Abstract: A shredder head for passing over a terrain containing vegetation and rocks so as to silviculturally process said terrain. The shredder head includes an elongated support shaft, a rotor, and a plurality of first and second sections provided longitudinally along a peripheral support surface area of the rotor. The second sections are each disposed between pairs of first sections so as to have an alternation of first and second sections longitudinally along the rotor. Each section includes at least one supporting element for supporting at least one processing tool configured for cooperating with the terrain via a rotation of the rotor for processing the terrain and corresponding vegetation and rocks present therein.

Abstract: This invention consists of a user customizable jewelry link, having a solid square top, two sides extended downward overturned towards the underside, and having a central opening. This link element, having a unique visual property, was designed to be worn in conjunction with, as a personalized customized addition to, a rubber bracelet.

Abstract: A coupling element of a shackle for load-carrying elements, such as chains, hooks, or the like, is disclosed. The coupling element has two substantially parallel legs, whose free ends each have a bore for the accommodation of a connecting bolt, by means of which the coupling element can be linked to another coupling element of the same design to form the shackle, the coupling elements being held together only by the connecting bolt, which bores extend in the same direction relatively to each other, wherein the bores are out-of-line and extend at an angle to a longitudinal center line of the coupling element.

Abstract: A method facilitates assembling a gas turbine engine assembly. The method comprises providing at least one propelling gas turbine engine that includes a core engine including at least one turbine, coupling an auxiliary engine to the propelling gas turbine engine such that during operation of the propelling gas turbine engine, such that at least a portion of the airflow entering the propelling gas turbine engine is extracted from the propelling gas and channeled to the auxiliary engine for generating power, and coupling a modulating valve in flow communication to the propelling gas turbine engine to control the flow of airflow from the propelling gas turbine engine to the auxiliary engine, wherein the modulating valve is selectively operable to control an extraction point of airflow from the propelling gas turbine engine.

Abstract: Means for cooling a bearing assembly supporting a rotor stage of a gas turbine engine after engine shutdown. The engine comprises a combustion section, a compressor for the delivery of air to the combustion section, and a bearing assembly supporting a rotor stage. The means for cooling a bearing assembly comprises a means operable to generate a signal representative of turbine duct temperature immediately prior to engine shutdown, a means for determining the duration for cooling after engine shutdown as a function of the signal representative of turbine duct temperature, and the compressor operable as a cooling means to deliver cooling air to the rotor stage after engine shutdown. Thereby the amount of heat conducted to the bearing assembly is limited such that the temperature of the bearing assembly is limited to below a predetermined temperature.

Abstract: An indirect-fired biomass-fueled gas turbine system with a combustor for combustion of biomass particles to produce a combustion gas, a heat exchanger providing a heat exchange relationship between combustion gas from the combustor and compressed air, and a gas turbine. The combustor may be a cyclonic combustor with a combustion liner forming a combustion chamber, a biomass feed inlet at one end of the combustion chamber formed through the combustion liner for receiving the biomass particles from a fuel feed system, wherein the biomass feed inlet is formed so that the biomass particles are introduced into the combustion chamber with a tangential component, and a plurality of air tuyeres formed through the combustion liner for receiving air, wherein at least one of the air tuyeres is arranged to introduce the air into the combustion chamber with a tangential component.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas turbine engine diffuser (30) defined between an external casing (32) and an internal casing (34) of said engine and supplied with air via an upstream annular diffuser duct (36), comprising a combustion chamber (10) of the convergent type, forming an external annular duct (28) with the external casing (32) and an internal annular duct with the internal casing (34), which diffuser comprises a cowling partially closing off the external annular duct. More specifically, the cowling is positioned toward the closed end of the combustion chamber.

Abstract: A cooling system for an aircraft includes a cooling circuit for transporting a coolant, with the cooling circuit running to a component in the aircraft that is heated up during flying in order to take up heat from the heated-up component via the coolant. The cooling circuit runs to a jet engine for propulsion of the aircraft in order to release heat to a flow of gas in the jet engine via the coolant.

Abstract: A method of operating an emission abatement system includes advancing a liquid agent to an atomizing nozzle and advancing pressurized air to the atomizing nozzle. The method further includes impinging the pressurized air on the liquid agent at a tip of the atomizing nozzle to shear liquid agent particles from the liquid agent. The method further includes advancing the liquid agent particles through the atomizing nozzle to an emission abatement device. An emission abatement system and atomizer apparatus are also disclosed herein.

Abstract: A system operable to control an exhaust gas omission of an engine, includes a catalytic converter; a fuel cutter, a change executor, a correlation value provider, an adjuster, and a controller. The change executor is operable to execute changing of an air-fuel ratio of the engine to a rich after the fuel supply is once stopped by the fuel cutter and then resumed. The correlation value provider is operable to provide a correlation value correlated to a change amount of the air-fuel ratio caused by the change executor based on a driving condition of the engine. The adjuster is operable to adjust the correlation value based on a parameter indicative of a capability of the catalytic converter. The controller is operable to cause the change executor to execute the changing based on the adjusted correlation value.

Abstract: A method for the diagnosis of a three-way catalytic converter for an internal combustion engine using the voltage signal of a downstream binary lambda sensor proposes that with a changeover of the air/fuel ratio ? that is fed to the internal combustion engine from high to low, the voltage signal U? of the lambda sensor is monitored for its jump in order to establish a first oxygen storage capacity OSC1 of the catalytic converter, with a changeover of the air/fuel ratio that is fed to the internal combustion engine from low to high, the voltage signal U? of the lambda sensor is monitored for its jump in order to establish a second oxygen storage capacity OSC2 of the catalytic converter, and/or with a modulation of the air/fuel ratio that is fed to the internal combustion engine between high and low, the voltage signal U? of the lambda sensor is monitored for its jumps in order to establish a third oxygen storage capacity OSC3 of the catalytic converter, wherein the diagnosis of the catalytic converter is perfo

Abstract: An exhaust line fuel injection system and associated methods of operation and control are disclosed. The fuel passes through a regulating valve connected to a pressurized fuel source and an outlet connected to an exhaust system fuel supply line. The exhaust system fuel supply line is connected to a nozzle, which generally comprises a check-valve and is configured to inject the fuel into the exhaust line. Using a pressure measuring device, an indication of the exhaust system fuel supply line pressure is obtained. A controller provides control over the flow regulating valve using feedback from the pressure indication and a predetermined relationship between the flow rate through the nozzle and one of the exhaust system fuel supply line pressure and the pressure drop across the nozzle. The method can be implemented with a single pressure measuring device. The same pressure measurements, especially their frequency spectrum, can be used to detect system faults.

Abstract: A method for operation of an internal combustion engine, comprising an exhaust treatment device in the exhaust system thereof, with application of a reagent under given operating conditions of the internal combustion engine and/or the exhaust treatment device and a device for carrying out the method are disclosed, wherein a correction parameter is determined for a reagent signal, describing the amount of reagent to be introduced into the exhaust system and the correction parameter is determined by means of a comparison of a measure of the actual amount of the reagent in the exhaust system, which should be introduced based on a measure of a pre-determined set amount and the measure of the set amount. The above method permits a particularly exact maintenance of the amount of reagent introduced into the exhaust system in accordance with the pre-determined measure for the set amount.

Abstract: A particle filter arrangement for filtering exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine such as a diesel internal combustion engine, includes an inlet and an outlet and at least one particle filter arranged in the flow path of the exhaust gases between the inlet and outlet. The exhaust gases are conducted in a line, with the line having a first segment in which the exhaust gases are conducted substantially in the direction of the outlet. The line has a second segment in which the exhaust gases are conducted substantially in the direction of the inlet. An operating temperature of the arrangement sufficiently high to prevent full loading of the filter is generated particularly quickly in that the line also includes a third segment in which the exhaust gases are conducted substantially in the direction of the outlet.

Abstract: An InfraRed Suppression System (IRSS) vectors engine exhaust flow away from the exhaust manifold plane, the high aspect ratio exhaust duct defined as a ratio of a maximum nozzle length to a maximum nozzle width, the ratio greater than 2:1.

Abstract: A passive cooling system for an auxiliary power unit (APU) installation on an aircraft is provided. The system is for an auxiliary power unit having at least a compressor portion of a gas turbine engine and an oil cooler contained separately within a nacelle. The system includes the auxiliary power unit housed within the nacelle of the aircraft, an engine exhaust opening defined in the aft portion of the nacelle and communicating with the gas turbine engine, at least a first air inlet duct communicating with a second opening defined in said nacelle and with said compressor portion and the oil cooler is located within a second duct communicating with an opening other than the engine exhaust opening of said nacelle and with the engine exhaust opening. Exterior cooling air and engine exhaust ejected through said engine exhaust opening entrain cooling air through said second duct to said oil cooler, and thus provide engine oil cooling. An exhaust eductor is also provided.

Abstract: A passive, exhaust pressure actuated valve assembly for placement inside a tubular exhaust conduit is pivotally mounted to an off-center axle for rotation between fully closed and fully opened positions. A bias element forces the valve flap toward the fully closed position. The valve flap is shaped in a manner enabling use of the interior surface of the exhaust conduit to define stops at the full closed and full opened positions. The valve flap shape, in conjunction with the bias element arrangement, enables the flap to lie substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the conduit in the fully opened position, which provides for minimum back pressure in the conduit.

Abstract: An anti-saturation valve assembly (51) for use in a hydraulic system having priority (17) and auxiliary (25) load circuits, the priority circuit providing a priority load signal (19). The anti-saturation valve assembly includes a pressure sensor portion (61) which senses a decrease between pump pressure (23) and the priority load signal (19), and generates a force on a pressure reducing portion (63) to reduce, correspondingly, a pilot pressure (59): The reduced pilot pressure to a pilot valve (35) results in reduced flow to a pilot-operated main control valve (27) in the auxiliary load circuit (25), thus providing anti-saturation protection for the circuit, without throttling a main flow path and wasting substantial hydraulic power.

Abstract: A computing section computes a reference revolution-speed decrease modification amount DNLR; and multiplies an engine revolution speed modification gain KNL by a reference revolution-speed decrease modification amount DNL and then DNLR, to thereby compute an engine revolution-speed decrease modification amount DND based on input change of an operation pilot pressure, which is modified in accordance with DNLR. At the time when a lever operation input from an operation command unit is changed from full stroke to half stroke, if a pump delivery pressure is in a pressure range of a pump absorption torque control region Y where the pump delivery pressure is lower than that in a region X, the reference revolution-speed decrease modification amount computing section 700v computes the modification amount DNLR to be 0, and therefore lowering of a target engine revolution speed with auto-acceleration control is not caused.

Abstract: A return to neutral mechanism to bias the trunnion of a hydraulic apparatus into the neutral position is provided. The trunnion is rotationally coupled to a bracket which is coupled to a glide member that is positioned between, and biased to a predetermined position by, a pair of compression springs.

Abstract: A hydropneumatic pressure transmission device having a working piston and a transmitter piston for pressure transmission to the working piston is proposed, with the working piston being guided in a housing space in such a way that, coupled to the movement of the working piston, hydraulic fluid must flow from a first region via a first connecting section into a second region. According to the invention, a switchable second connecting section is provided so as to be connected parallel to the first connecting section.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating power which includes a phase-change media (PCM) that expands upon cooling contained within an expandable capsule if the phase change involves solidification (if phase change is solid-solid, then capsules are not needed), a carrier liquid that does not freeze in the operating temperature range, a heat exchanger, and an engine. Alternatively, the method and apparatus can include a PCM contained within a layer next to the walls of a constant volume container, a working liquid within the container that does not freeze in the operating temperature range, a heat exchanger, and an engine. In both cases, the engine denotes a device that converts the energy in the high-pressure liquid into electrical or mechanical power.

Abstract: A pump of an electronically controlled brake system. The pump includes a bore formed in a modulator block and connected with a suction port and a discharge port, a piston installed in the bore in a reciprocating movable manner and defining an inlet path therein, an inlet valve to open or close an exit-side end of the inlet path according to a position of the piston, and an outlet valve provided at one side of the bore, operations of the inlet and outlet valves being contrary to each other. The outlet valve includes a valve seat, a sleeve to surround the valve seat, an outlet ball interposed between the sleeve and the valve seat and used to open or close a path defined in the valve seat, and a valve cap provided at one side of the sleeve to isolate an interior from an exterior of the bore. One or more of the valve sheet, sleeve, and valve cap are formed by press-forming, to achieve improved assembly efficiency and reduced manufacturing costs.

Abstract: A method to estimate real-time exhaust pressure in a compression ignition engine with variable geometry turbocharger and an EGR by adding the turbocharger RPM, the engine RPM, EGR value position and intake manifold pressure to determine a final turbocharger turbine inlet pressure to control NOx emissions.

Abstract: By improving a turbine efficiency, a power generation efficiency can be easily improved. The thermal power plant of the present invention comprises, for example: a boiler 1 that heats a feed water by utilizing a heat caused by combustion of a fossil fuel so as to generate a main steam A; reheaters 41 and 42 installed in the boiler 1; a turbine 2; and a generator 13 connected to the turbine 2. The turbine 2 includes: a high pressure turbine into which the main steam A from the boiler 1 is introduced; an intermediate pressure turbine 9 into which the reheated steams E and F generated by the reheaters 41 and 42 are introduced, the intermediate pressure turbine 9 being uniaxially connected to the high pressure turbine 8; and a low pressure turbine 11 into which the reheated steams E and F discharged from the intermediate pressure turbine 9 is introduced, the low pressure turbine 11 being coupled with the high pressure turbine 8 and the intermediate pressure turbine 9.

Abstract: Device for damping oscillations of a combustion chamber that includes at least one resonator connected to a pre-chamber in a vibration-damping manner. The pre-chamber is connected to a combustion chamber in a vibration-damping manner via at least one passage channel. This abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine is provided comprising a compressor, a fuel supply apparatus, a combustor, and a turbine. The fuel supply apparatus comprises a fuel source, a cooling apparatus including a heat exchanger and structure for defining a first path for fuel to travel from the fuel source to the heat exchanger and a second path for fuel to travel away from the heat exchanger. The combustor functions to receive the compressed air from the compressor and the fuel from the heat exchanger, combine the air and fuel to create an air/fuel mixture and ignite the air/fuel mixture to create combustion products. The cooling apparatus further comprises structure coupled to and extending between the heat exchanger and at least one of a plurality vanes in the turbine for circulating a coolant fluid through at least one vane and the heat exchanger. In another embodiment, pipe supply structure extends from a fuel source through an end section of a turbine casing.

Abstract: The present combustor of gas turbine engine includes: a fuel injection unit including a fuel spray part to spray a fuel so that a diffusion combustion region is formed in a combustion chamber, and a pre-mixture supply part to supply a pre-mixture of a fuel and an air so that a pre-mixture combustion region is formed in the combustion chamber; and a fuel supply unit to supply the fuel to the fuel spray part and pre-mixture supply part. The fuel supply unit includes: a pilot fuel passage and a main fuel passage to supply the fuel to the fuel spray part and the pre-mixture supply part, respectively; an assembled fuel passage to supply the fuel to the pilot and main fuel passages; and a fuel distributor disposed at a branch point where the assembled fuel passage is connected to both the pilot and main fuel passages. The fuel distributor is configured to automatically control amounts of the fuel to be distributed to the pilot fuel passage and to the main fuel passage in accordance with the fuel pressure.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine pilot assembly includes a swirler having high and low pressure sides. A hood at least partially encloses the swirler on the high pressure side. The hood is secured over the swirler, in one example. The hood includes an aperture creating a tortuous path from the high pressure side to the low pressure side through the swirler. The hood reduces the differential pressure across the swirler by reducing the velocity and pressure of the air before entering the swirler. In one example, the hood includes first and second spaced apart walls interconnected by a perimeter wall. The walls form a generally annular structure, in one example. At least one of the walls includes an array of apertures communicating with a cavity interiorly arranged within the walls upstream from the swirler. Air from the high pressure side flows through the apertures and is slowed before passing through the swirler and into a combustion chamber.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for preparing pulverized coal used in the production of synthesis gas combusted in gas turbines used in integrated gasification combined cycle power plants uses gas turbine exhaust gas to dry and convey pulverized coal from a pulverizer to a coal/gas separation device.

Abstract: A rotary disc valve unit and refrigerators containing a rotary disc valve unit that has multiple valves, in which at least one rotary valve has ports connecting to the regenerator and at least one rotary valve has ports connecting to the warm ends of one or more pulse tubes where the rotary valve with ports for the regenerator has lighter contact than the rotary valve with ports for the pulse tubes. The valve face is divided into an inner area with ports for the pulse tubes and an outer area with ports for the regenerator, the inner area having a greater sealing pressure than the outer area.

Abstract: A high capacity, continuous production blast freezer includes an insulated enclosure, a refrigeration system supplying cold air to the enclosure and a plurality of trays containing comestibles to be frozen. A tray advancement or pusher mechanism advances a first tray into the enclosure and then advances a second tray into the enclosure, pushing the first tray further into the enclosure. Gradually a first level of the enclosure is filled with trays. An elevator mechanism at both ends of the enclosure allows the trays reaching the end of the enclosure to advance to a second level, and the tray advancement mechanism advances the tray out of the elevator onto the second level. Eventually, as additional trays are pushed into the enclosure, the second level and then optionally further levels of the enclosure are filled with trays.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a refrigerator including a device to restrain the freezing of liquid-phase beverages, thereby stably maintaining the supercooled state of the liquid-phase beverages. The refrigerator includes a main body, a supercooling chamber disposed in the main body such that cool air is supplied to the supercooling chamber, a microwave generator to oscillate microwaves to the supercooling chamber, and a control unit to control the magnitude of the microwaves oscillated from the microwave generator. The present invention has the effect of restraining the freezing of the liquid-phase beverages, thereby stably maintaining the supercooled state of the liquid-phase beverages, and therefore, increasing the supercooled degree of the liquid-phase beverages.

Abstract: Method for reducing the moisture content of air of a first defined space in communication with, via an entrance to said first defined space, at least one second defined space, the air of first defined space having lower moisture content than that of said at least one second defined space, whereby the reduction of the air moisture content is achieved by at least one means for dehumidified air. The reduction of the air moisture content is achieved by dividing said at least one second defined space into two compartments arranged in series and communicating with each other via partition means, taking wholly or partially air having higher moisture content from the compartment of the second defined space located longest from the first defined space, dehumidifying said air, and feeding said dehumidified air wholly or partially to the compartment of the second defined space located closest to the first defined space.

Abstract: A refrigerator and a method to control the same are provided. The refrigerator includes a body having a supercooling compartment, a cooling unit to provide cool air to the supercooling compartment, an electromagnetic radiation sensor to detect electromagnetic radiation emitted when a food placed in the supercooling compartment begins to freeze, an energy supply to apply energy to the food placed in the supercooling compartment to prevent freezing of the food, and a controller to receive a detection signal from the electromagnetic radiation and then to activate the energy supply. Electromagnetic radiation emitted from each beverage in a supercooled state when the beverage begins to freeze is detected and energy is applied to the beverage according to the detection.

Abstract: A vapor compression system includes a compressor, a condenser, an expansion device and an evaporator. Refrigerant circulates though the closed circuit vapor compression system. Touchdown bearings protect a rotor during power shutdown of the compressor. Liquid refrigerant from the condenser flows along a supply line and lubricates the touchdown bearings. The refrigerant from the touchdown bearings is discharged through an outlet and flows along a discharge line to the evaporator.

Abstract: A method of calculating net sensible cooling capacity of a cooling unit includes measuring a discharge pressure from of fluid from a compressor and a suction pressure from an evaporator, calculating a condensing temperature of fluid flowing from the compressor and an evaporating temperature of fluid flowing from the evaporator, calculating a mass flow rate of fluid flowing from the compressor, calculating enthalpy of fluid flowing from the compressor, of fluid flowing from the thermal expansion valve, and of fluid flowing from the evaporator, calculating a mass flow rate of fluid flowing through the hot gas bypass valve, and calculating net sensible cooling capacity. Embodiments of cooling units and other methods are further disclosed.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a stop operation of an air conditioner includes: a compressor for compressing a refrigerant; an indoor heat exchanger for heat-exchanging between the refrigerant and indoor air; an indoor fan for blowing the heat-exchanged indoor air to indoors; and a controller. The controller controls, in response to an operation stop signal in operation, an operation of the indoor fan based on whether or not an operation of the compressor has completely stopped.

Abstract: A cooling apparatus for objects such as convenience foods and beverages has an enclosure and a vapour cycle refrigeration system. The refrigeration system includes a compressor, a condenser, a metering device and an evaporator, all connected in a circuit. Fans force air across the evaporator coils during operation of the compressor. When the compressor is ‘off’, or dormant, the evaporator fans are operated in a partial or reduced duty cycle in which the overall power draw and average power consumption is less than it would be if the evaporator fans were run continuously.

Abstract: A freezer provides multiple zones of temperature for preserving a frozen product at an ultra-low temperature. At least one first housing provides a first interior space at a first predetermined temperature. A first compressor, condenser and metering device supply a first refrigerant to a first evaporator for lowering the temperature in the first interior space to the first predetermined temperature. At least one second housing is mounted totally within the first interior space and provides a second interior space for defining a second freezing zone at a second predetermined temperature. The second predetermined temperature is lower relative to the first predetermined temperature. A second compressor, condenser and metering device supply a second refrigerant to a second evaporator for freezing the second housing to the second predetermined temperature. The second compressor, condenser and metering device are disposed within the first interior space to the first evaporator.

Abstract: A system is disclosed which utilizes air conditioning waste to heat a second fluid such as swimming pool water. The second condenser for pool water heating is connected in parallel with the air conditioning condenser. An accumulator is connected between the condensers and the expansion valve to absorb fluctuations in refrigerant level due to different operating conditions caused by the pool water heating, thereby ensuring that liquid refrigerant is always supplied to the expansion valve. A controller reads the ambient air temperature at the air conditioning condenser and reads the air conditioning system condensing pressure and uses an algorithm to compute ambient air fan speed at the air conditioning condenser based on these two inputs to maintain a consistent heated pool water temperature.

Abstract: In an air conditioner for a vehicle, a blower of a blower unit includes a double-axial motor having a rotation axis positioned approximately in a vehicle top-bottom direction, a pair of centrifugal fans located at two sides of the double-axial motor in an axial direction, and a pair of scroll casings in which the centrifugal fans are accommodated, respectively. The two air outlet portions are arranged in the vehicle top-bottom direction, and are adjacent to be joined to an air inlet portion of the air conditioning unit, substantially as a single air outlet. Furthermore, the two air outlet portions are located approximately at the same height position as that of the air passing portion of the cooling heat exchanger, and have a height dimension (H2) at its downstream end side that is approximately equal to a height dimension (H1) of the air passing portion of the cooling heat exchanger.

Abstract: A refrigeration assembly includes a pair of refrigerated chambers defined within a working chamber. The refrigerated chambers include channel walls extending parallel to one another and spaced apart, and first and second panels extending channel walls to define a working channel for separating the working chamber into sub-chambers. Apertures defined in the panels allow airflow from the sub-chambers into the working channel, and a supply of water wets the panels and a first section of the refrigerated chambers. Air enters the sub-chambers and flows over the first sections of the refrigerated chambers for direct evaporative cooling. A portion of the air bleeds through the apertures and evaporates water from the panels prior to flowing over the second sections of the refrigerated chambers for indirect evaporative cooling.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for generating water by condensation of the ambient moisture contained in the ambient air surrounding a thermally insulated sealed case housing a means for maintaining a low temperature. The invention also comprises a coil means which is divided into numerous segments, of which some pass through the interior of the sealed case and others extend externally around all sides thereof, such as to form a closed circuit with a receptacle containing an anti-freeze heat-transfer liquid. The invention further comprises a pulse pump which is disposed in the circuit, a cooler which cools the interior of the sealed case when the internal temperature rises and a turbine for driving air into the case. The assembly is enclosed in an external casing and is equipped with a tray for collecting the condensed water.

Abstract: The present invention is a drain system for use with a manifold plumbing control unit (MPCU) including a drain pan having a sloping bottom surface with a peripheral wall forming a reservoir. The peripheral wall may include upwardly extending sidewalls, and upwardly extending endwalls secured to the edges of the sloped bottom surface. One or more attachment brackets may extend from the wall to facilitate attachment to one or more wall studs under the MPCU. The drain pan has a unique drain hole assembly in the bottom surface for attachment of a drainage line, that prevents the line from protruding upward to prevent blockage of the drain. A separate access opening is provided in the bottom surface to allow for passage of a water supply line to the MPCU. In alternative embodiments, splash shields may be provided to surround the MPCU to help contain and drain off any spraying or leaking liquid into the drain pan. Methods of installation are also provided.

Abstract: A portable, potable-water generator for producing high-purity liquid water by condensation of water vapor from ambient air. The generator employs an air filter to remove particulates and aerosols from the incoming air. An enclosed heat absorber cools the filtered air to its dew point and collects droplets of condensate into a condensate collector. Before discharge, the collected dew is treated in a bacteriostat loop to destroy adventitious living organisms and to filter out undesirable and dangerous contaminants. A recirculation loop provides the ability to recirculate stored condensate, including during periods of inactivity. Further, quick disconnect fittings and variable length flexible tubing allows use of the invention to serve remote dispensers and/or appliances and allow use of municipal water treated through the apparatus in low condensate situations.

Abstract: A refrigerator including a blowing unit optimized for a bottom type condenser. The refrigerator includes a main body having a storage compartment defined therein, a condenser mounted at the bottom of the main body, and a blowing unit to blow air that has already passed through the condenser. The blowing unit includes a centrifugal fan mounted in a machine compartment and a blowing guide member to guide air blown by the centrifugal fan to the front of the main body. Consequently, it is possible to discharge the air that has already passed through the bottom type condenser, to the front of the main body, thereby accomplishing the smooth discharge of air and reducing the power consumption necessary to blow the air.

Abstract: A refrigeration compressor includes a housing having a suction gases inlet and a compressed gases outlet. A linear compressor is supported for operation within the housing. A compressed gases discharge conduit extends from the linear compressor to the housing to connect with the outlet. The conduit is formed of a material of lower heat conductivity than the housing. The conduit passes through the wall of the housing at the compressed gases outlet.

Abstract: A portable cooler includes storage compartments for separately storing items in the cooler. A first compartment is generally formed at least partly by walls of the cooler. A second compartment is formed at least partly within the first compartment such that the second compartment extends at least partly into the first compartment. The second compartment is formed by at least one wall that also forms part of the first compartment. Items in the first and second compartments may be stored separately from each other and are accessible through separate openings in the cooler. In addition, the second compartment may be sealed from the first compartment so as to inhibit the ingress of liquid into the second compartment from the first compartment.

Abstract: A cooler having two compartments connected together along a common edge. The cooler is configurable between an open configuration and a closed configuration by rotating the compartments about the edge. The cooler may include a handle connected to each compartment near the edge, and the two compartments may be secured to one another by a zipper or other fastener. A cooler is also provided having a bag with a zipper with sets of teeth extending along portions of the top edge of the bag. The cooler may be closed by closing the zipper and folding the bag in a manner so as to create flaps that can be folded downwards and secured to the bag.