Abstract: A closely-coupled exhaust aftertreatment system includes a first exhaust conduit comprising a first valve operable between a first position promoting an exhaust flow within the first exhaust conduit to an inlet of a first oxidation catalyst and a second position promoting the exhaust gas flow within a second exhaust conduit. It also includes a third exhaust conduit fluidly coupled to an outlet of the OC and comprising a second valve operable between a first position promoting an exhaust flow within the third exhaust conduit to an inlet of a particulate filter (PF) and a second position promoting the exhaust gas flow through a fourth exhaust conduit to an inlet in the second exhaust conduit. It further includes a turbocharger fluidly coupled to the second exhaust conduit downstream of the inlet and a selective catalyst reduction (SCR) catalyst that is located downstream of the turbocharger and upstream of the PF.

Abstract: A method for preventing the rupture of a compressor wheel and/or turbine wheel of an exhaust-gas turbocharger of a motor vehicle, having the following method steps: establishing loading limit values (n(G)) for the compressor wheel and/or the turbine wheel in bench tests; determining loading variables (n) for the compressor wheel and/or turbine wheel during the operation of the exhaust-gas turbocharger in the motor vehicle; processing the determined loading variables (n) in order to establish a loading characteristic value (n(i)) which represents real exhaust-gas turbocharger operation; comparing the loading limit value (n(G)) with the loading characteristic value (n(i)); and outputting a warning (W) if the comparison of the loading limit value (n(G)) with the loading characteristic value (n(i)) yields an exceedance of a predefinable safety margin.

Abstract: A hybrid exhaust turbine turbocharger that allows for a reduction in manufacturing costs and maintenance costs is provided. In a hybrid exhaust turbine turbocharger in which a silencer connected to an intake system of an internal combustion engine and supported by a casing via a compressor unit is provided upstream of the compressor unit, and in which a shell housing having a recess, accommodating a generator, therein is provided in a midsection of the silencer, an oil reservoir that holds a lubricant having lubricated a bearing disposed within the generator and dripped from the generator is formed at a bottom section of the shell housing, and the lubricant accumulated in the oil reservoir is returned by gravity to an oil tank disposed downstream via a lubricant discharge tube that communicates with the oil reservoir.

Abstract: Provided is a steam characteristics automatic measuring device capable of automatically, ideally also continuously measuring the characteristics of steam taken from a production well, without being affected by interfering components, such as hydrogen sulfide gas and carbon dioxide gas contained in large quantities in steam taken from under the ground, which enables the operator to continuously understand the characteristics of steam and support a smooth operation of a geothermal power plant. The device has a silica monitor for measuring a concentration of silica included in a condensate obtained by cooling steam taken from under the ground; an electrical conductivity meter for automatically measuring the electrical conductivity thereof; a pH meter for automatically measuring the pH value thereof; and a data processing transmitter for automatically transmitting data measured by each of the monitor and meters.

Abstract: A power plant including a turbine unit having a turbine, a generator connected to the turbine for power transmission, and a cooling device for cooling the generator is provided. The cooling device is provided to release waste heat from the generator to a device of the power plant. Waste heat may be used in the power plant process, thus attaining increased efficiency.

Abstract: Heat transfer pipes uniformly heat a compressible working fluid passing there through with a simplified supporting structure and reduced manufacturing costs. A solar central receiver (3) on top of a tower on the ground includes heat transfer pipes (16) arranged in the south-north direction; and a casing (14) accommodating the pipes (16) and has a solar radiation inlet (15) through which sunlight reflected by heliostats on the ground is transmitted to the lower surface side of the pipes (16). The pipes (16) are at equal intervals on a solar radiation receiving surface (11) parallel to a heliostat field on which the collectors are, or inclined with respect to the heliostat field on which the collectors are, and the diameters of the pipes (16) are substantially inversely proportional to the shortest distance from the inlet (15) to the central axes of the respective pipes (16) in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A combustor section is provided and includes a segmented annular manifold mounted upstream from a fuel nozzle support in a section of a passage through which an oxidizer flows, each segment of the manifold being substantially axially aligned and including a body to accommodate fuel internally that is formed to define injection holes through which the fuel is injected into the passage through which the oxidizer flows upstream of the fuel nozzle support.

Abstract: A combustor section is provided and includes one or more annular quaternary fuel manifolds mounted within an annular passage defined between a casing and a cap assembly of a combustor through which air and/or a fuel/air mixture flows upstream from a fuel nozzle support, the manifold including a body to accommodate quaternary fuel therein, the body defining injection holes through which the quaternary fuel is injected into a section of the passage at a location upstream from the fuel nozzle support.

Abstract: An aft liner seal for a combustor for a gas turbine includes an inner shell having an inner and outer surface and central axis. The aft liner seal has an outer shell positioned over the inner shell that has an inner and outer surface and central axis coaxial with the inner shell. One of the outer surface of the inner shell or the inner surface of the outer shell has grooves angled relative to the central axis. The angled grooves and adjacent portions of the inner surface of the outer shell or the outer surface of the inner shell form cooling passages. The cooling air exits the cooling passages at an exit angle that is matched to a swirl angle of the combustor flow. Matching of the exit angle and the swirl angle minimizes shear of cooling air with respect to flow exiting the combustor liner.

Abstract: This invention discloses systems and methods for conversion of manure to novel fertilizer and/or soil builder products useful as input for organic farming operations. The equipment systems comprise a gas turbine generator unit (preferred heat source), a dryer vessel and a processing unit, wherein the connection between the gas turbine and the dryer vessel directs substantially all the gas turbine exhaust into the dryer vessel and substantially precludes the introduction of air into the dryer vessel. The dryer vessel receives the manure for contact with the turbine exhaust gases to convert the manure to a dry material, which is passed to the processing unit where it is formed into granules, pellets or other desired form for the final dry fertilizer product. The method comprises drying, heating and converting the manure to form novel self binding fertilizer and soil builder type products for organic farming and other uses.

Abstract: An improved method of augmenting a marine-based turbine engine with water by using a single or a plurality of valves to control the intake and/or the distribution of the water to specific areas of the turbine. The system most commonly incorporates a variable water intake which can be closed or partially closed at higher vessel speeds where the advantages of the system begin to outweigh the benefits. In certain embodiments, a water tank is also used, which can store water for use when the intake system is suspended above the water surface due to wave variations.

Abstract: An electronic control apparatus which is applied to a gas turbine is provided. The electronic control apparatus includes a cylindrical combustor in which air compressed by a compressor is supplied, a plurality of fuel injection valves aligned in a circumferential direction in the combustor which are capable of injecting fuel into the combustor, and an ignition plug provided in the combustor which is capable of igniting a fuel-air mixture within the combustor. The electronic control apparatus controls the operation of the plurality of fuel injection valves so that when the gas turbine is started up, fuel injection opening times of the #6 and #12 fuel injection valves which are positioned far from the ignition plug are later than fuel injection opening times of the #1 and #7 fuel injection valves which are positioned close to the ignition plug.

Abstract: Systems and methods for injection of feedstock are included. In one embodiment, a system includes a solid fuel injector. The solid fuel injector includes a solid fuel passage, a first gas passage, and a second gas passage. The solid fuel passage is configured to inject a solid fuel through a fuel outlet in a fuel direction. The first gas passage is configured to inject a first gas through a first gas outlet in a first gas direction. The second gas passage is configured to inject a second gas through a second gas outlet in a second gas direction. The first gas direction is oriented at a first angle relative to the fuel direction. The second gas direction is oriented at a second angle relative to the fuel direction, and the first and second angles are different from one another.

Abstract: Hybrid gas-turbine electric vehicles and methods for operating hybrid gas-turbine electric vehicles are provided that make use of the gas-turbine for efficiently providing cooling for the vehicle.

Abstract: Gas turbine engine accessories are mounted on an accessory gearbox therefor which is in turn mounted on a case of the engine such that the accessories extend from the gearbox in directions generally parallel to circumferential tangents to the engine case for compactness, ease in installation and removal of the accessories, reduction of the weight in lines extending from the accessories and minimization of the risk of damage to such accessories and gearbox from the fan blades which may separate from a fan hub upon encountering birds, ice, or other foreign objects.

Abstract: A one-piece rotor spool (20) for a gas turbine engine extending along the axis of the engine, the spool comprising an upstream portion (20A) and a downstream portion (20B) that are radially offset relative to one another, the radially outer portion (20B) comprising a plurality of housings (24) for rotor blades formed in the outer surface of said radially outer portion (20B), the spool (20) being characterized in that the radially inner portion (20A) comprises attachment means (23) designed to interact with a rotor ring (30) in order to prevent a tangential movement of the rotor ring (30) relative to the radially inner portion (20A).

Abstract: The invention provides a refrigeration device, comprising: a magnetic field source; a magnetocaloric bed, one of the magnetocaloric bed and the magnetic field source being arranged to substantially surround the other, the magnetocaloric bed being arranged for relative rotation with respect to the magnetic field source such that during said relative rotation, the magnetic field experienced by parts of the magnetocaloric bed varies; plural pathways formed within the magnetocaloric bed for the flow of a working fluid during the relative rotation between the magnetocaloric bed and the permanent magnet; and a flow distributor placed at each end of the magnetocaloric bed, for controlling the part of the magnetocaloric bed able to receive working fluid during a cycle of operation.

Abstract: Heat exchangers of a refrigerant circuit are constructed of a first adsorption heat exchanger and a second adsorption heat exchanger, both of which have an adsorbent supported thereon, and are constructed so as to be switched into an evaporator and a condenser. An air passage is constructed so as to be switched into states in which air flowing from the outside of a room to the inside of the room and air flowing from the inside of the room to the outside of the room flow through either of the first adsorption heat exchanger and the second adsorption heat exchanger. A dehumidifying operation mode and a humidifying operation mode can be performed by switching the flow of refrigerant and the flow of air at specified intervals, a cooling operation mode and a heating operation mode can be performed without switching the flow of refrigerant and the flow of air, and an ventilating operation mode can be performed by flowing air through the air passage in a state where the refrigerant circuit is stopped.

Abstract: A transport refrigeration system for a transportable temperature controlled space includes a compressor, a condenser and an evaporator fluidly connected to one another, an engine operatively connected to the compressor, and a fuel tank assembly fluidly connected to the engine. The fuel tank assembly includes a fuel tank configured to contain the fuel, a fuel vapor and air, and an ultrasonic fluid level sensor for sensing a level of fuel, the fuel tank having a maximum fuel level. The fluid level sensor includes a transducer having a ring period. The distance from the fluid level sensor to the maximum fuel level is at least half the distance that the sound travels through the fuel vapor and air during the ring period of the transducer.

Abstract: A cryogenic freezer includes a plurality of conveyor rail supports that rest upon side walls of a lower housing of the freezer. The conveyor rail supports include upper and lower bars that support upper and lower conveyor support rails extending perpendicular to the bars.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention permit the transfer of heat energy from one process fluid to another in an industrial process without the need for an energy field or centralized energy storage. Preferred embodiments include one or more heat transfer modules that draw heat from one process fluid into circulating refrigerant in an evaporator heat exchanger and supply that heat to a different process fluid in a condenser heat exchanger. In some embodiments, adjustments are made to one or more parameters of one or more process fluids to ensure the desired heat transfer is accomplished with the heat transfer module's compressor operating near optimum efficiency.

Abstract: An air conditioner and a method of operating the same are provided. The air conditioner may include a plurality of compressors, each of which may include a casing that stores oil therein, and an oil level detecting device that detects an oil level within the casing. Once oil levels within each of the plurality of compressors are detected, oil may be redistributed between the plurality of compressors without interrupting a normal operation of the air conditioner. Oil may be transferred from a compressor having an oil level greater than a desired amount to a compressor having an oil level less than the desired amount. If there remains a compressor that contains an insufficient amount of oil after redistributing the oil among the plurality of compressors, an oil collecting operation may be performed.

Abstract: To accommodate a transcritical vapor compression system with an operating envelope which covers a large range of heat source temperatures, a high side pressure is maintained at a level determined not only by operating conditions at the condenser but also at the evaporator. A control is provided to vary the expansion device in response to various combinations of refrigerant conditions sensed at both the condenser and the evaporator in order to maintain a desired high side pressure.

Abstract: A machine for making and dispensing iced food products such as granitas, sorbets or slush drinks and the like, comprises a tank for containing and processing the product to be dispensed, a dispensing tap mounted near the bottom of the tank, a power-driven stirring means and an evaporator of a cooling circuit both located inside the tank; the machine also comprises a counter of the amount of product dispensed, the counter comprising a unit for measuring the amount of product dispensed and a unit for enabling measurement; the measurement enabling unit is equipped with a temperature sensor located at the dispensing tap, along the product dispensing path.

Abstract: A method for managing access to a confined space which is cooled by the direct injection of a cryogenic fluid, comprising at least one system for closing the confined space, which can prevent access to said confined space and can be opened/closed to a variable and controllable degree, and a data acquisition and processing device. The device can: control the open or closed state of the closure system; set and control the degree to which the closure system is open/closed; ensure that a time delay (TP) is respected every time the closure system is closed, after which time delay the injection of cryogenic fluid into the space resumes; and, at the request of a user, implement the cycle for opening the closure system. The device determines the time that has elapsed (TE) in the closed position since the last closure cycle of the closure system and compares TE to TP. If TE=TP the device immediately authorizes the opening of the closure system.

Abstract: A method of providing cooling by a cooling system to a computer data center. The method includes providing a plurality of air-and-water radiators and one or more chillers, the chillers each having a first side in fluid communication with a chilled water loop and a second side in communication with a condenser water loop. The method also includes circulating a first portion of return water coming from the computer data center to a first subset of the air-and-water radiators and through the condenser water loop, circulating a second portion of the return water from the computer data center to a second subset of the air-and-water radiators and through the chilled water loop, and circulating the first portion and the second portion of the return water to the computer data center as cooled supply water.

Abstract: An oil level detecting device for a compressor and an air conditioning system having the same are provided. The oil level detecting device may be provided in a compressor including a compression device that introduces and compresses a working fluid, a driving device mechanically connected to the compression device that operates the compression device, and a case that accommodates the compression device and the driving device thereinside and having an oil storage space that stores oil at a lower portion thereof. The oil level detecting device may include a detector including a supporting portion configured to be attached to the case and a detecting portion that protrudes inside the case. At least one property of the detecting portion may vary according to an oil level inside the case. The oil level detecting device may also include a signal processor including an electronic element having at least one reference property.

Abstract: An appliance includes a water heater storage tank, a heating assembly configured to heat water within the water heater storage tank, and a heat exchange device disposed within the heat storage unit in a fixed relationship relative to a position of the heating assembly. The heat exchange device includes a hollow object and a phase change material within the hollow object.

Abstract: A joint for a refrigerant adduction circuit defines a seat adapted to house an o-ring and comprises a first annular projection defining a first inclined surface tapered towards the seat, a second annular projection defining a second inclined surface tapered towards the seat, in which the first annular projection is axially between the seat and the second annular projection.

Abstract: The present application and the resultant patent provide a chest cooler for dispensing a number of products. The chest cooler may include an outer frame, a number of product compartments within the outer frame, an upper door, and a front door. The front door may include a transparent panel. Some or all of the products are accessible via either the upper door or the front door and visible through the transparent panel.

Abstract: A refrigeration apparatus for mounting to a retail gondola includes a case, a door hingedly connected with the case, a compressor disposed within the case, a condenser coil disposed within the case, an evaporator coil disposed within the case, and brackets connected with the case. The case includes a top wall, a bottom wall, a left wall, a right wall and a rear wall defining a forward opening and a storage compartment for storing retail items. The case further includes a heat-conductive inner wall and a heat-conductive outer wall. The door is moveable between a closed position for covering the forward opening and an open position for providing access to the storage compartment. The condenser coil is disposed adjacent the outer wall and is in fluid communication with the compressor. The evaporator is disposed adjacent the inner wall and is in fluid communication with the compressor. The brackets extend rearwardly from the case away from the rear wall for engaging an upright of a retail gondola.

Abstract: The present application provides a chest cooler for dispensing products. The chest cooler may include a first product compartment with a first transparent panel and a second product compartment with a second transparent panel. The second product compartment may include a slanted floor leading to the second transparent panel such that a first number of the number of products may be positioned on the slanted floor and may be visible through the second transparent panel.

Abstract: A flare nut includes a nut main body having a outer surface and a circular cylinder portion provided so as to extend from the nut main body to one opening end of an insertion hole along the insertion hole in a circular cylindrical shape having a major diameter smaller than the nut main body.

Abstract: A cooling container comprises a container housing with a chilled water storage tank including a first interface for receiving chilled water. The chilled water tank has a plurality of straight pipes joined by elbows connections to provide a folded path, the full path length being greater than the length of the container housing, and a second interface for outputting the chilled water. A number of interfaces within the container housing are configured to receive a chiller module or a free cool unit.

Abstract: A cooling container comprises a container housing with a chilled water storage tank including a first interface for receiving chilled water. The chilled water tank has a plurality of straight pipes joined by elbows connections to provide a folded path, the full path length being greater than the length of the container housing, and a second interface for outputting the chilled water. A number of interfaces within the container housing are configured to receive a chiller module or a free cool unit.

Abstract: A cooling container comprises a container housing with a chilled water storage tank including a first interface for receiving chilled water. The chilled water tank has a plurality of straight pipes joined by elbows connections to provide a folded path, the full path length being greater than the length of the container housing, and a second interface for outputting the chilled water. A number of interfaces within the container housing are configured to receive a chiller module or a free cool unit.

Abstract: A garment is provided which comprises (a) a first portion constructed from stretchable material that is form fitting to a user's physique and that extends across any of the following body segments of the user; the collar bone, the neck, the upper spine, the armpit area; and (b) a cooling composition disposed in said first portion, said cooling composition comprising a material that may or may not undergo a phase change to apply a cooling effect to the collar bone area of the user.

Abstract: A system for removing heat from components in a computer room of data center includes one or more air storage containers that hold compressed air, one or more compressors that supply compressed air to the air storage containers, and one or more plenums in fluid communication with at least one of the storage containers. At least one of the plenums can supply air to a computer room.

Abstract: A nozzle electrode (44) is connected to a drain pan (30), with the other end of the nozzle electrode (44) pointing upward and open. A ring electrode (45) is positioned so as to face the nozzle electrode (44). When a positive voltage is applied to the nozzle electrode (44), an electric field is created at a location close to the tip of the nozzle electrode (44). As a result, a drain water is sprayed from the nozzle electrode (44) as positively-charged small droplets. The sprayed droplets are discharged to the outside of the system through a flow-in pipe (51) and a flow-out pipe (53).

Abstract: A lignocellulosic biomass saccharification pre-treatment device is provided, which is capable of easily recovering ammonia water to be used in a pre-treatment for saccharification of a lignocellulosic biomass and putting in recycle use. The lignocellulosic biomass saccharification pre-treatment device has a mixing unit 2 for mixing lignocellulosic biomass and ammonia, a heating unit 3 for heating the biomass-ammonia mixture, a separation unit 4 for separating ammonia gas from the biomass-ammonia mixture to obtain a biomass-water mixture, and a transfer unit 6 for transferring the biomass-water mixture to a later process 5.

Abstract: An ice maker comprises a box body (1) which stores water for making ice, a rotating mechanism (3) which drives the box body (1) to rotate, a bracket (2) for supporting the box body (1) and the rotating mechanism (3), and baffles (21, 22) located above the box body (1). When water spills out due to shaking, it will be blocked and prevented by the baffles (21, 22) from spilling into the ice storage box. Moreover, the present invention further discloses a refrigerator comprising the ice maker.

Abstract: A refrigerator including a main body provided with a freezing chamber, a freezing chamber door to open and close the freezing chamber, a subsidiary door to open and close an opening provided on the freezing chamber door, and an ice maker installed on the rear surface of the subsidiary door to manufacture ice. As the opening is opened by the subsidiary door, the ice maker is drawn out of the freezing chamber, thereby enabling a user to conveniently supply water to the inside of the ice maker or to conveniently use the ice manufactured by the ice maker.

Abstract: An ice cube container of an ice maker for household purposes includes a bottom, front and rear wall sections arranged on opposite ends of the bottom, and two sidewall sections interconnecting the end wall sections. The front and rear wall sections have each a length which is shorter than a length of the side wall sections. Arranged on one of the sidewall sections is a removal handle to allow easy removal of ice cubes. The ice cube container is removably received in a receptacle of a freezer compartment drawer of a refrigeration appliance in only one way in which the removal handle of the ice cube container faces the center of the freezer compartment drawer when the ice cube container is inserted in the receptacle.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a door and a dispenser mounted on the door. The door includes a front panel forming at least a part of the door's front surface. The front panel has a through-hole which is configured to at least partially correspond to the dispenser. The front panel is a glass plate, and has an upper region above the through-hole, a lower region below the through-hole and side regions which are located between the upper region and the lower region and which connect with the upper region and the lower region.

Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus has, a first domed door comprising a first pivot and a first sealing surface, and a second domed door comprising a second pivot and a second sealing surface, wherein, said second pivot is positioned different from said second pivot. With the above structure, the radial gap between the first sealing surface and the second sealing surface is varied when at least one of the two domed doors is moved. Accordingly, the air conditioning apparatus described above does not have to set the constant small radial gap or constant wide radial gap for the sake of reducing unintentional air leaking or preventing said friction.

Abstract: The technology is to provide an insulated portable container unit to maintain specific temperature specs to be used for storage or transporting food, medical and pharmaceutical products, and floral. The technology will consist of a combination of a specific gel coating; specific fiberglass sheets; specific polyurethane foam insulation; specific wrapped wood reinforcement; and specific steel reinforcement. The technology will have a combination of specific components that create a refrigerated technology that increases storage and transportation efficiency and saves energy.

Abstract: The disclosed subject matter relates to process modifications and apparatus designs that are conducive towards minimizing temperature swings (?T) useful to yield operating pressures that provide work and/or refrigeration (e.g., electricity and/or refrigeration) in sorption systems. Such process modifications and designs are particularly suited to make use of waste heat in industrial process, (e.g., a chemical processing or petrochemical refining operation) in which low grade heat source(s) are used to drive the sorption system.

Abstract: Provided is a drive shaft structure including: a drive shaft which transmits the drive force; and a seal member which is provided to come into close contact with the outer peripheral surface of the drive shaft. In the drive shaft structure, the drive shaft includes a second surface located closer to the inner side of the radial direction than the outer peripheral surface, and the second surface includes an index mark used to confirm information on the rotation of the drive shaft or information on the displacement thereof in the axial direction.

Abstract: Provided is a turbo compressor that includes: a compressor unit compressing a gas; a motor driving the compressor unit; and a motor casing accommodating the motor. In the turbo compressor, the motor casing includes: a body portion which is molded in a cylindrical shape; an annular diameter reduced portion which is connected to at least one end portion of the body portion in the rotation axis direction of the motor and of which the diameter is reduced as it moves away from the body portion; and a flat portion which is connected to the central end portion of the diameter reduced portion and is molded in a planar shape.

Abstract: A turbo compressor having an impeller and a rotary shaft connected to the impeller, the turbo compressor including: a positioning unit that positions the impeller and the rotary shaft in a direction orthogonal to an axis of the rotary shaft; and a rotation regulating unit installed at a location different from the positioning unit and regulating relative rotation between the impeller and the rotary shaft around the axis, in which the rotation regulating unit includes an impeller-side regulating unit integrally formed with the impeller and a shaft-side regulating unit integrally formed with the rotary shaft and locked to the impeller-side regulating unit.