignition engine whose operation is switchable between a compression-ignition operation in which an air-fuel mixture supplied to a combustion chamber auto-ignites to burn owing to compression and a spark-ignition operation in which the air-fuel mixture is ignited to burn by a spark of a spark plug, it is determined whether a predetermined permissible condition to permit switching from the spark-ignition to the compression-ignition operation is satisfied, and switching from the spark-ignition operation to the compression-ignition operation is permitted when the predetermined permissible condition is satisfied, thereby enabling to expand the compression-ignition operation utilization region so long as permissible in light of the engine operating condition.

Abstract: The exhaust gas aftertreatment device according to the invention having a reforming unit for generating hydrogen by steam reforming, partial oxidation of hydrocarbons and/or mixed forms thereof is distinguished by the fact that the reforming unit is arranged directly in the main exhaust gas stream from an internal combustion engine. The steam and residual oxygen which are required for the reforming preferably originate from the exhaust gas. The step of providing the required reducing agents consists in briefly switching the internal combustion engine, which is predominantly operated in lean-burn mode and the exhaust gas from which is undergoing the aftertreatment, to rich-burn mode, allowing reforming by means of the reforming reactor according to the invention using the hydrocarbons that are present in the exhaust gas.

Abstract: Described here are systems and methods for controlling IC engines. In one aspect, a method for controlling a fuel processor is provided, the method including i) determining a temperature of an exhaust flow to the fuel processor, the fuel processor including a fuel processor catalyst; ii) determining a concentration of O2 in the exhaust flow upstream of the fuel processor catalyst; iii) determining a rate of the exhaust flow; and iv) adjusting a fuel flow rate to the fuel processor based on i), ii), iii) and a heat capacity value associated with the fuel processor. In other aspects, a system comprising logic operable to control a fuel processor is provided.

Abstract: Provided is a plasma assisted exhaust emission control device with less electric power consumption and with no harmful gas discharged into atmosphere. A filter body 7 is constituted by porous members through which exhaust gas 2 passes for capturing of particulates in the exhaust gas 2 and is provided with rod-like and cylindrical electrodes 9 and 10 so as to generate plasma in the filter body 7, thereby providing a plasma regenerative particulate filter 11. The particulate filter 11 is accommodated in a filter casing within an exhaust pipe 3. Oxidation catalysts 16 and are arranged respectively upstream and downstream of adjacent to the particular filter 11 in the filter casing 12 so as to obtain heat insulation effect to the particulate filter 11.

Abstract: A diesel engine comprising an exhaust system comprises: a particulate filter made from a porous material having a mean pore diameter of from 5 ?m to 40 ?m, and a porosity of at least 40% and a bulk volumetric heat capacity of at least 0.50 J cm?3 K?1 at 500° C., which filter comprising a diesel oxidation catalyst located in a zone on the front end of the filter for oxidising carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and nitrogen monoxide, the engine comprising engine management means, in use, to provide continuously or intermittently an exhaust gas comprising sufficient nitrogen oxides or hydrocarbon and/or an exhaust gas of sufficiently high temperature to combust particulate matter in the filter.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hydrodynamic clutch which comprises a primary impeller (2) and a secondary impeller (3) which together define a working chamber (4). The clutch also comprises means for influencing the transmission behavior of the hydrodynamic clutch, especially for influencing the circulation flow in the working chamber (4), said means comprising at least one baffle plate (5) that extends at least partially into the working chamber (4). The inventive clutch is characterized in that the baffle plate can be displaced in the axial direction relative to the working chamber.

Abstract: In a power-cylinder equipped power steering device, under a first condition where a first directional control valve disposed in a first pressure line receives fluid pressure supplied into a second pressure line by a reversible pump, the first directional control valve intercommunicates a reservoir and a first-pressure-line downstream passage section, and blocks fluid communication of the first-pressure-line upstream and downstream passage sections. Under a second condition where a second directional control valve receives fluid pressure supplied into the first pressure line by the pump, the first directional control valve intercommunicates the first-pressure-line upstream and downstream passage sections. Under the second condition, the second directional control valve intercommunicates the reservoir and the second-pressure-line downstream passage section, and blocks fluid communication of the second-pressure-line upstream and downstream passage sections.

Abstract: To permit using hold-side pressure oil in a first hydraulic cylinder for the acceleration of a second hydraulic cylinder upon performing a combined operation of the first and second hydraulic cylinders, a hydraulic drive system is provided with a main hydraulic pump 21, a boom cylinder 6 and an arm cylinder 7, a directional control valve 23 for a boom and a directional control valve 24 for an arm, and a boom control device 25 and an arm control device 26. The hydraulic drive system is also provided with a pressure oil feed means for feeding pressure oil in a rod chamber 6b of the boom cylinder 6 to an upstream side of the directional control valve 24 for the arm when a bottom pressure of the arm cylinder 7 has increased to a high pressure equal to or higher than a predetermined pressure. This pressure oil feed means includes a flow combiner valve 44 arranged in a reservoir line 42 which can communicate to the rod chamber 6b of the boom cylinder 6.

Abstract: A variable capacity hydraulic machine has a rotating group located within a casing and a control housing secured to the casing to extend across and seal an opening in the casing. The control housing accommodates a control circuit and a pair of sensors to sense change in parameters associated with the rotating group. One of the sensors is positioned adjacent the barrel on the rotating group to sense rotational speed and the other senses displacement of the swashplate. The control housing accommodates a control valve and accumulator to supply fluid to the control valve.

Abstract: A cooling device for the hydraulic fluid of a site machine hydrostatic drive comprises a pump body and a rotor with vanes, keyed directly on a driving shaft which drives the pump, and driven in rotation in a way designed to send a flow of cooling air onto the pump body.

Abstract: There is provided a there is provided a working vehicle including: a hydraulic pump unit including a hydraulic pump main body operatively driven by a driving power source, and a pump case accommodating the hydraulic pump main body and having an inner space capable of storing oil; a hydraulic motor unit spaced apart from the hydraulic pump unit so as to operatively drive a corresponding driving wheel, the hydraulic motor unit including a hydraulic motor main body fluidly connected to the hydraulic pump main body so as to form an HST in cooperation with the hydraulic pump main body, and a motor case accommodating the hydraulic motor main body and having an inner space capable of storing oil; an auxiliary pump unit including an auxiliary pump main body operatively driven by the driving power source; a circulation line for fluidly connecting the auxiliary pump main body, the pump case and the motor case so that at least a part of oil, which has been discharged from the auxiliary pump main body, returns to a sucti

Abstract: A domestic combined heat and power assembly comprising a wall mountable frame (13), a Stirling engine module (40) with a Stirling engine (41), and a heat exchanger module (20) for the recovery of heat from the Stirling engine. The Stirling engine module and the heat exchanger module are separate units which are mountable to the frame independently of one another.

Abstract: A device and method for controlling the flow of a gaseous fuel from a fuel supply to a pressurized combustion chamber. A fuel pump is included in the gas train from supply to chamber. The fuel pump increases the pressure of the gas to allow efficient injection into the chamber. The pump is modulated to control the fuel flow. Both alternating current and pulse-width-modulated direct current signals may be used to control the flow. The pump may be a piston pump or a diaphragm pump. Feedback may be provided from sensors that determine operating parameters of the engine and such sensor signals may be used by the controller to maintain a parameter, such as temperature, at a specified value. An acoustic filter can be included in the gas train to significantly reduce gas flow pulsations generated by the pump. This filter improves the uniformity of the combustion process.

Abstract: A compensating element (30) for an injection valve has a cup-shaped body (32) with a cup base (34) and a recess. Furthermore, the compensating element has a piston (36) which makes a clearance fit in respect of the recess of the cup-shaped body (32) on an axially extending guide segment (41) of the piston (36) and which is arranged at least partially axially moveable with the guide segment (41) in the recess of the cup-shaped body (32). A sealing element (44) is arranged on the side of the guide segment (41) facing away from the cup base (32) and couples the cup-shaped body (32) with the piston (36). A hydraulically and/or pneumatically sealed system is delimited by the cup-shaped body (32), the piston (36) and the sealing element (44). The coupling of the sealing element (44) with the cup-shaped body (32) and/or the piston (36) is friction-fit.

Abstract: In a plunger master brake cylinder (1), the closed end (5) of the main bore (3) is manufactured in one piece with the housing (2). The pistons (6,7) are inserted from the open end (4) of the main bore (3). In order to prevent the pistons (6,7) from slipping out of the main bore (3) prior to assembly in the vehicle, a retaining pin 23 is provided, which has a length greater than the diameter of the pistons (6,7) and than the diameter of the open end (4) of the main bore (3). The pin 23 extends through radial holes (20) in the spring retainer (13) of the compression spring 12 coupled to the outer piston (7). The pin is inserted through a small radial opening 26 in the housing 2 and is limited in its outward movement by a step (25) in the main bore (3).

Abstract: A method for monitoring and diagnosing an air charger system for use in an engine assembly having pre-existing sensors, having the steps of providing an air charger having a turbine and a compressor operatively coupled to one another. Providing a control unit for monitoring a plurality of operating conditions of the engine assembly. The control unit calculates an expected value of a selected operating condition based upon at least another of the plurality of operating conditions. Comparing the expected value and at least another of the plurality of operating conditions. Diagnosing a fault condition, if present, based upon the expected value and said at least another of said plurality of operating conditions being outside a predetermined tolerance.

Abstract: Method and system, in which a pair of pre-existing steam turbo-units, a first one of which is formed by a first steam turbine and a first electric generator connected on a first common shaft and a second one of which is formed by a second steam turbine and by a second electric generator connected on a second common shaft, are coupled to one another in a system configuration of a cross-compound type; in which high-pressure and medium-pressure sections of the first turbine are replaced with a single high-pressure section made in such a way as to maintain the pre-existing foundations, and in which high-pressure and medium-pressure sections of the second turbine are replaced with a single medium-pressure section made in such a way as to maintain the pre-existing foundations. A single supercritical boiler supplies in cascaded fashion one and the same flow of steam to the new high-pressure and medium-pressure sections set on the first shaft and on the second shaft, respectively.

Abstract: A mixer assembly for use in a combustion chamber of a gas turbine engine includes a pilot mixer, a main mixer, and a fuel manifold positioned between the pilot mixer and main mixer. The pilot mixer includes an annular pilot housing having a hollow interior and a pilot fuel nozzle mounted in the housing and adapted for dispensing droplets of fuel to the hollow interior of the pilot housing.

Abstract: A mixer assembly for use in a combustion chamber of a gas turbine engine includes a pilot mixer, a main mixer, and a fuel manifold positioned between the pilot mixer and main mixer. The pilot mixer includes an annular pilot housing having a hollow interior and a pilot fuel nozzle mounted in the housing and adapted for dispensing droplets of fuel to the hollow interior of the pilot housing.

Abstract: A fuel injector for a gas turbine engine has a swirl slot that supplies fuel to a prefilmer. The swirl slot has an upstream lip and a downstream lip that are arranged eccentrically. The slot is thus provided with an area of high static pressure and an area of low static pressure caused by the flowing over the eccentrically arranged lips.

Abstract: A combustor dome assembly for a gas turbine engine having a longitudinal centerline axis extending therethrough, including: an annular dome plate having an inner portion, an outer portion, a forward surface and a plurality of circumferentially spaced openings formed therein, wherein a radial section is defined between each adjacent opening; and, a mixer assembly located upstream of and in substantial alignment with each of the openings in the dome plate, with the mixer assembly including a forward portion and an aft portion. Each mixer assembly is retained in a manner so as to be movable in a radial and axial direction without obstructing the radial sections of the dome plate. A first pair of tabs are positioned on the forward surface of the dome plate adjacent each opening and a second pair of tabs are positioned on the aft portion of each mixer assembly, wherein the dome plate tabs interface with the mixer assembly tabs to prevent rotation of each mixer assembly.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine augmentor has a centerbody within a gas flowpath from upstream to downstream. The augmentor has upstream and downstream shell sections, a downstream rim of the upstream shell section meeting an upstream rim of the downstream shell section shell section. A plurality of vanes are positioned in the gas flowpath outboard of the centerbody. An augmentor spray bar fuel conduit extends through the centerbody and a first of the vanes to deliver fuel to the centerbody. A seal is mounted to the spray bar and positioned in a recess extending from at least one of the downstream rim of the upstream shell section and upstream rim of the downstream shell section shell section. The seal has a first portion and a second portion engaging the first portion in a backlocked interfitting.

Abstract: A method for suppressing infrared radiation from an aircraft engine includes directing hot exhaust from the aircraft engine into a lobed mixer of a single baffle infrared suppressor having a single baffle assembly to generate alternating flows of hot exhaust gas and cold air. The method further includes directing the alternating flows of hot exhaust gas and cold air towards the single baffle assembly to mix the hot exhaust gas with the cold air.

Abstract: A method for suppressing infrared radiation from an engine of an aircraft operating in an environment includes directing hot exhaust from the aircraft engine into a lobed mixer of a single baffle infrared suppressor having a collapsible, translatable baffle to generate alternating flows of hot exhaust gas and cold air. The method further includes directing the alternating flows of hot exhaust gas and cold air towards the single baffle assembly to mix the hot exhaust gas with the cold air.

Abstract: A mixer assembly for use in a combustor of a gas turbine engine, including a pilot mixer, a main mixer, and a fuel manifold positioned between the pilot mixer and the main mixer. The pilot mixer further includes an annular pilot housing having a hollow interior and a pilot fuel nozzle mounted in the pilot housing and adapted for dispensing droplets of fuel to the hollow interior of the pilot housing. The main mixer further includes a main housing surrounding the pilot housing and defining an annular cavity, a plurality of fuel injection ports for introducing fuel into the cavity, and a swirler arrangement including at least three swirlers positioned upstream from the plurality of fuel injection ports, wherein each swirler of the swirler arrangement has a plurality of vanes for swirling air traveling through the respective swirler to mix air and the droplets of fuel dispensed by the fuel injection ports.

Abstract: According to one aspect, a method of detecting catalyst module overheating in a catalytic combustion system is provided. In one example, the method includes detecting one or more signals from at least one probe adapted to obtain values associated with at least one of the outlet gas temperature of a catalyst module and the outlet face temperature of the catalyst module included in a catalytic combustor. The one or more signals are compared with a preselected value associated with catalyst overheating. The detected temperature may be detected over time to determine a rate of change in the temperature. The temperature may be detected with a UV sensor directed to the catalyst outlet face.

Abstract: A loop thermosyphon includes a closed circuit configured of an evaporator, a condenser, a feed pope and a return pope, and the evaporator is an assembly including a header pipe associated with the feed pope, a header pipe associated with the return pipe, and a plurality of aligned pipes. Each of the aligned popes is a serpentine tube defined by a linear portion forming a plurality of stages in vertically parallel layers, and a curved portion connecting such linear portions together. The condenser is entirely inclined relative to a bottom surface of a casing mounting the loop thermosyphon such that the serpentine tube's linear portions have a bottommost linear portion inclined in a direction allowing the bottommost linear portion to be closer to the bottom surface of the casing as the bottommost linear portion approaches the header pipe associated with the return pipe.

Abstract: The invention relates to an exchanger, advantageously a plate exchanger, comprising counter-current parallel exchange sections (8,9). According to the invention, the exchange section for the water (8) has an essentially constant cross-section, whereas the exchange section (9) for the cryogen has a reduced inlet region (9a) enabling the possible formation of ice (10) in the water passage (8) to be concentrated on a small volume, without blocking said water passage. The invention can especially be applied to the supply of gaseous hydrogen stored in a liquid form to an on-board power generating device in a vehicle.

Abstract: A pumping/compressing apparatus for use in a fluid handling system transferring a fluid from one location, e.g., a tank, to another location or to an end use is provided. The apparatus basically includes a motor and a multistage, e.g., two stage, device including at least one reciprocating piston, an inlet stage chamber, an outlet stage chamber, an inlet, and an outlet. The piston is arranged to be reciprocated at multiple, e.g., respective first and second, speeds. The second speed is higher than the first speed, whereupon when the piston is reciprocated at the first speed the device effectively pumps liquid or mostly liquid to the outlet. When the piston is reciprocated at the second speed the device effectively compresses gas or mostly gas fluid and provides it to the outlet. A blowby port may be provided to provide blowby fluid back to the tank or the device.

Abstract: The invention relates to an evaporator arrangement with a crucible, wherein the crucible is divided into at least two zones, each of which is heated to different temperatures. The first zone is a melt-down zone and the second zone the evaporation zone proper. The evaporator arrangement is preferably for the evaporation of metals. If metals are evaporated, a metal wire is preferably guided into the melt-down zone. However, metal alloys can also be evaporated thereby that one or several metal wires comprised of different materials are guided into the melt-down zone. Between the melt-down zone and the evaporator zone a heating zone may be provided.

Abstract: An ejector-type cycle with refrigeration ability improved by utilizing an evaporator efficiently is provided. An ejector-type cycle (50, 60), for exchanging heat using a refrigerant, comprises: a compressor (1) for compressing the refrigerant; a condenser (2) for condensing the compressed refrigerant, a first orifice (3) arranged downstream of the condenser; an ejector (6) arranged downstream of the first orifice and capable of exhibiting a sucking force at the inlet (64) thereof; a first evaporator (7) for exchanging heat with an external fluid by passing the refrigerant and having a refrigerant outlet connected to the inlet (64) of the ejector; a dryness degree adjusting mechanism (4) interposed between the first orifice and the ejector and connected to the ejector and the first evaporator so as to supply the refrigerant thereto, and a second orifice (5) arranged downstream of and connected to the dryness degree adjusting mechanism.

Abstract: A cooling system using brine includes: a refrigerant circuit that has a compressor, a condenser, and an expansion valve; a brine circuit that has a cooler and a pump for circulating the brine; a first heat exchanger that is shared by the refrigerant circuit and the brine circuit and performs heat exchange between a refrigerant flowing on a downstream side of the expansion valve of the refrigerant circuit and the brine flowing on a downstream side of the cooler of the brine circuit; and a second heat exchanger that is provided between the cooler and the first heat exchanger and performs heat exchange between the brine and the outdoor air.

Abstract: A method and system of dynamically controlling a water pump system that includes a water pump. The method includes determining a pressure differential at the water pump, determining a water flow rate based on the pressure differential, and determining a speed set point for the water pump. The method also includes sensing a water flow speed at the water pump, generating a pump speed control signal based on the speed set point and the water flow speed, and modulating a speed of the water pump based on the pump speed control signal.

Abstract: An air conditioning system for a vehicle includes a compressor, a gas cooler, an expansion means, and a cooler. The system also includes an elevated pressure density detector for detecting or estimating one or more physical values having a correlation with a density of an elevated pressure refrigerant in a refrigeration cycle. An elevated pressure density controller controls the density of the elevated pressure refrigerant. This control is achieved at least in part by using at least one of the one or more physical values.

Abstract: A heat exchange system for use with an air conditioning system having a condenser unit and a water heating system having an evaporator unit is disclosed. The system comprises a housing for locating the evaporator unit of the water heating system and the condenser unit of the air conditioning system above one another and in communication therewith. The housing may have one or more adjustable openings and the system includes a control unit for controlling the opening and closing of the adjustable openings in order to control the transfer of heat from the evaporator unit to the control unit.

Abstract: An electronic climate control system is provided for controlling an HVAC system on a bus or other high-occupancy vehicle either as a stand-alone system or for retrofitting with existing HVAC equipment. The system includes a system control unit having output terminals connected to the vehicle compressor, condenser and evaporator units for control thereof, as well as a user control unit electrically coupled to the system control unit for receiving user inputs. The user control unit includes one or two switches, each sized to fit with an adaptable housing into standard rocker switch blanks of varying sizes in a bus control panel. These highly integrated switches, which are programmable and can support system control units of varying complexity, are easy to install and use, and provide multi-function capability including dynamic temperature and diagnostic outputs.

Abstract: A system for cooling one or more discrete superconducting devices wherein a primary refrigerator subcools cryogenic liquid for desubcooling in the devices and subsequently resubcools this liquid in a recirculation loop, and additional cryogenic liquid is maintained in a subcooled condition within a reserve storage container by diversion of some of the refrigeration generated by the primary refrigerator into the reserve storage container.

Abstract: A window type air conditioner comprises: a case having an indoor air suction port for sucking indoor air and an indoor air discharge port for discharging heat-exchanged air indoors; an indoor unit mounted inside the case positioned at an indoor side thus to be heat-exchanged with indoor air, and an outdoor unit mounted inside the case positioned at an outdoor side thus to be heat-exchanged with outdoor air, in which the indoor air suction port is formed at a front surface of the case and the indoor air discharge port is formed at an inclination front surface between the front surface and an upper surface of the case. According to this, indoor air smoothly flows thus to increase an air discharge amount, and a flow resistance is decreased thus to reduce noise.

Abstract: A window type air conditioner comprises: a case of which one side is positioned at an outdoor side and another side is positioned at an indoor side; an axial fan mounted in the case, for blowing air in a radius direction thereof; an outdoor heat exchanger for heat-exchanging outdoor air blown by the axial fan; and a shroud having the outdoor heat exchanger therein, for guiding the air blown by the axial fan, wherein an inclination surface is formed at an edge of the shroud in order to smoothly flow air introduced in a radius direction. According to this, a flow resistance of air is minimized and an air volume is increased.