Patents Issued in November 7, 2013
  • Publication number: 20130291518
    Abstract: An exhaust system for a machine is disclosed. The exhaust system may have a first conduit configured to receive a first portion of an exhaust flow from an engine. The exhaust system may further have a second conduit configured to receive a remaining portion of the exhaust flow from the engine. The exhaust system may also have a diffuser connected at downstream ends of the first and the second conduits. In addition, the exhaust system may have an after-treatment component fluidly connected downstream of the diffuser. The exhaust system may also have a pre-heater configured to heat exhaust in the second conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Ajay PATEL, Pradeep K. Ganesan
  • Publication number: 20130291519
    Abstract: An exhaust system for a machine is disclosed. The exhaust system may have a diffuser configured to receive exhaust from an engine. The exhaust system may further have a plurality of dosers associated with the diffuser and configured to inject fuel into the diffuser. The exhaust system may also have a controller configured to selectively control an amount of fuel injected by each of the plurality of dosers based on a velocity of the exhaust adjacent to each doser. In addition, the exhaust system may have an after-treatment component fluidly connected downstream of the diffuser and configured to heat the exhaust by oxidizing the injected fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Ajay PATEL, Pradeep K. GANESAN
  • Publication number: 20130291520
    Abstract: A method of estimating a variation of a quantity of soot accumulated in a diesel particulate filter coupled to an internal combustion engine is provided. The method includes a passive-regeneration check for checking whether a passive regeneration of the diesel particulate filter is occurring and, if this check yields that a passive regeneration is actually occurring, the method includes determining an initial quantity of soot that was accumulated in the diesel particulate filter when the passive regeneration began and determining a rough variation of the quantity of soot accumulated in the diesel particulate filter. An engine speed and an engine load are determined and, using the engine speed, the engine load, and the initial quantity of soot, a correction is determined. The variation of the quantity of soot accumulated in the diesel particulate filter is calculated as a function of the rough variation and the correction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Giuseppe SCHIAVONE, Giacomo LATROFA, Markus Hemm
  • Publication number: 20130291521
    Abstract: In a control device for an internal combustion engine including an air-fuel ratio sensor that includes a catalyst layer that covers an exhaust gas-side electrode, an oxygen storage capacity of the catalyst layer is acquired based on a sensor output of the air-fuel ratio sensor. The sensor output is corrected if the oxygen storage capacity is higher than a predetermined value and the sensor output is in a predetermined range in the vicinity of the theoretical air-fuel ratio. Preferably, the oxygen storage capacity is calculated by integrating the product of a deviation amount ?A/F of the sensor output with respect to the theoretical air-fuel ratio and a dwell time thereof. A correction period in which a correction operation is performed is set based on the oxygen storage capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Takanori Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20130291522
    Abstract: In an internal combustion engine, inside an engine exhaust passage, a hydrocarbon feed valve (15) an exhaust purification catalyst (13), and a particulate filter (14) are arranged. If the hydrocarbon feed valve (15) feeds hydrocarbons by a period of within 5 seconds, a reducing intermediate is produced inside the exhaust purification catalyst (13). This reducing intermediate is used for NOx purification processing. When the stored SOx should be released from the exhaust purification catalyst (13), the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas flowing into the exhaust purification catalyst (13) is made rich, the reducing intermediate built up on the exhaust purification catalyst (13) is made to be desorbed in the form of ammonia, and the desorbed ammonia is used to make the exhaust purification catalyst (13) release the stored SOx.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Bisaiji, Kohei Yoshida, Mikio Inoue
  • Publication number: 20130291523
    Abstract: A diesel emission fluid (DEF) injection system for a machine is disclosed. The machine includes a fan or a source of flowing air, as well as a first portion of an exhaust system coupled to an exhaust after-treatment device and a second portion of the exhaust system disposed below the exhaust after-treatment device. The DEF injection system includes a DEF line in selective communication with the first portion of the exhaust system as well as electrical components such as an electrically activated valve for injecting the DEF into the first portion of the exhaust system. To maintain the electrical components at acceptably low temperatures, a heat shield is disposed between the electrical components and the second portion of the exhaust system and an air duct is provided that communicates air from the fan or source of flowing air towards the electrical components for forced air cooling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR, INC.
    Inventors: Viresh B. Shah, Paul Gerald Savich, Ronald J. Huber, Vivek Sundararaj
  • Publication number: 20130291524
    Abstract: An exhaust gas after-treatment device for a diesel engine is provided. The exhaust gas after-treatment device comprises an oxidation treatment unit having a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC), an adsorption treatment unit having a diesel particulate filter (DPF), and a discharge unit for discharging exhaust gas that is filtration-treated through the oxidation treatment unit and the adsorption treatment unit, wherein the DOC of the oxidation treatment unit is provided with a baffle on the front thereof for even diffusion-introduction of exhaust gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: DAEDONG INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yong Shin
  • Publication number: 20130291525
    Abstract: A heater tube for an exhaust system is disclosed. The heater tube may have an open end to receive heated exhaust from a pre-heater. The heater tube may have a closed end located opposite the open end. The heater tube may also have an outer surface extending from the open end to the closed end. The heater tube may further have a fin attached to the outer surface. In addition, the heater tube may have an opening disposed on the outer surface to discharge the heated exhaust.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Pradeep K. GANESAN, Setyajit Gowda
  • Publication number: 20130291526
    Abstract: An exhaust gas treatment system for an internal combustion engine is provided. The internal combustion engine has an engine off condition. The exhaust gas treatment system includes particulate filter (“PF”) device in fluid communication with an exhaust gas conduit, an electric heater, a primary energy storage device, a single secondary energy storage device, and a control module. The PF device has a filter structure for removal of particulates in the exhaust gas, and is selectively regenerated based on an amount of particulates trapped within the filter structure of the PF device. The electric heater is disposed upstream of the filter structure and is selectively energized to provide heat for regeneration of the PF device. The single secondary energy storage device is selectively connected to the primary energy storage device. The single secondary energy storage device selectively energizes the electric heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Eugene V. Gonze, Michael J. Paratore, JR., Michael G. Reynolds
  • Publication number: 20130291527
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a hydraulic power system that includes a hydraulic motor and a hydraulic pump configured to supply hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic motor is provided. A relief valve is provided that is configured to release hydraulic fluid from a location between the hydraulic pump and the hydraulic motor when a pressure of the hydraulic fluid exceeds a predetermined pressure. A controller is in communication with the hydraulic motor and the hydraulic pump. The controller is configured to determine a first hydraulic fluid flow across the relief valve and determine a desired maximum flow across the relief valve. The controller also can regulate one or both of the hydraulic pump and the hydraulic motor to control the first hydraulic fluid flow based on the desired maximum flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: CATERPILLAR INC.
    Inventors: Christopher M. Elliott, Paul Anthony Dvorak
  • Publication number: 20130291528
    Abstract: A damper for a torque converter includes a first clutch arranged for selective engagement with a cover for the torque converter, a first spring, a second spring, and a first plate drivingly engaged with the first spring and the second spring. The damper also includes a second plate and a third plate. The second plate is axially displaceable relative to the first plate, drivingly engaged with one of the first or the second spring, and arranged for fixing to a turbine for the torque converter. The third plate is axially displaceable relative to the first and second plates, fixed to the first clutch, and drivingly engaged with the one of the first or second spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Scott Strong, Todd Sturgin
  • Publication number: 20130291529
    Abstract: A compressed-air energy storage system according to embodiments of the present invention comprises a reversible mechanism to compress and expand air, one or more compressed air storage tanks, a control system, one or more heat exchangers, and, in certain embodiments of the invention, a motor-generator. The reversible air compressor-expander uses mechanical power to compress air (when it is acting as a compressor) and converts the energy stored in compressed air to mechanical power (when it is acting as an expander). In certain embodiments, the compressor-expander comprises one or more stages, each stage consisting of pressure vessel (the “pressure cell”) partially filled with water or other liquid. In some embodiments, the pressure vessel communicates with one or more cylinder devices to exchange air and liquid with the cylinder chamber(s) thereof. Suitable valving allows air to enter and leave the pressure cell and cylinder device, if present, under electronic control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Karl E. STAHLKOPF, Danielle A. FONG, Stephen E. CRANE, Edwin P. BERLIN, JR., AmirHossein Pourmousa ABKENAR
  • Publication number: 20130291530
    Abstract: Disclosed is a hydraulic control system for matching the drive speed of a boom up and a swing device according to the operation environment when compound-driving for manipulating boom and swing for excavation compensating error operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AB
    Inventors: Sang-Ho Bang, Byung-Uk Roh
  • Publication number: 20130291531
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hybrid excavator boom actuating system and to a method for controlling the same. The boom actuating system comprises: an electric motor serving as a motor or a generator; an ultra capacitor for storing electricity generated by the electric motor; a hydraulic pump motor driven by the electric motor to supply hydraulic fluid to a boom; a boom control valve which has a closed circuit for selectively connecting or disconnecting an outlet line and an inlet line of the hydraulic pump motor to or from a head or a rod side of the boom; a main pump driven by the engine to supply hydraulic fluid to a bucket, a travel motor or an arm; a motor bypass valve connected to the outlet line and the inlet line to interconnect the outlet line and the inlet line or disconnect the outlet line from the inlet line; and a controller for controlling the electric motor, the hydraulic pump motor, the boom control valve and the motor bypass valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: DOOSAN INFRACORE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Il Kang, Ki Hwan Hong
  • Publication number: 20130291532
    Abstract: A tidal energy seawater desalination system wherein a seawater evaporation tower is configured with a vacuum pump which connects with a tidal energy power device, and connects a seawater evaporation tower via pipelines, an output end of the pump connects a steam condensation tower via pipelines; alternatively the evaporation tower comprises a floating barrel and a stationary barrel, the floating barrel connects with the power device, the top of the stationary barrel connecting the steam condensation tower via pipelines; the pipeline introducing the steam into the condensation tower first connects a steam pressure tank, a steam turbine connects the tank via pipelines, the power output shaft of the turbine connects generator sets, and in turn, the turbine connecting the condensation tower via pipelines, such that the system is also a power generation system; on the offshore of which is provided with solar water heater and wind driven generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventor: Daqian Chen
  • Publication number: 20130291533
    Abstract: Untreated bosses are formed in advance in two directions on a cylinder mechanism. The bosses on one side are formed as mounts to attach a motor cylinder device to a vehicle body, and the other bosses are formed as ports to connect to the cylinder mechanism. The mount bosses are formed on the outside in the width direction of the vehicle, and the port bosses are formed on the inside in the width direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicants: NISSIN KOGYO CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Arata Inoue, Takaaki Ohnishi, Kazuaki Murayama, Takehiro Horiuchi, Makoto Sawai, Kaoru Akahane, Toru Mabuchi, Nobuyuki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20130291534
    Abstract: An electrically actuated booster performs displacement control such that the relative displacement relationship between an input member and an assist member is variable according to the absolute displacement of the input member. A target displacement that makes variable the relative displacement relationship between an input piston and a booster piston is set according to a detection signal from a potentiometer (86), and displacement control is performed so that the relative displacement between the two pistons becomes equal to the target displacement on the basis of a signal from a relative displacement sensor (100) that detects the relative displacement between the two pistons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Yukio OHTANI, Junichi IKEDA, Kazuhiro NAGAI
  • Publication number: 20130291535
    Abstract: The invention relates to an actuating device, in particular for a vehicle brake, wherein hydraulic fluid is supplied to an actuator, in particular a wheel brake, from a piston-cylinder unit via a first hydraulic connection and a solenoid valve. According to the invention, it is provided that a further hydraulic connection connects the piston-cylinder unit to a hydraulic liquid container, and in that a solenoid valve device is arranged in this connection, which solenoid valve has at least two valves which are effective in different flow directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: IPGATE AG
    Inventors: Heinz Leiber, Carsten Hecker
  • Publication number: 20130291536
    Abstract: An internal combustion with a fresh air supply system, and an exhaust gas system including an exhaust gas turbocharger, which has a turbine arranged in the exhaust gas system and a compressor arranged in the fresh air supply system and a high-pressure exhaust gas recirculation pipe extending from the exhaust gas system upstream of the turbine to a point of the fresh air supply system downstream of the charge air cooler, and a low pressure exhaust gas recirculation pipe extending from a point of the exhaust gas system downstream of the turbine to a point of the fresh air supply system upstream of the compressor and a condensate collection device arranged in the fresh air supply system at, or downstream of, the connecting point of the high pressure recirculation line to the fresh air supply system for the removal of condensate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Thomas Koch, Johannes Ritzinger
  • Publication number: 20130291537
    Abstract: A low-pressure loop EGR device (47, 89) includes an electronic control unit (controller) (55). When an off signal is inputted from a key switch (57) as a stop warning signal to give notice that a supercharged engine (1) is about to stop, the electric control unit (55) controls an EGR valve (51) so as to close an EGR passage (49), and then controls a nozzle actuator (27) so as to turn multiple variable nozzles (25) in a narrowing direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventor: Yuji Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20130291538
    Abstract: A regulating flap arrangement (1) in a flange connection (2) between a turbine housing of a two-stage exhaust-gas turbocharger and an exhaust manifold of an engine, having a regulating flap plate (5) which is pivotable between an open position and a closed position for opening and closing a connecting opening (6) arranged in the flange connection (2); having an insert ring (7) which is arranged in the connecting opening (6); and having a sealing arrangement (8), wherein the sealing arrangement (8) has two V-rings (8A, 8B), of which a first V-ring (8A) is arranged in a first groove (9) provided adjacent to the connecting opening (6), and the second V-ring (8B) is arranged in a second groove (10) which is arranged, spaced apart radially outward from the first groove (9), in the flange connection (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: BORGWARNER INC.
    Inventor: Stefan Grossmann
  • Publication number: 20130291539
    Abstract: An exhaust gas turbocharger has a compressor housing formed with a fresh-air inlet duct. An electric wastegate actuator is integrated into the compressor housing. The electric wastegate actuator is thermally coupled to the fresh-air inlet duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Achim Koch, Christian Uhlig, Roland Herfurth, Christoph Sparrer, Martin Lasar, Vinzent Kremina, Thorsten Eid
  • Publication number: 20130291540
    Abstract: An engine cylinder head and turbocharger assembly includes a turbocharger having a turbine housing, wherein part of the turbine housing is integrated into a casting of the engine cylinder head. The turbocharger is arranged with respect to the engine cylinder head such that the rotational axis of the turbocharger is transverse to the engine axis along which the engine cylinders are spaced. A compressor housing of the turbocharger is oriented toward an air intake side of the engine cylinder head, and the turbine housing is oriented toward an exhaust side of the engine cylinder head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Nicolas Serres, Alain Lombard, Manuel Marques, Jean-Jacques Laissus
  • Publication number: 20130291541
    Abstract: A solar receiver having a radiation capturing element for capturing solar radiation passing through a radiation receiving aperture into a cavity formed by the radiation capturing element, the aperture having a first diameter and the cavity having cylindrical walls of a second diameter, the second diameter being larger than the first diameter, preferably about twice as large. Furthermore, the length of the cavity is greater than the first diameter, preferably about twice as great.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Illias Hischier, Aldo Steinfeld, Marco Simiano
  • Publication number: 20130291542
    Abstract: An electric energy delivery device using waste energy sources such as steam, hot water, hot gases etc., a turbine being inserted into a circuit where a fluid suitable to change state (gas and liquid) at low temperature, comprising at least a heat exchanger where the fluid is made gaseous, a condenser where the fluid is made liquid and a recirculation pump, the turbine being fed with said gaseous fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventor: Shizhu WANG
  • Publication number: 20130291543
    Abstract: A system includes a compressor that compresses incoming airflow, and a combustor assembly mixing the compressed incoming airflow with fuel and combusting the air and fuel mixture in a combustion zone. The combustor assembly includes a hot side downstream of the combustion zone and a cold side upstream of the combustion zone. The system also includes a turbine receiving products of combustion from the combustor. The combustor assembly includes a resonator positioned in the cold side of the combustor assembly in an annular passage between a flow sleeve and a casing of the combustor assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Kwanwoo Kim, Fei Han, Praveen Jain, Venkat Narra, Sven Georg Bethke
  • Publication number: 20130291544
    Abstract: A combustor assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a static structure and an annular combustor extending around a central axis and located radially inwards of the static structure. The annular combustor includes an annular outer shell and an annular inner shell that define an annular combustion chamber there between. The annular combustor is free of any rigid attachments directly between the static structure and the annular outer shell. The annular outer shell includes a radially-outwardly extending flange. A stop member is rigidly connected with the static structure and is located adjacent the radially-outwardly extending flange such that axial-forward movement of the annular combustor is limited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Jonathan Jeffery Eastwood, Kevin Joseph Low
  • Publication number: 20130291545
    Abstract: A system includes a turbine engine having a fuel injector. The fuel injector includes fluid ducts, each having a fuel inlet coupled to a distinct fuel source. The system includes a compressed air source that provides compressed air simultaneously to the fluid ducts, and a convergence point where combined fuel and air streams from the ducts are mixed. The fuel inlets are in a parallel flow arrangement such that no fuel from one fuel injector is present at another fuel injector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Matthew Christopher Innes, Ian Whenham, Yann Courbariaux, Margaret Kathleen Bohan
  • Publication number: 20130291546
    Abstract: A fuel injection device for an annular combustion chamber of a turbine engine, the device including a pilot circuit feeding an injector, a multipoint circuit feeding injection orifices formed in a front face of an annular chamber, and an annular ring mounted in the annular chamber and including fuel-passing orifices opening out into the injection orifices, each fuel-passing orifice formed in the annular ring including a zone of small section that is extended at least downstream or upstream by an orifice portion of increasing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: SNECMA
    Inventors: Thierry Cortes, Laurent Bernard Cameriano
  • Publication number: 20130291547
    Abstract: A purging method and a purge unit for a gas turbine combustor capable of effectively preventing deviation of an exhaust gas environmental regulation value from a regulation range in the case of using a dual-fuel type gas turbine combustor. The gas turbine combustor is provided with nozzles. Which communicate with an oil fuel line where oil fuel flows and a gas fuel line where gas fuel flows and are capable of switching injection fuel between the oil fuel and the gas fuel. A purging method for the gas turbine includes a first purge step of purging the oil fuel line by at least water immediately after the injection fuel is switched to the gas fuel from the oil fuel and a second purge step of purging the oil fuel line by at least water immediately before the injection fuel is switched to the oil fuel from the gas fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventor: Yoshiaki Ochiai
  • Publication number: 20130291548
    Abstract: The present application and the resultant patent provide a method of improving durability of a first stage bucket of a turbine of a gas turbine engine. The method may include the steps of generating a first combustion flow in a first can combustor and a second combustion flow in a second can combustor, wherein the first can combustor and the second can combustor meet at a joint comprising a flow disruption surface; passing the first combustion flow and the second combustion flow over the flow disruption surface and to a mixing region; substantially mixing the first combustion flow and the second combustion flow in the mixing region to form a mixed combustion flow; and passing the mixed combustion flow to a first stage bucket of a turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Clint L. Ingram, Gunnar Leif Siden
  • Publication number: 20130291549
    Abstract: A regulator device (10) for regulating a turbine engine (3). The regulator device (10) includes mechanical power take-off means (100) for taking off power mechanically from a gas generator (4), and an engine computer (20) controlling said engine (3) to comply with at least a first limitation (LimTET, LimT45) of a temperature (TET, T45) of the gas within the engine, and with a second limitation (LimNg) of a speed of rotation (Ng) of the gas generator (4). The engine computer (20) determines whether the speed of rotation (Ng) of the gas generator has reached said second limitation (LimNg), and whether said temperature (TET, T45) has reached said first limitation (LimTET, LimT45). An avionics computer (30) causes the mechanical power take-off means (100) to operate if the speed of rotation (Ng) of the gas generator (4) has reached said second limitation (LimNg), and if said temperature (TET, T45) has not reached said first limitation (LimTET, LimT45).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: EUROCOPTER
    Inventor: EUROCOPTER
  • Publication number: 20130291550
    Abstract: A control system for an aero compression combustion drive assembly, the aero compression combustion drive assembly having an engine member, a transmission member and a propeller member, the control system including a sensor for sensing a pressure parameter in each of a plurality of compression chambers of the engine member, the sensor for providing the sensed pressure parameter to a control system device, the control system device having a plurality of control programs for effecting selected engine control and the control system device acting on the sensed pressure parameter to effect a control strategy in the engine member. A control method is further included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: Engineered Propulsion Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven M. Weinzierl, Michael J. Fuchs
  • Publication number: 20130291551
    Abstract: A method of starting a turbine engine, including a re-try performed if a main injector has not ignited when a shaft has reached a first predetermined speed value, the re-try including: a stopping during which a starter and the ignitor device are stopped; a second ignition during which fuel is injected into the combustion chamber, the ignitor device being actuated, the second ignition being performed when a speed of rotation of the shaft reaches a second predetermined speed value; and a second starting during which the starter is actuated once more to drive the shaft in rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: TURBOMECA
    Inventors: Hubert Pascal Verdier, Philippe Etchepare, Pierre Giralt, Luc Reberga
  • Publication number: 20130291552
    Abstract: A system for electrically controlling combustion includes a combustion chamber, one or more sensors, an actuator, and a controller. The controller detects dynamic instabilities based upon input regarding conditions in the combustion chamber from the sensors. The actuator electrically modulates combustion, and the controller operates the actuator to counteract the dynamic instabilities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lance L. Smith, Meredith B. Colket, III
  • Publication number: 20130291553
    Abstract: An air intake system suitable for a supersonic vehicle is disclosed. The system includes a channel comprising an inlet and a side wall and a plenum coupled to the side wall. The plenum is configured to accept a flow of coolant. In certain embodiments, the coolant is the waste coolant from an on-board electronics cooling system. The system also includes a porous region in the side wall configured to allow a flow of bleed air from the channel through the porous region of the side wall into the plenum so as to aid the transition to supersonic flow. In certain embodiments, the flow of the bleed air is reduced at supersonic speeds by pressurization of the plenum with the coolant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Brad C. Leland, Andrew J. Tworek, Chan Cho
  • Publication number: 20130291554
    Abstract: A buffer air cooler system for gas turbine engines disposed in a bypass duct of the engine, includes a housing for containing the buffer air cooler therein and an inlet portion attached to the housing. In one embodiment, the inlet portion has a double-skin configuration in at least one region of a top, bottom and sides of the inlet portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Remo MARINI, Patrick GERMAIN, Ljubisa VRLJES
  • Publication number: 20130291555
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to controlling multiple Thermoelectric Coolers (TECs) to maintain a set point temperature of a chamber. In one embodiment, a controller receives temperature data corresponding to a temperature of the chamber. Based on the temperature data, the controller selectively controls two or more subsets of the TECs to maintain the temperature of the chamber at a desired set point temperature. In this manner, the controller is enabled to control the TECs such that the TECs operate to efficiently maintain the temperature of the chamber at the set point temperature. In another embodiment, the controller selects one or more control schemes enabled by the controller based on temperature data and a desired performance profile. The controller then independently controls one or more subsets of the TECs according to the selected control scheme(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: PHONONIC DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Jesse W. Edwards, Robert Joseph Therrien, M. Sean June
  • Publication number: 20130291556
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to controlling multiple Thermoelectric Coolers (TECs) to maintain a set point temperature of a chamber. In one embodiment, a controller receives temperature data corresponding to a temperature of the chamber. Based on the temperature data, the controller selectively controls two or more subsets of the TECs to maintain the temperature of the chamber at a desired set point temperature. In this manner, the controller is enabled to control the TECs such that the TECs operate to efficiently maintain the temperature of the chamber at the set point temperature. In another embodiment, the controller selects one or more control schemes enabled by the controller based on temperature data and a desired performance profile. The controller then independently controls one or more subsets of the TECs according to the selected control scheme(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: Phononic Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse W. Edwards, M. Sean June, Robert Joseph Therrien, Abhishek Yadav
  • Publication number: 20130291557
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to controlling multiple Thermoelectric Coolers (TECs) to maintain a set point temperature of a chamber. In one embodiment, a controller receives temperature data corresponding to a temperature of the chamber. Based on the temperature data, the controller selectively controls two or more subsets of the TECs to maintain the temperature of the chamber at a desired set point temperature. In this manner, the controller is enabled to control the TECs such that the TECs operate to efficiently maintain the temperature of the chamber at the set point temperature. In another embodiment, the controller selects one or more control schemes enabled by the controller based on temperature data and a desired performance profile. The controller then independently controls one or more subsets of the TECs according to the selected control scheme(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Jesse W. Edwards, Robert Joseph Therrien, M. Sean June
  • Publication number: 20130291558
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to controlling multiple Thermoelectric Coolers (TECs) to maintain a set point temperature of a chamber. In one embodiment, a controller receives temperature data corresponding to a temperature of the chamber. Based on the temperature data, the controller selectively controls two or more subsets of the TECs to maintain the temperature of the chamber at a desired set point temperature. In this manner, the controller is enabled to control the TECs such that the TECs operate to efficiently maintain the temperature of the chamber at the set point temperature. In another embodiment, the controller selects one or more control schemes enabled by the controller based on temperature data and a desired performance profile. The controller then independently controls one or more subsets of the TECs according to the selected control scheme(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: Phononic Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse W. Edwards, M. Sean June, Robert Joseph Therrien, Abhishek Yadav
  • Publication number: 20130291559
    Abstract: Embodiments of a thermoelectric heat exchanger component having a heat spreading lid that optimizes thermal interface resistance between the heat spreading lid and multiple thermoelectric devices and methods of fabrication thereof are disclosed. In one embodiment, a thermoelectric heat exchanger component includes a circuit board and multiple thermoelectric devices attached to the circuit board. Heights of at least two of the thermoelectric devices are different due to, for example, tolerances in a manufacturing process for the thermoelectric devices. The thermoelectric heat exchanger component also includes a heat spreading lid over the thermoelectric devices and a thermal interface material between the thermoelectric devices and the heat spreading lid. An orientation (i.e., a tilt) of the heat spreading lid is such that a thickness of the thermal interface material, and thus a thermal interface resistance, is optimized for the thermoelectric devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: Phononic Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: M. Sean June, Robert Joseph Therrien, Abhishek Yadav, Jesse W. Edwards
  • Publication number: 20130291560
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to controlling multiple Thermoelectric Coolers (TECs) to maintain a set point temperature of a chamber. In one embodiment, a controller receives temperature data corresponding to a temperature of the chamber. Based on the temperature data, the controller selectively controls two or more subsets of the TECs to maintain the temperature of the chamber at a desired set point temperature. In this manner, the controller is enabled to control the TECs such that the TECs operate to efficiently maintain the temperature of the chamber at the set point temperature. In another embodiment, the controller selects one or more control schemes enabled by the controller based on temperature data and a desired performance profile. The controller then independently controls one or more subsets of the TECs according to the selected control scheme(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: Phononic Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Joseph Therrien, M. Sean June, Jesse W. Edwards, James Barton Summers, III, Abhishek Yadav
  • Publication number: 20130291561
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to controlling multiple Thermoelectric Coolers (TECs) to maintain a set point temperature of a chamber. In one embodiment, a controller receives temperature data corresponding to a temperature of the chamber. Based on the temperature data, the controller selectively controls two or more subsets of the TECs to maintain the temperature of the chamber at a desired set point temperature. In this manner, the controller is enabled to control the TECs such that the TECs operate to efficiently maintain the temperature of the chamber at the set point temperature. In another embodiment, the controller selects one or more control schemes enabled by the controller based on temperature data and a desired performance profile. The controller then independently controls one or more subsets of the TECs according to the selected control scheme(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: Phononic Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse W. Edwards, M. Sean June, Robert Joseph Therrien, Abhishek Yadav
  • Publication number: 20130291562
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to controlling multiple Thermoelectric Coolers (TECs) to maintain a set point temperature of a chamber. In one embodiment, a controller receives temperature data corresponding to a temperature of the chamber. Based on the temperature data, the controller selectively controls two or more subsets of the TECs to maintain the temperature of the chamber at a desired set point temperature. In this manner, the controller is enabled to control the TECs such that the TECs operate to efficiently maintain the temperature of the chamber at the set point temperature. In another embodiment, the controller selects one or more control schemes enabled by the controller based on temperature data and a desired performance profile. The controller then independently controls one or more subsets of the TECs according to the selected control scheme(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: Phononic Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse W. Edwards, Robert Joseph Therrien, M. Sean June
  • Publication number: 20130291563
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to controlling multiple Thermoelectric Coolers (TECs) to maintain a set point temperature of a chamber. In one embodiment, a controller receives temperature data corresponding to a temperature of the chamber. Based on the temperature data, the controller selectively controls two or more subsets of the TECs to maintain the temperature of the chamber at a desired set point temperature. In this manner, the controller is enabled to control the TECs such that the TECs operate to efficiently maintain the temperature of the chamber at the set point temperature. In another embodiment, the controller selects one or more control schemes enabled by the controller based on temperature data and a desired performance profile. The controller then independently controls one or more subsets of the TECs according to the selected control scheme(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: Phononic Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse W. Edwards, M. Sean June, Robert Joseph Therrien, Abhishek Yadav
  • Publication number: 20130291564
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a thermoelectric cooling system with improved performance. The thermoelectric cooling system comprises a thermoelectric cooling unit. The thermoelectric cooling unit comprises a thermoelectric device, heat pipes, condenser fins, a cold sink and a cold fan. The thermoelectric cooling unit can be easily assembled with a chamber which contains a fluid to be cooled. The thermoelectric cooling system comprises screws to attach the thermoelectric cooling unit to the chamber, and sealant rings to prevent heat leakage in the thermoelectric cooling system. Further, the present disclosure provides a thermoelectric cooling system with a freezer part and a refrigerator part. The freezer part encloses the cold sink and the cold fan. The freezer part is cooled by the thermoelectric device, and the refrigerator part is cooled by walls of the freezer part. Further, the present disclosure provides a thermoelectric cooling system for use as a wine cooler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: Sheetak, Inc.
    Inventors: Uttam Ghoshal, Ayan Guha, Himanshu Pockhama
  • Publication number: 20130291565
    Abstract: A pulse tube refrigerator includes a first pulse tube; a first regenerator connected to the first pulse tube; a compressor configured to compress the coolant gas; a first supply side valve; a first filter provided between a supply side of the first supply side valve and the high temperature end of the first regenerator; a first suction side valve connected to the first filter via a first joint point; a first self seal joint provided between the supply side of the compressor and a suction side of the first supply side valve; a second self seal joint provided between a supply side of the first suction side valve and the suction side of the compressor; and a third self seal joint provided between a first regenerator side of the first filter and the high temperature end of the first regenerator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventor: Mingyao XU
  • Publication number: 20130291566
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pulse tube refrigerator with an automatic gas flow and phase regulating device, comprising a helium compressor (1), an air distribution valve (11), a drive controller (9), a drive lead (10), a temperature sensor, a temperature measuring lead (8), a heat regenerator, a first-stage pulse tube (5), a second-stage pulse tube (6), a first-stage air reservoir (14) and a second-stage air reservoir (15), wherein said air distribution valve (11) comprises eight independent valves of a first valve (21), a second valve (22), a third valve (23), a fourth valve (24), a fifth valve (25), a sixth valve (26), a seventh valve (27) and an eighth valve (28).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: NANJING COOLTECH CRYOGENIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinlin Gao, Ao Li, Wenqing Dong, Wei Chao, Jie Chen
  • Publication number: 20130291567
    Abstract: Methods and systems for regasifiing LNG are provided. A method for regasifying liquefied natural gas (LNG) includes providing heat to a LNG regasification process from a power plant. If the heat is not sufficient, additional heat can be provided to the LNG regasification process from a cooling tower operated in a warming tower configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Lalit Kumar Bohra, David P. O'Brien, Franklin F. Mittricker, Mark L. Merrifield