Abstract: A heat exchanger (7) for an exhaust gas system (5) of an internal combustion engine (1) includes a thermoelectric generator (13) with plural thermoelectric elements (15) that each have a hot side (16) and a cold side (17). A heating channel (18) conducts a heating medium on the hot sides and a cooling channel (19) conducts cooling medium on the cold sides (17). The thermoelectric generator (13), the heating channel (18), and the cooling channel (19) are arranged adjacent in a stacking direction (20) and form a channel stack (21). A housing (8) that encloses an interior (22) accommodates the channel stack (21) and has medium inlets (9, 11), outlets (10, 12) and electrical connections (14). The thermoelectric elements are arranged in a double-walled intermediate bottom (15) that separates the cooling channel (19) from the heating channel (18), adjacent to said cooling channel, in regard to fluid flow.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for recovering energy in an exhaust gas circuit (3) of a heat engine (1) of a vehicle, said system comprising an exhaust gas bypass duct (15) comprising a heat exchanger (18). An energy recovery system according to the invention is mainly characterised by the fact that the part of the exhaust circuit arranged downstream of the connection point (17) of the bypass duct (15) for connecting to said circuit (3) is provided with a valve (16) that can at least partially close the exhaust circuit (3), and the by-pass duct (15) comprises, at the outlet of the exchanger (18), a first pipeline (20) running into the admission circuit (2, 6) and a second pipeline (21) running into the exhaust circuit (3) downstream of the valve (16).

Abstract: A power unit includes: a crankcase 24 that houses a shift drum 50, a shift lever 66, at least a portion of a shift shaft 74, and a stopper lever 78; and an oil pan 28 disposed under a lower crankcase 26. The lower crankcase 26 includes a frame portion 26F which is located above the oil pan 28 and to which a cover 29 is attached when viewed in an axial direction of the shift shaft 74. The shift lever 66 is disposed so that when the shift shaft 74 is located at a second rotational position, a portion of a second arm 70 of the shift lever 66 is located lower than the frame portion 26F of the lower crankcase 26 and inside the oil pan 28 as viewed in the axial direction of the shift shaft 74.

Abstract: A device for guiding a gas stream defines an inlet opening, an outlet opening and at least one angular offset which diverts the gas stream. The shell is assembled from a first shell part and a second shell part, wherein the first shell part defines the inlet opening and the outlet opening and has at least one connecting structure for the gas-tight connection of the device to a further gas-guiding component, and wherein the second shell part is configured to enclose the inlet opening and the outlet opening of the first shell part.

Abstract: The present invention includes an information generator to set a lever manipulation amount total sum decrease flag during a period when a lever manipulation amount total sum is decreasing, a first processor to process an engine actual output, an engine actual output latching function block to output the maximum value of the engine actual output until the present during a period in which a lever manipulation amount total sum decrease flag is not set, and output the present engine actual output during a period in which the flag is set, a second processor to output an engine target output based on the engine output, and a controller to control the engine speed under limitation of the engine target output.

Abstract: A gearbox hydraulic circuit includes a hydraulic pump connected to a fluid reservoir to generate a flow of pressurised fluid. A pressure circuit connected to the hydraulic pump conveys the flow of pressurised fluid. A pressure control valve disposed in the pressure circuit between the first line and the second line of the pressure circuit maintains the pressure of the pressurised fluid in the first line. A shunt connected to the pressure circuit is operable to route the flow of pressurised fluid from the first line to the second line to reduce the pressure in the first line.

Abstract: A method for controlling the operation of at least one hydraulic component of a work vehicle may generally include storing, with a computing device, a first electro-hydraulic setting and a second electro-hydraulic setting for the hydraulic component. The first electro-hydraulic setting may be associated with at least one of a pre-defined speed setting or a pre-defined sensitivity setting. The second electro-hydraulic setting may be associated with at least one of an operator-defined speed setting or an operator-defined sensitivity setting. In addition, the method includes receiving an input associated with an operator's selection of the first electro-hydraulic setting or the second hydraulic setting, and controlling the operation of the hydraulic component in accordance with the first electro-hydraulic setting or the second electro-hydraulic setting based on the operator's selection.

Abstract: An axial-flow turbine assembly that includes one or more features for enhancing the efficiency of the turbine's operation. In one embodiment, the turbine assembly includes a turbine rotor having blades that adjust their pitch angle in direct response to working fluid pressure on the blades themselves or other part(s) of the rotor. In other embodiments, the turbine assembly is deployable in an application, such as an oscillating water column system, in which the flow of working fluid varies over time, for example, as pressure driving the flow changes. In a first of these embodiments, the turbine assembly includes a valve that allows the pressure to build so that the flow is optimized for the turbine's operating parameters. In a second of these embodiments, one or more variable-admission nozzle and shutter assemblies are provided to control the flow through the turbine to optimize the flow relative to the turbine's operating parameters.

Abstract: There is provided a driving device for a work machine, having a closed hydraulic circuit system for driving cylinders with hydraulic pumps, the driving device making the speed of operation substantially the same in both directions of piston rod extension and contraction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a hydraulic valve arrangement for controlling/regulating at least one hydraulic consumer of a mobile machine, with a summation interconnection of at least two hydraulic valves and at least one consumer interconnection of hydraulic valves, wherein the outputs of the summation interconnection are hydraulically connected with the inputs of the consumer interconnection, wherein at least one backflow valve is provided in the consumer interconnection. According to the invention, the at least one backflow valve for throttling a consumer return volume flow opens or closes in dependence on a consumer inflow pressure and comprises at least one main piston arranged in a bushing and at least two further pistons arranged in a lid separate from the bushing, wherein the main piston and the control piston interact with each other via a compression spring.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a hydraulic valve arrangement for controlling/regulating at least one hydraulic consumer of a mobile machine, with a summation interconnection of at least two hydraulic valves and at least one consumer interconnection of hydraulic valves, wherein the outputs of the summation interconnection are hydraulically connected with the inputs of the consumer interconnection, wherein at least one backflow valve is provided in the consumer interconnection. According to the invention, the at least one backflow valve for throttling a consumer return volume flow opens or closes in dependence on a consumer inflow pressure and comprises at least one main piston arranged in a bushing and at least two further pistons arranged in a lid separate from the bushing.

Abstract: This invention consists of the addition of a novel clutch arrangement which facilitates speed changing gears on both the output and input of the transmission and provides for a compact packaging configuration for a plurality of hydraulic pump/motors. The use of a small accumulator without a valve and a related reservoir absorbs the pressure shocks from rapidly opening and closing the valves that that select or de-select the pump/motors. It is also disclosed that two adjacent pump/motors on the same shaft can be constructed such that they share an input or output port thereby reducing the size of the combination. The transmission can perform the retarder function by placing a flow retarding valve in the re-circulating path in one or more of the pump/motors.

Abstract: A fluid pump for a linear actuator is provided. The pump causes a rod in the actuator to extend or retract by controlling the flow of fluid to and from portions of a fluid chamber on either side of a piston disposed within the fluid chamber and supporting the rod. The pump includes a valve structure that enables the pump to redistribute fluid obtained from one portion of the fluid chamber on one side of the piston to the other portion of the fluid chamber on the other side of the piston without first returning the fluid to a fluid reservoir thereby increasing the efficiency of the pump.

Abstract: A working cylinder is provided, comprising at least one disc-like displacer (120) rotatably supported in a cylindrical block (114), which displacer (120) is arranged between two annular flanges (110) extending radially inwards from said block (114) on each sides of said displacer (120) such that said displacer (120) will be arranged in parallel with said flanges (110) upon rotation, wherein at least one of said flanges (110) comprises a plurality of sections including a first section (112a) having a first temperature, a second section (112b) having a second temperature being lower than said first temperature, and two insulating sections (112c, 112d) completely preventing contact between said first section (112a) and said second section (112b), and wherein said displacer (120) comprises a cutout (122) for rotating a volume of working fluid across the sections (112), which cutout is dimensioned such that for every rotational position it does not overlap the first section (112a) and the second section (112b) at

Abstract: An SMA actuation apparatus moves a movable element relative to a support structure in two orthogonal directions using a total of four SMA actuator wires each connected at its ends between the movable element and the support structure and extending perpendicular to the primary axis. None of the SMA actuator wires are collinear, but the SMA actuator wires have an arrangement in which they are capable of being selectively driven to move the movable element relative to the support structure to any position in said range of movement without applying any net torque to the movable element in the plane of the two orthogonal directions around the primary axis. Accordingly, it is possible to drive movement whilst balancing the forces to limit torque around the primary axis.

Abstract: A brake fluid reservoir includes in its upper portion a bottleneck with a thread and a top for receiving a cap with an edge and a top. The top of the bottleneck has channel opens into the atmosphere, one end of the channel leading into the atmosphere, one end of the channel leading into the interior of the bottleneck and the other end communicating with the outside atmosphere via a cavity.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for adjusting a secondary intake throttle based on condensate formation in a charge air cooler, the secondary throttle positioned upstream of the charge air cooler. In one example, a method may include decreasing an opening of the secondary intake throttle in response to increased condensate accumulation within the charge air cooler. The method may further include adjusting a primary throttle positioned in an intake manifold based on the condensate accumulation and torque demand.

Abstract: An electronic control unit (ECU) with a surge avoidance unit, wherein, when a turbocharge compressor enters a surging state during vehicle deceleration, the ECU acquires a first target opening degree of a nozzle vane in a turbine of the turbocharger based on an operation state and a first opening map as a surge avoidance control, controls the nozzle vane to a surge avoiding first target opening degree, if the first target opening degree is smaller than a predetermined surge avoiding first target opening degree, and controls the nozzle vane to the first target opening degree, if the first target opening degree is not less than the surge avoiding first target opening degree.

Abstract: A hybrid exhaust gas turbocharger is provided, which is capable of preventing the supercharger from being damaged due to a rotary shaft being moved to a large extent in an axial direction by vibration generated from the internal combustion engine and a rotary portion in contact with a stationary portion in the supercharger when the supercharger is mounted on an internal combustion engine. A restraint mechanism (35) including a thrust collar (41) attached to a shaft end of a rotary shaft (19a) of a generator positioned on a side opposite to a flexible coupling and two thrust bearings (42) disposed to oppose both end surfaces forming a flange portion (44) of the thrust collar (41) is accommodated in a recess (51) formed on a front surface side of a shell housing positioned on a side opposite to the casing.

Abstract: A device for recovering the waste heat energy having a Clausius-Rankine circuit with a line system conveying a working medium via which at least one vaporizer for vaporizing the working medium, an expansion device for expanding the vaporized working medium to produce mechanical work, a condenser for fluidizing the vaporized and expanded working medium as well as a delivery pump for condensing and conveying the working medium through the line system are fluidically connected to one another. A compensation tank supplies additional working medium volume and is connected to a fluid line and can be fluidically separated from the line system via a valve that is controllable via a control device connected to a sensor for detecting working medium temperature and/or pressure, such that a working medium volume is transferred from the compensation tank into the line system or from the line system into the compensation tank.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for operating a plurality of independent, closed cycle power plant modules each having a vaporizer comprising the steps of serially supplying a medium or low temperature source fluid to each corresponding vaporizer of one or more first plant modules, respectively, to a secondary preheater of a first module, and to a vaporizer of a terminal module, whereby to produce heat depleted source fluid; providing a primary preheater for each vaporizer; and supplying said heat depleted source fluid to all of said primary preheaters in parallel.

Abstract: A combined OTEC and steam system having an OTEC power generation system including a multistage condensing system in fluid communication with a cold water system and a steam system comprising a steam condenser, wherein the steam condenser is in fluid communication with the cold water system.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a circulatory osmotic pressure electricity generation system configured to generate electricity by using a working medium, which includes an osmotic pressure generator, a turbine, a tank, a separating tower, a heat source and the working medium. The working medium has a critical temperature which separates a first temperature zone and a second temperature zone from each other and has a phase transition to a first phase or a second phase which occurs at the critical temperature. The osmotic pressure generator is placed under a temperature of the working medium within the first temperature zone, and comprises (i) a container, (ii) an osmosis membrane, (iii) a first inlet, (iv) a second inlet, and (v) an outlet.

Abstract: A steam turbine plant activation control device is provided, which generates an activation schedule that enables a reduction in a time period required for the activation of a steam turbine plant without complex calculation such as prediction and calculation of a temperature and calculation of thermal stress.

Abstract: Steam turbine system and control system therefor are provided. In one embodiment, a steam turbine system includes an auxiliary turbine in fluid communication with an IP turbine via an auxiliary turbine inlet conduit branch of an IP exhaust conduit. A heat exchanger system may remove heat from an IP exhaust steam, and may add the removed heat to water flowing through a boiler feed-water conduit to a boiler of the steam turbine system.

Abstract: The invention relates to energy conversion and generation systems, and more specifically, to a unit for generating and converting energy by way of a pressure differential in a Working Fluid. A Pressure Power Unit is described which comprises a condenser and a vaporizer arranged in a closed loop, the condenser and vaporizer being respectively maintained at lower and higher temperatures relative to one another. A Working Fluid is circulated through the closed loop, the Working Fluid having different equilibrium vapor pressures in the condenser and in the vaporizer, according to the respective state functions, representing two different levels of elastic potential energy. This results in a pressure differential between the condenser and the vaporizer. A work extraction system is positioned between the outlet of the vaporizer and the inlet of the condenser, to convert the elastic potential energy/pressure differential into kinetic energy. Other embodiments of the invention are also described.

Abstract: The invention provides a gas turbine cooling system that efficiently cools a first-stage turbine wheel and the attachment portions of first-stage turbine blades. A gas turbine comprises: a compressor 1 for compressing air; a combustor 2 for combusting the air compressed by the compressor 1 with fuel; and a turbine 3 driven by the combustion gas generated by the combustor 2, the turbine 3 including at least one turbine wheel 12a having turbine blades 11a on an outer circumferential section thereof. A gas turbine cooling system comprises a group of impingement cooling holes 32, provided in a partition wall 16a that separates the exit space 42 of the compressor 1 and the wheel space 43a located upstream of the turbine wheel 12a, for ejecting the compressed air 101 in the exit space 42 toward the turbine wheel 12a and the attachment portions of the turbine blades 11a.

Abstract: A liquid fuel cartridge assembly for a gas turbine combustor comprising an elongated stem provided with a fuel injector tip at an aft end of said stem, said injector tip provided with a pilot fuel passage extending to a pilot fuel orifice; a plurality of air channels surrounding said pilot fuel passage and in communication with plural air holes; an annular main fuel passage surrounding said plurality of air channels and in communication with plural fuel exit holes; and a plurality of substantially radially oriented air supply holes in said stem upstream but proximate to a forward end of said tip in communication with said plurality of air channels.

Abstract: A gas turbine combustor including a cluster-type burner is adapted to stabilize a combustion state by supplying a desired flow rate of combustion air to inner circumferential and outer circumferential fuel nozzle regions. A burner section of the combustor includes a plurality of fuel nozzles 2 and a premixing plate 4 in which are formed a plurality of premixing passages 3 each positioned at a downstream side of the corresponding one of the fuel nozzles 2, injected fuel from the plurality of fuel nozzles 2 being mixed with air in the premixing passage 3 before being supplied to a combustion chamber and burnt therein. The burner section also includes guide vanes 34, 35, 36 that rectify a flow of air and guide this air flow from an upstream side of the fuel nozzles 2 to fuel injecting ports of the fuel nozzles 2; wherein the guide vanes guide a desired amount of air to the fuel injecting ports of the fuel nozzles and stabilize combustion.

Abstract: A combustor includes a tube bundle that extends radially across at least a portion of the combustor. The tube bundle includes an upstream surface axially separated from a downstream surface, and a plurality of tubes extend from the upstream surface through the downstream surface to provide fluid communication through the tube bundle. A barrier extends radially inside the tube bundle between the upstream and downstream surfaces, and a baffle extends axially inside the tube bundle between the upstream surface and the barrier.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas-turbine combustion chamber with a combustion chamber wall, on which tiles are arranged, and with a recess for passing through an igniter plug, said recess extending through the combustion chamber wall and a tile, with the tile being provided with a tubular projection surrounding the recess and extending from that side of the tile facing away from a combustion chamber interior.

Abstract: A combustor heat shield has lips with fins distributed on the lips. The lip-fins have an extended end portion projecting rearwardly from the back face of the heat shield. Impingement jets may be directed against the rearwardly extended end portions of the lip-fins to enhance cooling. The heat shield may define a fuel nozzle opening surrounded by a rail on the back side of the heat shield. Impingement holes or slots may be defined in the rail for allowing cooling air passing therethrough to impinge upon the lip-fins.

Abstract: A method for supporting a mains frequency in an energy generation plant is provided. The energy generation plant may be operated using unthrottled high-pressure valves, and the throttling action of the medium-pressure valves may be canceled when the mains frequency drops.

Abstract: A two-shaft gas turbine control system and method are provided that can enhance the efficiency and reliability thereof by controlling the amount of intake air spray and the rotational speed of a high-pressure turbine in accordance with the aperture of an inlet guide vane in a state where a two-shaft gas turbine is being operated with the efficiency of its compressor reduced. The control system includes a droplet spray device for spraying droplets to intake air for the compressor and a controller.

Abstract: A combustor nozzle includes a fuel passage that extends generally axially in the nozzle and a surface that extends radially across at least a portion of the fuel passage. A projection in the surface extends generally axially down-stream from the surface, and an indention in the surface radially surrounds the projection. An oxidant supply is in fluid communication with an oxidant passage, and the oxidant passage is radially displaced from the fuel passage and terminates at an oxidant outlet. A method of supplying a fuel to a combustor includes flowing fuel through a projection in a surface, wherein the projection extends generally axially downstream from the surface, and flowing fuel through an indention in the surface, wherein the indention radially surrounds the projection. The method further includes flowing an oxidant through an oxidant outlet that circumferentially surrounds the indention in the surface.

Abstract: A fuel pressure regulation system is provided. The fuel pressure regulation system includes a supply arrangement for supplying an outlet flow. The supply arrangement includes a primary pressure regulator and a bypass pressure regulator. The primary pressure regulator is operably connected to downstream pressures of each of a plurality of parallel metering circuits. The bypass pressure regulator is upstream from an output of a pump or pumps, which in combination with the primary pressure regulator, is operable to increase the output of the pump or pumps to accommodate for downstream pressure spikes in any one of the parallel metering circuits.

Abstract: This invention relates to gas turbine engines of continuous combustion in a high speed gas flow through an open circuit in high heating value gas turbine fuels. It may be used in transportation facilities, such as aviation and power plants, and also as a drive in gas compressor units. The engine contains two or more combustion chambers for high-calorific fuel suitable for combustion in speed gas and air stream. Each combustion chamber after the previous combustion chamber raises the temperature of the working body after the work at the turbine stage to the value optimal for work at next turbine stage. There is a possibility of independent reallocation of immediate bulk flows between the main stream of the working body and supplementary bypass parallel streams of the working body. For this purpose the engine, apart from the multistaged turbine, contains at least two compressor stages of air compression with bends. Each combustion chamber contains its fuel sprayers.

Abstract: A surface heat exchanger is provided which utilizes forward and aft brackets to retain the heat exchanger in position. The surface heat exchanger includes a plurality of core cooling channels as well as fins which are disposed for air flow through the gas turbine engine. The brackets include a low-friction wear material as well as an isolator sheet which provides some spring force on the heat exchanger.

Abstract: The present application and the resultant patent provide a gas turbine engine system. The gas turbine engine system may include a gas turbine engine, a water wash system, and a system controller. The gas turbine engine may include a compressor, a combustor in communication with the compressor, and a turbine in communication with the combustor. The water wash system may be in communication with the gas turbine engine and configured to remove contaminants therefrom. The water wash system may include a number of valves configured to control flows through the water wash system, and a number of sensors configured to measure operating parameters of the water wash system. The system controller may be in communication with the valves and the sensors and operable to automatically control the valves upon receiving operating parameter signals from the sensors in order to perform a wash of the gas turbine engine.

Abstract: A thermoelectrically cooled container is provided, the thermoelectrically cooled container including a container body have an internal cavity and an outer surface. The container further includes a lid assembly removably connected to the container body, and a thermoelectric cooling unit associated with the container body. The thermoelectric cooling unit is configured to cool the container body.

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 vacuum adapter for feeding-through vacuum-insulated coolant lines (11, 12, 22, 23) from the surrounding atmosphere into a vacuum processing installation has an intermediate volume (2) which is connected firstly to at least one insulation intermediate space (32, 33) of the vacuum-insulated feed lines and secondly to a vacuum pump. The pump capacity is available at least temporarily for evacuating the insulation intermediate space around the coolant lines (22, 23).

Abstract: A multi-stage closed-cycle cryogenic refrigeration system is disclosed. The system includes an adsorption refrigerator having a multi-chambered pump unit that can be flexibly configured in the context of the cryogenic refrigeration system resulting in a more efficient design that has a smaller overall size than prior systems and other advantages.

Abstract: A method, a system, and an article of manufacture are disclosed for cryogenic cooling of systems operating at cryogenic temperatures or higher. Applications of this disclosure are as varied as trucking of meat and vegetable to mine sweeping and MRI systems. A cooling network is formed by coupling blocks of Thermal Energy Storage (TES) modules together with optional thermal switches or valves and optionally with an active cooling component to maintain a cryogenic temperature in a cryostat. The TES modules are combinations of thermal conducting elements to conduct heat and solid storage elements to absorb heat. The cooling component may be one or more cryocoolers for steady state and transient heat transfer conditions and may be coupled with the TES modules via thermal shunt connections. The thermal switches or valves may be deployed within the thermal shunts to control the flow of heat between different TES modules and cooling components, thus reconfiguring the cooling network.

Abstract: A CNG transportation vehicle comprising at least one vernally oriented, generally cylindrical, pressure vessel (10) of the type for containing and transporting CNG, the vessel having a generally cylindrical body and two ends and an opening in the form of a manhole at the top end thereof.

Abstract: A cold-box system includes: a bulk gas tank, and a plurality of cold-box compartments operationally associated with the bulk gas tank. A cold-box apparatus includes a plurality of cold-box compartments operationally associated with a bulk gas tank. In one embodiment the cold-box compartments may be spaced apart from the tank aboard a waterborne platform. The system and apparatus provide redundancy regarding power aboard ship for the bulk gas tank.

Abstract: A cryopump system includes at least one cryopump including a refrigerator including a low temperature cooling stage and a high temperature cooling stage, a low temperature cryopanel cooled by the low temperature cooling stage, and a high temperature cryopanel cooled by the high temperature cooling stage. A compressor unit includes a compressor main body that compresses a working gas supplied to the refrigerator, an operating frequency of the compressor main body being variable. The compressor unit is operated such that a pressure ratio between high pressure and low pressure of the compressor main body is in a range between 1.6 and 2.5.

Abstract: A refrigerator including a configurable space having a Hall effect integrated circuit configured to detect a magnetic field and generate an electrical signal; a function control device configured to control an environment of the configurable space according to predetermined or preset information and the electrical signal from the Hall integrated circuit; and a storage bin in the configurable space, having a magnet thereon or therein in a location corresponding to the Hall effect integrated circuit.

Abstract: A method of monitoring and controlling temperature of a cargo in a refrigerated transportation cargo container includes measuring a temperature of a plurality of portions of the cargo located in the cargo container via a plurality of temperature sensors directed at the portions of the cargo. One or more of the measured cargo temperatures are compared to a preselected threshold. Operation of a refrigeration unit disposed at the cargo container in operable communication with the plurality of temperature sensors is changed based on a result of the comparison. A transportation cargo container refrigeration system includes a plurality of cargo temperature sensors configured to determine a temperature of at least portions of a cargo. A refrigeration unit and controller are connected to the refrigeration unit and the cargo temperature sensors to control operation of the refrigeration unit based on data received from the cargo temperature sensors.

Abstract: An ice bin and a method of transferring ice using the same include a case having an upper portion configured to store ice produced by an ice maker, and a dispensing port at one side of a lower end of the case configured to dispense ice to the outside; a transferring unit that transfers ice from a lower portion of the case to the upper portion of the case; and a crushing unit configured to crush ice transferred by the transferring unit, and discharge the crushed ice to the dispensing port.