Abstract: A component for a turbocharger (12) includes a housing (14) defining a chamber (16) for a predetermined part of the turbocharger (12). A jacket (24) surrounds the housing (14) and is arranged in a spaced relationship relative to an outer surface (26) of the housing (14) to define a fluid path (28) about the outer surface of the housing (14). The fluid path (28) has a fluid inlet (30) and a fluid outlet (32). This allows the turbocharger component to remain cooler. Also there is defined a flame trap (34) having an housing (36) which is double skinned (inner skin 46 and outer skin 48) forming a fluid flow path (52), having fluid inlet (50) and fluid outlet (54). The flame trap (34) is configured to engage the air outlet (22) of the turbocharger (12) and also engage the inlet of an after cooler (44).

Abstract: A turbocharger system comprising first and second turbochargers, configured in series, where the turbochargers hand over control from one turbocharger to the other, which incorporates switching adjustment terms at the point of transition to ensure a smooth transition.

Abstract: in a method for operating a supercharged internal combustion engine and an internal combustion engine including an exhaust gas treatment system which comprises a catalytic converter arranged close to the engine, an exhaust gas turbocharger which is arranged downstream of the catalytic converter, and a post-injection device for introducing additional fuel into the exhaust gas flow upstream of the catalytic converter, wherein the heat energy of the exhaust gas mass flow which acts on the exhaust gas turbocharger is varied by controlling the fuel quantity which is additionally introduced into the exhaust gas flow by means of the post-injection device resulting in an improvement in the response behavior of the internal combustion engine, excess energy which is generated by the exhaust gas turbocharger by means of a motor generator connected to the exhaust gas turbocharger is stored in a storage device and is returned to the motor generator for rapidly accelerating the turbocharger when an increased power output i

Abstract: This device is of the type comprising a high-pressure turbine (20) and a low-pressure turbine (14) which are arranged in series, and a bypass pipe (32) for the high-pressure turbine (20) which connects a charging pipe (26) to an exhaust pipe (28) of the high-pressure turbine (20). According to a feature of the invention, the bypass pipe (32) opens in the exhaust pipe (28) via a pressure-reduction nozzle (34) which allows the gases derived by the bypass pipe (32) to be discharged in a mixing portion (46) of the exhaust pipe (28) substantially in accordance with the direction and sense of flow in the mixing portion (46) of the gases which are depressurised in the high-pressure turbine (20), in order to increase the flow rate of the gases which are depressurised in the high-pressure turbine (20) by mixing with the derived gases.

Abstract: A system and method for monitoring at least one operating parameter indicative of an operating condition of an engine and controlling a turbocharger assist device to maintain desired operating conditions of the engine equipped with a turbocharger. In one embodiment, a controller is provided to control operation of a turbocharger assist device in an engine for generating electric power when an excess of energy exists in the exhaust of the engine to subtract work from a turbocharger drive shaft.

Abstract: A method of operating an internal combustion engine, including at least one cylinder and a piston slidable in the cylinder, may include supplying pressurized air from an intake manifold to an air intake port of a combustion chamber in the cylinder, selectively operating an air intake valve to open the air intake port to allow pressurized air to flow between the combustion chamber and the intake manifold substantially during a majority portion of a compression stroke of the piston, and operably controlling a fuel supply system to inject fuel into the combustion chamber after the intake valve is closed.

Abstract: Engines and methods of controlling an engine may involve one or more fluidically controlled actuators associated with engine intake and/or exhaust valves. In some examples, the actuators may be used to hold valves open. Timing of valve closing/opening and possible use of an air supply system may enable engine operation according to a Miller cycle.

Abstract: A method is provided for creating renewable energy credits from a wind energy system. A wind energy system is provided with a plurality of direct compression wind turbine stations. Direct compression is direct rotational motion of a shaft or a rotor coupled to one or more compressors. Wind energy is collected and stored from the plurality of direct compression wind turbine stations. Storage of the wind energy and the thermal energy system are used to create renewable energy credits.

Abstract: The invention includes a solar collector subsystem and a heat engine. The solar collector system uses heliostat mirrors, a parabolic mirror, and a convex concentrator lens or compound parabolic concentrator to gather a large amount of solar energy into a very intense beam. The beam is used to vaporize an injected droplet of working fluid, whereby multiple opposed pistons responsive to the vapor formed reciprocate to produce electric energy by means of linear electric generators. The heat engine includes a chamber having three orthogonal sets of opposed pistons, wherein each piston is independently axially reciprocable and coupled to a linear electric generator. One piston is provided with an axially located window that admits the concentrated solar beam from the solar collector subsystem into the chamber of the heat engine. Another piston is provided with an injector that selectably injects a water drop into the center of the chamber where it can be vaporized by impingement of the concentrated solar beam.

Abstract: A method for determining when a combustor is experiencing hardware damage includes sensing acoustic vibrations of a plurality of combustor cans, determining a center frequency for each acoustic tone of the sensed acoustic vibrations within a predetermined frequency range, and indicating an alarm when a center frequency of one or more of the combustor cans changes in a different manner compared to a representative center frequency of the plurality of combustor cans.

Abstract: A submerged combustion vaporizer may include a premix burner with multiple integral mixers for forming premix and discharging the premix into the duct system that communicates the burner with the sparger tubes. The SCV may further include a NOx suppression system that injects a staged fuel stream into the exhaust in the duct system, and/or a NOx suppression system that mixes water with the premix.

Abstract: The invention relates to a combustion chamber of a gas turbine, inside of which a supplied fuel is reacted with supplied combustion air in order to produce a working medium. The inside of the combustion chamber wall is provided with a lining formed from a number of heat shield elements. The or each heat shield element, together with the combustion chamber wall, forms an interior space that can be subjected to the action of a coolant. The aim of the invention is to provide a combustion chamber with a comparatively simple design that has a high system efficiency. To this end, the invention provides that a flow element is placed in the respective interior space while serving to effect a locally specific control of the flow of coolant.

Abstract: A turbine engine nozzle assembly has an upstream flap assembly having a main flap and a liner, a cooling passageway formed between the main flap and liner. A downstream flap is pivotally coupled to the upstream flap assembly for relative rotation about a hinge axis. The liner has a trailing end spaced upstream from a trailing end of the main flap by at least 40% of a length of the main flap.

Abstract: A method of operating a thermal power plant, such as a gas turbine power plant, in which a rotary unit, such as at least one gas turbine stage, is driven by burning gaseous fuel inside a combustion chamber, with hot gases being formed, the rotary energy of which rotary unit is converted into another form of energy, such as into electrical energy. A load set point (L) of the thermal power plant is set by regulating the quantity of gaseous fuel fed to the combustion process. The thermal power plant is operated at a load set point (L), provided the gaseous fuel is fed to the combustion process through a gas line at a gas pressure pgas, with pgas>paction limit(L), where paction limit(L) represents a pressure value which depends at least on the load set point (L) of the thermal power plant.

Abstract: A method details injecting water into a gas turbine engine to facilitate cleaning an inner surface of a combustor. The method comprises removing an axial fuel injector from the combustor, wherein the fuel injector includes a nozzle stem, and inserting a spray nozzle assembly into a fuel injector opening created within the combustor when the fuel injector was removed, wherein the spray nozzle assembly includes a popet nozzle that is coupled to a nozzle stem that is shaped substantially identically to the fuel injector nozzle stem removed from the combustor. The method also comprises coupling the spray nozzle assembly to the combustor such that the popet nozzle is inserted substantially concentrically into the combustor, and injecting water into the combustor through the spray nozzle assembly.

Abstract: The support boss is used in a combustor of a gas turbine engine. It comprises a side wall defining an internal space. The side wall has at least one air inlet orifice. It also comprises a bottom wall closing one end of the internal space. The bottom wall has at least one air outlet orifice.

Abstract: The superconducting device has a cryogenic system to whose first refrigerant there is thermally coupled a superconducting unit and a superconducting switching path, which is electrically connected to said unit and is to be activated thermally by a heater, of a superconducting switch. A first pipeline to whose end the superconducting switching path is thermally coupled is to be connected to a refrigerant space of the superconducting unit. In order to ensure reliable heating of the switching path upon activation of the heater, the first pipeline is to have a cross sectional constriction impeding the exchange of heat with the refrigerant space. Moreover, the switching path is to be thermally coupled to a comparatively higher temperature level via a further, closed pipeline with a second refrigerant.

Abstract: A device for disinfecting components of an air conditioning system in a motor vehicle is provided. The device includes an ozone generator arranged in close proximity to an evaporator in the air conditioning system. The device further includes an electronic control unit configured to activate the ozone generator to produce a comparatively large amount of ozone sufficient to disinfect the evaporator. The electronic control device activates the ozone generator when information provided to the control unit indicates that a condition is met, under which air flaps between the air conditioning system and a passenger compartment of the motor vehicle may remain closed or are expected to remain closed for a time sufficient for the disinfection.

Abstract: A system for controlling temperature includes an atomizer that forms micron-sized hydrogen-bonded refrigerant droplets within a chamber. A vacuum pump is coupled to the chamber to lower its interior pressure. Under these conditions, the refrigerant droplets evaporate while lowering the temperature of its immediate surrounding. The reduced pressure in the chamber delays the freezing of the refrigerant droplets to below 0° C. at about at least one of a heterogeneous nucleation temperature and a homogenous nucleation temperature of the refrigerant droplets at their size. The atomizer includes a pump that forces a hydrogen-bonded liquid refrigerant through a nozzle.

Abstract: A system and a method for monitoring and inspecting food safety is disclosed. The system adopts insert and use concept that only requires an initial push on a button to begin its function. The system provides visual alert for different conditions if food products are in unsafe status. The system is pre-calibrated during manufacture without complicated or multi-step calibration or recalibration procedures during application. The system relies on modern surface-mount microprocessor technology that enables long-term calibration stability along with very low power consumption for extended battery life.

Abstract: After a chiller unit is started, an opening command of 10 pulses is output to an electronic expansion valve, and after a predetermined period of time (at the time of starting with unload) elapses, an opening command of 100 to 150 pulses is output to open the electronic expansion valve up to a predetermined opening degree. Thereafter, a discharge side refrigerant super-heat TdSH is monitored and a closing command of 1 pulse/sec is output to the electronic expansion valve to drive the same in a closing direction in a short time until TdSH becomes 20 K. After TdSH has reached 20 K, a closing command of 1 pulse/3 sec is output to the electronic expansion valve, until TdSH becomes 25 K, to drive the electronic expansion valve 3 at a smaller speed in the closing direction than that speed in the closing direction until TdSH becomes 20 K.

Abstract: A first casing includes a first baffle plate, and a second casing includes a second baffle plate. The second baffle plate is contiguous to a guide rib, which is disposed underneath the second baffle plate, having a horizontal side wall and a slanted side wall. A slit is defined between the horizontal side wall and the slanted side wall, wherein the slit extends to an end face of a partition wall. When the first casing and the second casing are connected to each other, the first baffle plate is slidably inserted in the slit. The first baffle plate projects slightly from the slit into a liquid reservoir chamber, by a distance that is not large enough to increase air resistance with respect to air flowing in the vehicular air conditioning unit. An expansion valve is sandwiched between the first baffle plate and the second baffle plate.

Abstract: Display case (10) for foods comprising a display compartment (12) for a plurality of transparent containers (14) arranged inside a perimeter containing barrier (25) made with transparent panels (26a, 26b); the display compartment (12) is defined by a lower base (17), by a transparent upper covering element (19), by a transparent front wall (20) and by two sides (21) that extend below the display plane of the containers (14) and are transparent so that the display compartment (12) and the containers (14) can be observed also from above and from a lateral position.

Abstract: A refrigerated product merchandising unit for storing and displaying chilled products including a body member, a product holding container positionable within the body member, and a base member having a refrigeration unit associated therewith, the refrigeration unit being positionable within the body member and being adapted for providing cold air to the product holding container. The product holding container includes a first plurality of openings positioned adjacent the top end portion thereof for allowing cold air to enter the product holding container and a second plurality of openings positioned adjacent the bottom end portion thereof for allowing air to exit the product holding container for recycling through the refrigeration unit.

Abstract: A coil cleaner for a condenser coil of a refrigeration system includes a sweeper assembly. The sweeper assembly has a pair of parallel brushes. Two motors, one located on either side of the sweeper assembly, are coupled to a first and second screw. The sweeper assembly is connected to the first and second screw by way of two nuts. The nuts travel on their respective screws when the screws are rotated, thus moving the sweeper assembly across the condenser coil. A controller manages the operation of the sweeper assembly. When the sweeper assembly has moved a predetermined distance, the sweeper assembly contacts a pair of sensors independently controlling each of the two motors. After contact with the sensors, the motors are reversed, and the sweeper assembly moves in the opposite direction. When the sweeper assembly contacts a second pair of sensors, both motors are turned off.

Abstract: A food dispensing machine includes a product chamber with a dispensing valve connected to the product chamber and having an outlet through which a product contained in the product chamber is dispensed. The product chamber has a cleaning solution inlet connectable to a cleaning solution supply source for receiving cleaning solution into the product chamber. The product chamber further has an ingredient inlet alternatively connectable to either an ingredient supply source or the dispensing valve outlet. When the ingredient inlet is connected to the dispensing valve outlet, a re-circulating flow path is created, allowing for complete cleaning and sanitizing of the product flow path.

Abstract: A storage container for a refrigerator including a container box with a cut-out on a visible side of the container box when the container box is mounted in the refrigerator. The container box includes at least one rod mounted transversely through the cut-out. The rod engages in drillings embodied in head pieces clipped on opposing edges of the cut-our. A spring element is arranged in at least one of the drillings which presses the rod in the longitudinal direction thereof against a stop in the opposite drilling.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an accumulator installed between a compressor and an evaporator of a refrigeration cycle system. The accumulator of the present invention comprises an inlet pipe through which refrigerant is introduced from the evaporator, an outlet pipe through which the evaporated refrigerant is delivered to the compressor, and a chamber which is connected to the inlet and outlet pipes and formed with a floor surface at a lower level than connecting portions of the chamber connected to the inlet and outlet pipes. Further, the inlet and outlet pipes are horizontally connected to the chamber.

Abstract: A condenser includes a pair of tanks, at least one of the tanks having a communicating hole, a condenser core arranged between the tanks and having fins and tubes fluidically connected with the tanks, and a connector having a connecting hole. A peripheral portion of the communicating hole is pressed into the connecting hole to form a burring portion which is caulked on an inner face forming the connecting hole so that the connector and the tank are temporarily fixed with each other, and facing portions of the tank and the connector are integrally fixed with each other by blazing. The inner surface of the connecting hole is provided with a holding groove to receive an inserted projecting portion formed on a part of an outer surface of the burring portion for holding the connector to the tank.

Abstract: Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is heated in a plant by a heat source and the heated LNG is expanded to produce work. In particularly preferred plants, the heat source is a combined cycle power plant, and the work is used to recompress pipeline gas produced from the heated LNG. Additionally, the refrigeration content in LNG may be utilized to increase the power generation capacity and efficiency of a combined cycle power plant.

Abstract: The invention discloses an instep bracelet to enhance the beauty of the foot and provide an enchanting addition to footwear and a method of accessorizing one's foot using this instep bracelet. This unique accessory item comprises a flexible member having a predetermined length capable of encircling the instep portion of a one's foot. Joining members are located at the ends of the flexible member for joining the flexible member about the wearer's foot and retaining the flexible member in place. Alternatively, the flexible member can be formed from an elasticized material that can be stretched over the foot. Decorative members can be either attached to and/or integrally formed with the flexible member for providing a decorative accessory for one's foot.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling the forming of flat glass by conducting molten glass over a liquid tin layer in a forming vat. According to said method, the concentration of H20 above the surface of the glass during the forming process is measured by means of at least one laser diode.

Abstract: A method of fabricating glass sheets (13) is provided in which the sheets are cut from a glass ribbon (15) composed of a glass having a glass transition temperature range (GTTR). The ribbon (15) is formed by a drawing process in which edge rollers (27a,27b) contact the glass ribbon (15) at a location along the length of the ribbon where the temperature along the center line (17) of the ribbon (15) is above the GTTR. The edge rollers (27a,27b) locally cool the ribbon (15), and the cooling produces a sine wave type buckling (S-warp) along the edges of the glass sheets (13). The S-warp is reduced or eliminated by heating the bead portions (21a, 21b) of the ribbon (15) and/or portions of the ribbon (the S-warp portions 25a and 25b) which are located next to the bead portions (21a, 21b) and/or by cooling the center portion of the ribbon (15) at least one location along the length of the ribbon (15) where the temperature at the ribbon's center line (17) is within the GTTR.

Abstract: Disclosed is a vapor axial deposition apparatus. The vapor axial deposition apparatus includes a first torch, a growth size detecting unit and a controlling unit. The first torch deposits soot on a distal end of a soot preform aligned with a first axis, and is aligned with a second axis. The growth size detecting unit detects an image including a growing point of the soot preform and an end of the first torch. The controlling unit calculates a distance between the soot preform and the first torch along the second axis from the detected image, and moves the soot preform upward based on the calculated distance.

Abstract: A three-dimensional-optical waveguide is formed by laminating planar substrates such as a plurality of lens substrates and, an isolator substrate and a wavelength division multiplexing filter, the optical substrates at least include a waveguide substrate having a waveguide and a reflecting surface. In the three-dimensional optical waveguide, the planar substrates are positioned by markers integrally formed on at least two of the planar substrates. Light directed into the waveguide is reflected by a reflecting surface and passes through the lens substrates and the isolator substrate.

Abstract: A method for charging particles used for processing of a material. At least a gaseous reactant is supplied and oxidizing gas is supplied to the reactant. The oxidizing gas is charged electrically before it is supplied to the reactant. The reactant and the oxidizing gas form charged particles. The material to be processed is advantageously a multicomponent oxide construction, such as an optical fiber preform. The invention also related to a charging device implementing the method.

Abstract: A process for producing optical fiber preform having symmetrically and completely collapsed capillary which is suitable for producing optical fiber having reduced PMD is provided, wherein collapsing of the capillary in the hollow soot porous body or sintered glass body is carried out under variable vacuum. An optical fiber preform produced by such method and optical fiber produced from such optical fiber preform are also provided.

Abstract: An automatic washing machine capable of washing with both a toroidal and inverse toroidal washing motion.

Abstract: A suds container for a washing machine includes a cylindrical vessel surrounding a drum of the washing machine, the cylindrical vessel including a cylindrical wall and a front wall. A metallic hub for a drive shaft for the drum is integrated into a plastic compound of the front wall. Reinforcing plastic fiber strands are integrated into the plastic compound. The fiber strands extend from the hub outward toward the outer circumference of the front wall.

Abstract: A door for a refrigerator device including a frame and an insulation glazing which includes at least one external pane and an internal pane fixed to the external pane and forming a tight intermediate space. The frame is fixed to the external pane in a marginal area of the external pane and extending over the edge of the internal pane. A gap between the internal pane and the frame is filled by sealing strips.

Abstract: An improved securement system for the doors of vehicles includes a first lock body having at least one bore hole and a second lock body having at least one bore hole, the first lock body mounted on a first door, the second lock body mounted on a second adjacent door. The first and second lock bodies are aligned such that upon the first and second doors being closed, the bore holes of each are generally concentrically aligned. A locking mechanism is mounted on the second lock body and a locking device including a pin securement block and a locking pin extends through the aligned bore holes with the pin securement block aligning with and engaging the locking mechanism to releasably secure the locking pin in the aligned bore holes thereby securing the first lock body to the second lock body to secure the doors in closed position.

Abstract: An apparatus for supporting and locking storage containers and portable items to vehicles, buildings and larger items. A universal two-part mount and lock system whereas one part covers over and conceals second part making it not possible to access fasteners. The two part mount mates together and after actuating a lock makes it so two parts cannot be separated thus protecting an attached portable item from theft.

Abstract: A key for an immobilizer, includes: a mechanical key part including a key plate capable of being inserted into a cylinder lock, and a key head coupled to one end of the key plate; and a grasping case which supports the key head so that the mechanical key part can be displaced between a housed position in which the entire mechanical key part is housed in the grasping case and a protruding position in which the key plate protrudes out of the grasping case. A transponder for transmitting a particular ID code signal to the cylinder lock is built in the key head. Thus, the cylinder lock can be unlocked by only the mechanical key part which has been fallen off from the grasping case.

Abstract: A cylinder lock is provided. The lock includes a rotor assembly (17) having a combination post (12) as a core. The combination post (12) has combination holes arranged thereon which define the combination of the lock. The rotor assembly (17) includes locking bars having pins (15) directed radially towards the combination post (12). The locking bars are displaceable in an axial position by an appropriately coded key until each pin (15) is directed towards a respective combination hole. Turning the key causes the rotor assembly (17) to rotate. At various rotational positions, the locking bars are displaced radially causing the pins (15) to engage their respective combination holes. The combination post (12) can be provided with parallel combination holes. Furthermore, the combination post (12) can be removable in order to replace the combination post (12) with another post having different combination values, thereby changing the combination of the lock.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for producing nitrogen fertilizer from organic waste products in the liquid phase (suspension, emulsion, solution) and for hygienizing the wastes or reducing the emissions by thermal treatment using mineral or organic additions. According to the invention, this is achieved by a method, wherein the waste product is heated at underpressure to temperatures between 40 and 90 ° C., the escaping gas containing carbon dioxide and ammonia is cooled down and introduced into an aqueous absorption agent, the nitrogen fertilizer formed thereby is discharged and the excess gas not having been absorbed and containing carbon dioxide is pumped back into the discharge container, wherein the underpressure generated at the beginning of the process by a vacuum pump is autogenously maintained by the progress of the process.

Abstract: The primary object of the invention is to provide a method of producing novel phosphate and potash (PK) containing compound fertilizers in the form of powders showing good handle-ability by which method the phosphate components contained in an incinerated ash residue of chicken droppings is improved in solubility and thus rendered effective or available and, at the same time, the free CaO-derived alkali is neutralized, as well as such novel phosphate and potash(PK) containing compound fertilizers.

Abstract: This invention is directed to systems, devices and methods for treating organic-containing sludges and converting such sludges to high value fertilizers containing both inorganic and organic fertilizer components, which creates an inorganically-augmented bioorganic fertilizer. The invention describes methods to create a thixotrophic or paste-like material via the application of mixing energy to the organic sludge followed by an alkaline treatment and a subsequent ammoniation. The invention further describes a method to increase the plant nutrient content in the organic containing product to a level which permits the finished granular fertilizer product to compete in the commercial agricultural fertilizer marketplace. Further, the invention reduces odors associated with said organic-containing sludges.

Abstract: A method of treatment of wood ash residue. A first step involves wetting the wood ash residue. A second step involves reacting the wetted wood ash residue with carbon dioxide gas. Mineral oxides and hydroxides are converted to carbonates, thereby reducing the caustic nature of the wood ash residue.

Abstract: A crack test for a tubular structure includes a sensor ring disposed radially outward from a flare pin in a flaring press. The sensor ring is responsive to physical contact from a cracked flared end of a tube processed in the press.

Abstract: A crack test includes flowing pressurized fluid to a generally tubular part in a flare stamping process. As the flare is completed the part is sealed on opposite ends and pressurization of the inside of the part is used to determine integrity of the part.