Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an assembly including a fibrous medium having a plurality of substantially corrugated channels therein, the plurality of substantially corrugated channels being permeable to a flow of fluid therethrough; a distributor in contact with the fibrous medium, and including an aperture therein for transmitting a liquid coolant through the distributor; and at least two acoustic shields coupled to the fibrous medium and proximal to opposing sides of the distributor.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a power generation system and related methods that use closed supercritical fluid cycles, and in particular, to a power generation system and related methods where multiple cores may be selectively operated to adjust power levels generated by the system.

Abstract: The invention relates to a clamping nest for positioning a component on a shaft, and joining it thereto. The component here has a central part with a circular-cylindrical aperture for accommodating the shaft. The clamping nest has a fork-shaped region for accommodating the component, wherein the fork-shaped region comprises a plurality of clamping elements, which secure the angled position of the component within the fork-shaped region. The fork-shaped region also comprises two opposite bearing surfaces, which secure the axial position of the component in a form-fitting manner in both axial directions.

Abstract: A camshaft adjuster (4) with a stator (20) that has an outer part (50) for concentrically holding a rotor (22) with vanes (34) arranged around the rotor (22) and a segment (52) projecting from the outer part (50) for engaging between two vanes (34) of the rotor (22), in order to form, together with the two vanes (22), pressure chambers (44) of the camshaft adjuster (4). A cover (1564, 156) is located on an axial side of the ring-shaped outer part, and the cover includes a cavity for holding hydraulic fluid from the pressure chambers (44). The segment (52) may also have a cavity (70) for holding a hydraulic fluid from the pressure chambers (44).

Abstract: A hollow poppet valve (10) having an improved heat transfer capability is provided. The valve has an internal cavity (S), extending from within a valve head (14) into a stem (12) of the valve, is loaded with a coolant (19) together with an inert gas. The coolant in the valve head (14) is stirred by swirl flows of the coolant generated during reciprocal motions of the valve. A multiplicity of swirl-forming protrusions are formed on at least on one of the bottom and the ceiling of the valve head cavity (S1) in such a way that swirl flows (F20, F30) of coolant are generated by the protrusions in the valve head cavity (S1) during reciprocal motions of the valve to thereby stir the coolant in the circumferential direction of the cavity (S1).

Abstract: A muffler cutter is fitted to a tailpipe of a vehicular exhaust system, the muffler cutter includes an exhaust pipe, a plurality of through-holes formed in a side wall of the exhaust pipe, a tubular heat shield plate provided around the exhaust pipe coaxially with the exhaust pipe, and a sound-absorbing heat insulator provided between the exhaust pipe and the tubular heat shield plate. The sound-absorbing heat insulator is partially provided between the exhaust pipe and the tubular heat shield plate so as to have a curved shape. A closed space having a curved shape is formed between the exhaust pipe and the tubular heat shield plate in an area in which the sound-absorbing heat insulator is not provided. The distance between the exhaust pipe and the tubular heat shield plate in an area in which the closed space is formed is 1 to 50 mm.

Abstract: An exhaust after-treatment system including at least one exhaust treatment component (18); and a particulate matter dispersion device (40) located upstream of the exhaust treatment component (18). The particulate matter dispersion device (40) includes at least one nozzle line (61) having a plurality of nozzles (58) formed therein, and the particulate matter dispersion device (40) is operable to inject compressed gas towards the exhaust treatment component (18) to substantially minimize build-up of particulate matter at the exhaust treatment component (18).

Abstract: Method and system for removal of soot, ash and heavy metals, and optionally additionally NOx and SOx, being present in exhaust gas from an engine operated on heavy fuel oil with sulphur content 0.1%-4.

Abstract: An engine device is provided with an urea mixing pipe which injects urea water into exhaust gas of an engine, and an exhaust gas purification case which removes nitrogen oxide in the exhaust gas of the engine, and is structured such that an exhaust gas inlet pipe of the exhaust gas purification case is connected to an outlet of the urea mixing pipe via a flange body. Exhaust gas outlet side end portions of an outer pipe and an inner pipe of the urea mixing pipe having a double-pipe structure are connected to exhaust gas inlet side end portions of an outer pipe and an inner pipe of the exhaust gas inlet pipe having a double-pipe structure. Fitting small-diameter portions are formed in an end portion of the inner pipe of the urea mixing pipe, and the fitting small-diameter portions are inward insert to an inner portion of the inner pipe of the exhaust gas inlet pipe.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for optimizing fuel economy during an engine warm up phase of operation of an internal combustion engine. An exhaust manifold may have a coolant jacket through which a coolant may flow. A temperature of the coolant in the exhaust manifold may be determined to detect when it is at a predetermined maximum threshold, which represents a temperature threshold just below a temperature at which the coolant will begin to boil. When this threshold is reached, then a determination may be made as to a minimum rate of flow of the coolant through the exhaust manifold which maintains the coolant at about the predetermined maximum threshold, and the coolant may be flowed through the exhaust manifold at the determined minimum rate of flow.

Abstract: A method and device for controlling emissions of VOC's comprises transporting VOC's to an engine and transporting the exhaust from the engine into a manifold. Supplemental air is transporting into the manifold and heat is transferred from the exhaust to the supplemental air within the manifold. The supplemental air is mixed with the exhaust and the mixture is transferred to a pollution abatement device.

Abstract: A process is provided for regenerating an exhaust gas after-treatment device in an exhaust line of an internal combustion engine arrangement, the exhaust line including a particle filter. The process includes identifying when soot loading of the particle filter exceeds a predetermined level. After that, temperature of exhaust gases at the particle filter is maintained within a first temperature range until at least one of a predetermined period of time has lapsed or a determination is made that soot loading of the particle filter is below the predetermined level. After that, the temperature of the exhaust gases at the particle filter is increased to within a second temperature range above the first temperature range. An internal combustion engine arrangement is also disclosed.

Abstract: A multi-functional exhaust system for diesel and natural gas engines includes a rectangular box housing, a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) unit, at least one reductant injector, a plurality of sensors, and a mixing duct to mix the injected reductant and the exhaust gas. A portion of the mixing duct runs in parallel beside the SCR unit reducing the overall length of the housing. Another portion of the mixing duct routes the exhaust gas through a 180 degree bend to redirect the exhaust gas to the SCR unit. The SCR unit and mixing duct are positioned within the housing and in fluid communication with an inlet and an outlet of the housing. The inlet is in fluid communication with an engine, and the outlet is in fluid communication with an exhaust outlet so that the housing can be secured as the exhaust system.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for metering fluid, particularly for the metered injecting of a reduction agent into the exhaust tract of an internal combustion engine, which has an electrically controllable metering valve (11) having a valve housing (16), having an inlet opening and a metering opening (14, 15) for the fluid, and a cooling module (12) to which a coolant is applied for cooling the metering valve. In order to achieve a permanent fording ability of the device, the metering valve (11) is hermetically sealed in the cooling module (12) and only the inlet opening and the metering opening (14, 15) of the valve housing (13) are exposed.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an ammonia storage structure in particular for the selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides in the exhaust gases of combustion vehicles, including at least one storage material in which the ammonia can be stored, where the structure includes at least two different storage portions, each storage portion containing a storage material, and not all the storage materials of the different storage portions being identical. The disclosure also relates to an ammonia storage and removal system of a vehicle that includes a storage chamber, including such a storage structure. A selective catalytic reduction system for internal combustion engine exhaust gases, includes such an ammonia storage system and to a module for feeding ammonia into the exhaust gases.

Abstract: A reductant delivery unit reduces nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions from a vehicle. The delivery unit includes a solenoid operated fluid injector having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. The inlet receives a source of reducing agent and the outlet communicates with an exhaust gas flow path of the vehicle so that the fluid injector controls injection of the reducing agent into the exhaust gas flow path. The fluid injector has an inlet tube for directing the reducing agent between the inlet and the outlet. A coil heater is integral with the fluid injector and is constructed and arranged, when energized, to inductively heat the inlet tube and thus at least a portion of the reducing agent so that an unheated volume, of the reducing agent in the inlet tube, which is adjacent to the fluid outlet, is less than about 100 mm3.

Abstract: A waste heat exchanger may include an inner tube, an outer tube, a fin assembly and a plurality of heat electric modules The inner tube has a plurality of holes. Disposed inside the inner tube is a plurality of inlet channels and a plurality of outlet channels. The plurality of inlet channels and the plurality of outlet channels are disposed to correspond to each other. The plurality of inlet channels and the plurality of outlet channels are connected to the plurality of holes. A fluid flows through the plurality of inlets and the plurality of holes to get into the outlet channels. The outer tube is disposed outside the inner tube. The conductive assembly is positioned between the inner tube and the outer tube. The conductive assembly is disposed on an outside surface of the inner tube and an inside surface of the outer tube.

Abstract: An exhaust gas purification device includes a diesel particulate filter (DPF) that collects particulate matter (PM) from an exhaust gas, a urea water spray unit that sprays urea water into the exhaust gas, a selection catalytic reduction (SCR) device that reduces and purifies NOx of the exhaust gas, a capacitance detecting unit that detects capacitance of the DPF, a PM accumulation calculating unit that calculates an amount of accumulated PM on the basis of the capacitance, an NO2 consumption estimating unit that calculates an amount of consumed NO2 on the basis of the amount of accumulated PM, and a control unit that controls an engine such that a ratio of NO to NO2 flowing into the SCR approaches 1:1 on the basis of the estimated consumption.

Abstract: A controller recognizes that fuel is and is not actually injected when an amplitude of fuel pressure fluctuations detected by a pressure sensor is not less than and is less than a pressure threshold ?, respectively, to obtain a number N of actual fuel injections and determines that a fuel addition valve operates normally and has malfunction when a ratio (N/S) of the obtained numbers N of the actual fuel injections to a number S of the fuel injection commands is not less than and is less than a number ratio threshold ?, respectively.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine, wherein a hydrocarbon supply valve (15) and an exhaust gas purification catalyst (13) are disposed inside an engine exhaust gas passage. When an increase in the temperature of the exhaust gas purification catalyst (13) caused by hydrocarbons supplied from the hydrocarbon supply valve (15) is smaller than a predetermined increase amount, and a decrease in the pressure of fuel supplied to the hydrocarbon supply valve (15) when the hydrocarbons have been injected from the hydrocarbon supply valve (15) is larger than a predetermined decrease amount, the present invention determines that a blockage is occurring in a hydrocarbon injection channel (69) when the hydrocarbons have been injected from the hydrocarbon supply valve (15).

Abstract: An exhaust component extends between a first end and a second end. The exhaust component defines an internal cavity with a central axis that extends from the first end to the second end. The exhaust component includes an inlet and an outlet, wherein the inlet extends transversely relative to the central axis. A perforated plate is positioned within the internal cavity at the inlet. The perforated plate extends obliquely relative to the center axis.

Abstract: An exhaust system is provided for an internal combustion engine having at least a first and a second cylinder, wherein the first cylinder is assigned a first exhaust gas pipe and the second cylinder is assigned a second exhaust gas pipe. The first exhaust gas pipe is assigned a first muffler, and the second exhaust gas pipe is assigned a second muffler. A first damping pipe branches off from the first exhaust gas pipe upstream of a first shut-off element. The damping pipe firstly opens into a first reflection chamber and is subsequently led through the first muffler and opens into the second exhaust gas manifold downstream of a second shut-off element. A second damping pipe branches off from the second exhaust gas pipe upstream of a second shut-off element. The second damping pipe firstly opens into a second reflection chamber and is subsequently led through the second muffler and opens into the first exhaust gas pipe downstream of the first shut-off element.

Abstract: In an exhaust device in a motorcycle including an article storage pannier at a side portion of a rear portion of the motorcycle, a rear end surface of a muffler which discharges exhaust gas to the outside is located frontward of a front end surface of the pannier, and an outlet pipe of the muffler is curved such that the exhaust gas is discharged to a region below the pannier. An axis of the muffler is inclined so as to extend rearward and upward. A plurality of the outlet pipes are aligned vertically, and the upper outlet pipe is curved.

Abstract: A mixer for an exhaust gas treatment system includes a support body that defines a mixing chamber. A plurality of first blades is arranged in a row, and is disposed along a transverse axis. Each of the first blades extends from an upstream edge, toward a first lateral edge surface of the mixing chamber, to a downstream edge, at a first row angle relative to the transverse axis. A plurality of second blades is arranged in a row, and is disposed along the transverse axis. Each of the second blades extends from an upstream edge, toward a second lateral edge surface of the mixing chamber, to a downstream edge, at a second row angle relative to the transverse axis. The first row angle is less than the second row angle. The row of the first blades is axially spaced from the row of the second blades.

Abstract: An emissions cleaning module including a heat shield that comprises a first section and a second section that are coupled together around a flowhood. The heat shield substantially fully envelops all external surfaces of the flowhood.

Abstract: A method for encasing a body of an exhaust gas system with a housing which is wound around the body. Using a winding method, the body is placed in a loop formed by a belt-shaped conveyor element that can be driven in a conveyor device, wherein the conveyor element is seated against the outer casing face at a wrapping angle u of at least 270 degrees. Starting with a first edge, the metal strip is then introduced in a conveyor device between the body and the conveyor element, is drawn into the gap between the body and the conveyor element and is bent around the body until the body is encased at least twice by the metal strip.

Abstract: A support structure for mounting an emissions cleaning module to an engine is provided. The support structure includes a lower section adapted to be mounted to the engine and an upper section, coupled to the lower section, and adapted to carry the emissions cleaning module. The support structure may include anti-vibration mounts to reduce movement, in use, of the emissions cleaning module due to movement of the engine.

Abstract: A manufacturing method for a muffler includes: a trimming step, of cutting out a dogleg shaped muffler body member; a bending processing step of processing the muffler body member into a tube by advancing the muffler body member between an upper roller and a lower roller of a bending machine while adjusting an advancing direction with a guide and by changing a relative position of the upper roller and the lower roller; a first joining step of joining two ends of the tubularly-processed muffler body member in a long side direction; an insertion step of inserting an inner structural member into the inside of the tubularly-processed muffler body member; a second joining step of joining caps to opening portions of the tubularly-processed muffler body member; and a third joining step of joining an air intake joint and an exhaust pipe to the sealed muffler body member.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for improving fuel economy in an internal combustion engine. The method may involve sensing a temperature of an engine block and determining a block thermal energy representing an ability of the block to reject heat. An open loop control scheme may be used together with the block thermal energy to predict if a coolant in the block is about to enter a boiling condition and, when this is about to occur, to open a block valve to permit a flow of coolant through the block. A closed loop control scheme may be used together with the sensed temperature of the block to determine if a coolant boiling condition is about to occur, and to control the block valve to permit a flow of coolant through the block which is just sufficient to prevent the onset of coolant boiling in the block.

Abstract: A cooling circuit including a combustion engine, a coolant cooler, a first thermostat, a first pump, a condenser, a second thermostat and a second pump, wherein a cooling agent can flow through the cooling circuit, wherein the combustion engine, first pump, coolant cooler and first thermostat are arranged in a first circuit, and the condenser, second thermostat and second pump are arranged in a second circuit, and wherein the first circuit and second circuit are in fluid communication with one another at at least one point.

Abstract: A prechamber assembly for an engine is disclosed. The prechamber assembly includes an air-fuel chamber and a prechamber in fluid communication with the air-fuel chamber via a conduit. The conduit includes a first end disposed in the air-fuel chamber and a second end disposed in the prechamber to allow premixed air-fuel mixture to flow from the air-fuel chamber to the prechamber. The prechamber is to receive a lean air-fuel mixture during a compression stroke of the engine. Further, the prechamber assembly also includes a valve disposed at the first end of the conduit, the valve configured to allow the premixed air-fuel mixture to flow from the air-fuel chamber to the prechamber. The premixed air-fuel mixture entering the prechamber mixes with the lean air-fuel mixture to form a stoichiometric ratio of a rich air-fuel mixture.

Abstract: A prechamber assembly for an engine is provided. The prechamber assembly includes a prechamber located upstream of a main combustion chamber and adapted to receive fuel from a fuel supply system of the engine. The prechamber includes a first portion, a taper portion, and a second portion. The prechamber assembly further includes a fuel injection member located downstream of the taper portion of the prechamber and fluidly connected to the second portion of the prechamber. The fuel injection member is inclined at an angle with respect to a central axis of the prechamber. The fuel injection member is in electric communication with a controller. The controller is configured to actuate the fuel injection member to supply the fuel into the second portion of the prechamber to provide rich mixing of the fuel with an air-fuel mixture received from the main combustion chamber during operation of the engine.

Abstract: One of the two combustion chambers of an internal combustion engine using variable compression ratio and fuel charge, VCRC engine, is improved. These improvements involve adding another, second combustion chamber for mixing products of the first combustion with engine air and refining the insulation of engine heat in the engine process.

Abstract: A prechamber spark plug may have a prechamber having a pre-determined aspect ratio and hole pattern to achieve particular combustion performance characteristics. The aspect ratio and hole pattern may induce a rotational flow of fuel-air in-filling streams inside the prechamber volume. The rotational flow of the fuel-air mixture may include both radial flow and axial flow characteristics based on the aspect ratio and hole pattern. Axial flow characteristics can include a first axial direction proximate the periphery of the rotational flow and a counter second axial direction approaching the center of the rotational flow. The radial and axial flow characteristics may further include radial air-fuel ratio stratification and/or axial air-fuel ratio stratification. The rotational flow, the radial flow and the axial flow may be adjusted by alteration of the aspect ratio and hole pattern to achieve particular combustion performance characteristics in relation to a wide variety of spark gap geometries.

Abstract: Generally, embodiments of a pre-chamber unit having a pre-combustion chamber including one or more induction ports in a configuration which achieves flow fields and flow field forces inside the pre-combustion chamber which act to direct flame growth away quenching surface of the pre-combustion chamber.

Abstract: A fuel supply system for an engine is disclosed. The fuel supply system includes a prechamber assembly in fluid communication with a fuel supply line having a first end and a second end. The prechamber assembly is enclosed within a cylinder head of the engine. The prechamber assembly further includes a pre-combustion chamber located upstream of a main combustion chamber. The pre-combustion chamber is adapted to supply fuel into the main combustion chamber. The prechamber assembly further includes a check valve that is located upstream of the pre-combustion chamber. The fuel supply system further includes a fuel injector that is adapted to fluidly communicate with the check valve of the prechamber assembly. The fuel injector is located upstream of the check valve and in fluid communication with the fuel supply line. The fuel supply system further includes a controller in electric communication with the fuel injector.

Abstract: In certain embodiments with large size prechambers and/or with prechambers that have large spark-gap electrode assemblies, a poor scavenge of the crevice volume may cause deterioration of the preignition margin, which then may limit the power rating of the engine, may cause the flow velocity field of the fuel-air mixture to be excessively uneven and may result in the deterioration of the misfire limit. One or more auxiliary scavenging ports may allow admission of fuel rich mixture to the crevice volume, thereby cooling the residual gases and preventing occurrence of preignition. More organized and powerful flow velocity fields may be obtained in the spark-gap electrode assembly region. This condition may result in a significant extension of the flammability limit and may significantly improve the combustion efficiency of the prechamber. Passive prechambers using the active scavenge concept may increase the engine power output and reduce the emission of pollutants from engine combustion.

Abstract: In an air handling system of a uniflow-scavenged, two-stroke cycle opposed-piston engine, one or more engine operating state parameters are sensed, numerical values of air handling parameters based on trapped conditions in a cylinder of the engine at the last port closing of an engine operating cycle are determined in response to the sensed parameters, the numerical values are evaluated, and one or more of the numerical values is adjusted in response to the evaluation. The adjusted numerical values are used to control charge air flow and EGR flow in the air handling system.

Abstract: An exhaust gas turbocharger includes a wastegate system. A control rod and a wastegate lever connected to the control rod by a connecting element belong to the wastegate system. The connecting element is a spring element.

Abstract: An asymmetric turbocharger of the present disclosure includes a turbine adapted to receive exhaust gas from an engine. The turbine includes a first volute, a second volute, and a valve assembly. The valve assembly includes a diaphragm to define a first chamber and a second chamber. The first chamber is adapted to receive compressed gas from the compressor and the second chamber is in fluid communication with the first volute. The valve assembly also includes a valve member disposed in the second chamber to cover an aperture of the second volute, against a force of a spring. The valve member is displaced when pressure of exhaust gas in the second volute is greater than a combined force of pressure of the compressed gas and the force of the spring. The exhaust gas enters the second chamber from the second volute to mix with the exhaust gas of the first volute.

Abstract: A rotary internal combustion engine, comprising at least one first and second piston, hub and side-disk assembly set each of the piston, hub and side-disk assembly sets having first and second pistons that are fixed on a side disk diametrically opposite each other, the hubs cooperating with each other so that the first and second pistons, hub and side disk of the first piston, hub and side-disk assembly can also rotate relative to the first and second pistons, hub and side disk of the second piston, hub and side-disc assembly, such that in operation one of said pistons will be a leading piston and one a trailing piston said disks being connected to the periphery of a set of two one way clutches or ratchets placed back-to-back, one being adapted to connect and disconnect with the shaft and therefore provide for fast moving/direct torque and the other being adapted to connect/disconnect with a planetary gear train's planets carrier and therefore provide a multiplied torque-to-force advancement of the trailing p

Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling the mass flow rate of a positive displacement expander comprises pumping a working fluid to a heat exchanger to convert the fluid into a working vapor. At least a portion of the working vapor is stored in an accumulator connected to the heat exchanger. At least a portion of the working vapor stored in the accumulator is selectively released into a positive displacement expander via a pulse width modulated valve to increase the efficiency of the expander.

Abstract: A turbine section of a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a fan drive turbine section and a second turbine section. The fan drive turbine section has a first exit area at a first exit point and is configured to rotate at a first speed. The second turbine section has a second exit area at a second exit point and is configured to rotate at a second speed, which is faster than the first speed.

Abstract: A combustion system for gas turbine engine is disclosed. The combustion system includes a wave rotor drum and a drive coupled to the wave rotor drum. The wave rotor drum is mounted for rotation about an axis and is formed to include a plurality of combustion channels that extend along the axis to conduct transient waves along the axis during operation of the combustion system. The drive is coupled to the wave rotor drum and is adapted to drive rotation of the wave rotor drum about the axis.

Abstract: A liquid fuel combustor for a gas turbomachine includes a combustor body, a combustor liner arranged in the combustor body defining a combustion chamber extending from a head end to a combustor discharge. The combustor liner is spaced from the combustor body forming a compressor discharge casing (CDC) airflow passage. A nozzle is arranged at the head end of the combustor liner. The nozzle includes a first inlet, a second inlet and an outlet configured and disposed to establish a flame zone. The first inlet is configured to receive a first fluid and the second inlet is configured to receive a second fluid. The second fluid includes a liquid fuel. An oxygen-depleted gas (ODG) injection system is arranged radially outwardly of the nozzle. The ODG injection system is configured and disposed to deliver an oxygen-depleted gas stream into the combustion chamber to vaporize a portion of the second fluid.

Abstract: A system and method are provided for a compressed air energy storage (CAES) system. The system and method may include compressing a process gas with a compressor train to produce a compressed process gas. The compressed process gas may be directed to a compressed gas storage unit and stored therein. The compressed process gas from the compressed gas storage unit may be released to a heat recovery unit via a feed line. The heat recovery unit may heat the compressed process gas and direct the heated compressed process gas to an expansion assembly to generate a power output. Feed water from a feed water source may be heated in the heat recovery unit to produce steam for injection into a combustion turbine assembly. The combustion turbine assembly may heat the heat recovery unit via an exhaust line.

Abstract: A variable geometry inlet system of an aircraft engine includes an inlet duct. The inlet duct includes at least first and second sections moveable between extended and retracted positions such that the inlet duct defines a variable axial length of an inlet passage for selective flight conditions. The inclusion of acoustic treatment may assist in controlling noise.

Abstract: An aeroengine is provided with a splitter apparatus disposed in a section of ain inlet duct. The splitter apparatus can be actuated from a stowed position to a deployed position to allow splitter(s) to selectively move from out of the inlet flow to a position extending into the inlet duct to divide the inlet flow into multiple passages.

Abstract: An aeroengine has an inlet system which includes at least one deformable wall disposed adjacent a peripheral wall of an inlet duct and a plurality of acoustic cells attached to a back side in fluid communication through respective holes in the at least one deformable wall with an inlet duct air flow. The at least one deformable wall selectively forms part of the peripheral wall of the inlet duct when in an undeployed position and selectively forms a curved profile projecting into the inlet duct to reduce line-of-sight noise propagation through he inlet duct.

Abstract: An aeroengine has an inlet system with a forward end with respect to a flight direction. The inlet system includes a main inlet duct for selectively directing a first air flow from a forward main intake opening of the main inlet duct to a compressor rotor, the forward main intake opening being defined at the forward end of the inlet system and a secondary inlet duct for directing a second air flow from a secondary intake opening of the secondary inlet duct to the compressor rotor only when the main inlet duct is closed. A control apparatus is provided for selecting the first and second air flow to enter into the compressor rotor.