Abstract: A fluid injector is shown and described, including an injector housing and an armature which is coupled to a valve needle. A first bellow surrounds a first space. A first axial end of the first bellow is connected to the injector housing and a second axial end of the first bellow is connected to a first axial side of the armature. A second bellow surrounds a second space. A first axial end of the second bellow is connected to a second axial side of the armature and a second axial end of the second bellow is connected to the housing.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine having a main combustion chamber, a prechamber and a fuel supply system is disclosed. The main combustion chamber is in fluid communication with the prechamber. The fuel supply system is connected to the prechamber for introducing fuel into the prechamber. Further, the fuel supply system has a catalyst to reform the fuel prior to introduction in the prechamber.

Abstract: An EGR channel and an EGR valve are provided for introducing EGR gas into an intake channel upstream of a compressor that supercharges intake air. There is provided an intake bypass channel that connects the intake channel downstream of the compressor and the EGR channel immediately downstream the EGR valve along the direction of the flow of the EGR gas to each other, and a bypass valve capable of selecting a configuration of an intake air flow channel from among a first channel in which the intake air having passed through the compressor passes through the intake channel and flows into a cylinder and a second channel in which in the state where the EGR valve is closed, part of the intake air having passed through the compressor passes through the intake bypass channel and the EGR channel and is recirculated to a part upstream of the compressor.

Abstract: A cylinder of an engine of a motorcycle is tilted frontward. A throttle unit is provided above the cylinder, and a heat shielding sheet is provided between the cylinder and the throttle unit. The throttle unit includes a fuel injection device, and the heat shielding sheet extends between the fuel injection device and the cylinder.

Abstract: A baffle for an air intake section of a rotary machine includes a pair of oppositely disposed perforated walls that at least partially define an exterior of the baffle and an interior cavity of the baffle. The baffle also includes a pair of panels disposed within the interior cavity. Each of the panels is coupled proximate a respective one of the perforated walls, such that a chamber is defined between the panels. Each of the panels includes a first sound absorbing material that is substantially completely vaporizable at an operating temperature of the rotary machine.

Abstract: A fuel rail assembly for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. It comprises a plurality of fuel delivery lines branching off from a fuel rail, each fuel delivery line hydraulically coupling one fuel injector to an outlet port of the fuel rail. Each fuel delivery line has a one-piece pipe which extends from an outlet port of the fuel rail to the respective fuel injector. The pipe has a cylindrical connection section adjoining the respective outlet port and a cylindrical injector cup section in which a fuel inlet portion of the respective fuel injector is received. The connection section and the injector cup section have different hydraulic diameters.

Abstract: A fuel injector for use in an internal combustion engine includes a valve member that is moveable within a bore of an injection nozzle so as to be engageable with a valve seat region to control fuel delivery through one or more nozzle outlets, an injector body housing an actuator that is operable to move the valve member within the bore, and defining an accumulator volume for storing high pressure fuel. The fuel injector includes a damping chamber in fluid communication with the accumulator volume through a fluid passage, the damping chamber serving to reduce pressure wave activity within the accumulator volume.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for an injector arrangement for an internal combustion engine. In one example, an injector arrangement may include an actuator positioned between a fuel injector and a cylinder head, with the actuator configured to adjust a position of the fuel injector relative to the cylinder head in order to adjust a protrusion amount of a fuel nozzle tip within a combustion chamber.

Abstract: A motor assembly for starting an engine and driving a balance shaft may include: a motor for rotating a motor shaft which is axially movable; a clutch attached to one end of the motor shaft so as to transfer or block rotational force of the motor shaft; a balance shaft rotated by the rotational force of the motor shaft transferred through the clutch so as to reduce vibration generated by an engine; a start gear attached to the other end of the motor shaft; and an actuator for axially moving the motor shaft in a forward or backward direction.

Abstract: A cylinder head includes: a cylinder head body; multiple fuel ports extending to cylinders from a sidewall surface of the cylinder head body, the sidewall surface being located on one side of a longitudinal axis, on which intake ports are disposed; multiple injection valve attachment bosses projecting from the sidewall surface, surrounding openings of the fuel ports, and adapted to attach cylinder fuel injection valves to the fuel ports; and multiple projections projecting from the sidewall surface and disposed adjacent to the corresponding injection valve attachment bosses. A cylinder block includes: a cylinder block body; and a sensor attachment boss projecting from a sidewall surface of the cylinder block body, the sidewall surface being located on the one side of the longitudinal axis, on which the sidewall surface of the cylinder head body is located. The sensor attachment boss is adapted to attach a knock sensor to the cylinder block.

Abstract: A buoyancy lift, gravity powered system used to provide continuous input power to electrical or other power generators utilizes a circulating vessel, a lift tower, and a power generating assembly. The lift tower is filled with a volume of fluid having a fluid density greater than a vessel density of the circulating vessel. The circulating vessel is directed upwards along a buoyancy chamber of the lift tower by a rise guide, wherein the circulating vessel is loaded onto a gravity assisted track. The gravity assisted track is helically positioned around a rotary frame connected to a rotor shaft; the rotor shaft being connected to a generator. As the circulating vessel travels downwards around the gravity assisted track, the circulating vessel engages the rotary frame, in turn spinning the rotor shaft to drive the generator. The circulating vessel is then deposited into an inserting pool of the lift tower and recirculated.

Abstract: A wave energy absorption device comprises a buoy adapted to move with movements of water, and a buoy oscillation device attached to the buoy, the buoy oscillation device comprising an elongated means and a rotary means adapted to interact with the elongated means. A hydraulic pump with variable displacement is connected to the rotary means and connectable to a hydraulic circuit. When the buoy moves with movements of water, relative movement is created between the elongated means and the rotary means, whereby the hydraulic pump transforms kinetic energy into hydraulic energy which to the hydraulic hose, and whereby a torque is applied to the rotary means by the hydraulic pump to dampen or amplify the movements of the buoy. The buoy oscillation device provides individual control of the force applied to the buoy by change of displacement in the hydraulic pump.

Abstract: An oscillating foil turbine has a foil having a first fluid dynamic surface for producing lift in a fluid flow, a support for the foil, and a second fluid dynamic surface, wherein the support allows for cyclic motion of the first and second surfaces with respect to each other. A driven member is provided to tap energy from flow throughout each cycle. Throughout at least part of the cyclic translation, the fluid dynamic surfaces are oriented sufficiently parallel, and separated by a distance that is sufficiently small, to achieve a substantial wing-in-ground effect.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a tip extension assembly for a rotor blade of a wind turbine. The tip extension assembly includes a tip extension having a body with a pressure side surface and a suction side surface. Further, the tip extension is slidable onto a tip of the rotor blade so as to overlap the rotor blade adjacent the tip. In addition, the tip extension defines an extended trailing edge of the rotor blade. Moreover, an edge of the tip extension defines a step profile at a transition region between the tip extension and a trailing edge of the rotor blade. The tip extension assembly also includes at least one chord extension configured for attachment adjacent to the edge of the tip extension so as to minimize the step profile and associated noise caused thereby.

Abstract: An automated system for mitigating risk from a wind turbine includes a plurality of optical imaging sensors.

Abstract: The present invention is an improved arrangement for a wind turbine system wherein the power generator unit is independently installed at ground level to minimize the vertical compressive load imposed on the poles. The wind turbine system is powered by an integrated air power unit comprising an air pump driving an air motor operationally coupled to the power generator at ground level. A lighter weight air pump replacing the old system generator is operationally coupled to the wind turbine rotor blades disposed atop the pole. A pipe line supplies pressurized air from the air pump to the air motor thereby causing the power generator to rotate.

Abstract: The present invention is an improved arrangement for a wind turbine system wherein the power generator unit is independently installed at ground level to minimize the vertical compressive load imposed on the poles. The wind turbine system is powered by an integrated hydraulic power unit comprising a hydraulic pump driving a hydraulic motor operationally coupled to the power generator at ground level. A lighter weight hydraulic pump replacing the old system generator is operationally coupled to the wind turbine rotor blades disposed atop the pole. An umbilical hose supplies high pressurized fluid from the hydraulic pump to the hydraulic motor thereby causing the power generator to rotate.

Abstract: The embodiments disclose a method including operating at least one pendulum module coupled to at least one anti-dampening module for regulating oscillations, operating at least one pendulum driven dynamic compressor module for compressing air using rotational power produced using at least one pendulum module, using the at least one pendulum driven dynamic compressor module compressed air for rotating at least one rotating ring dynamic compressor module to a predetermined rotational speed for dynamically compressing air to a predetermined pressure, regulating the dynamically compressed air for operating at least one compressed air driven piston electric generator module for generating electricity, operating at least one chiller water vapor condensation module for dewatering ambient air drawn by the rotating at least one rotating ring dynamic compressor module, operating water treatment modules for treating the chiller produced water, and scrubbing carbon dioxide from the compressed air and storing the carbon d

Abstract: Disclosed is an electromagnetic vibratory pump, comprising a first C-shaped winding and a first magnet. The first C-shaped winding comprises a first coil and a first electromagnetizable member. The first coil covers the first electromagnetizable member, which comprises a first main body, a first leg and a second leg. The legs are connected to the first main body, and the distance between the legs is reduced from a first width to a second width from the first main body. The first magnet swings in a circular tangential direction. A point of tangency of the circular tangential direction is configured apart from the first leg and the second leg respectively by a first minimum distance. The first minimum distance is less than a half of the second width. The first magnet is driven by the first magnetic line of force to move in the first circular tangential direction, and the first magnet is driven by the second magnetic line of force to move in the second circular tangential direction.

Abstract: An oil lubricated compressor having a universal motor, efficient starting and re-starting characteristics, and a long operating life. The oil lubricated compressor can have a brushed or brushless universal motor which can drive a cooling fan and a pump. The universal motor can achieve a high torque to voltage ratio, as well as a high torque to current ratio, upon starting or re-starting of the compressor. Optionally, the oil lubricated compressor can use a single cooling fan disposed in the compressor at a location which is between the universal motor and a cylinder head of the pump.

Abstract: A device for damping pressure fluctuations in a delivery line of a thick-matter piston pump. The device includes a container communicating with the delivery line and at least partially filled with a compressible fluid. The container is adapted for a pulsing intake and output of transported material during the pumping operation. A controller adjusts the amount of the compressible fluid in the container as a function of operating parameters. The controller includes a pressure sensor for determining delivery pressure and an electronic computing unit. The computing unit determines and stores a pressure ratio V between delivery pressure values occurring during a working cycle of the thick-matter pump and during a switch-over phase between each working cycle of the pistons of the thick-matter pump. Alternately or additionally, the electronic computing unit may determine and store a mean value M of the delivery pressure over a time interval during the switch-over phase.

Abstract: A valve seat member, which partitions between a supply passage and a pressurizing chamber, includes an inner flow path, which communicates between the supply passage and the pressurizing chamber, and an outer flow path, which is placed on a radially outer side of the inner flow path. An inner valve is seatable against an inner valve seat formed in an opening of the inner flow path. An outer valve is contactable with an end surface of the inner valve, which is opposite from the inner valve seat. The outer valve is seatable against an outer valve seat, which is formed in an opening of the outer flow path.

Abstract: An integrated pressure plate and port plate, and method of forming same, for a pump includes a housing having a pumping chamber formed therein. The housing includes first and second metal pressure plate portions that form at least a portion of the pumping chamber wherein at least one of the first and second pressure plate portions has a hard coating formed of a different material than a remainder of the housing metal on a surface thereof where integrated ports are formed on surface(s) of the pressure plate portion(s). Surface irregularities relieve stresses and promote adhesion of the coating (e.g., tungsten carbide) to the underlying metal (aluminum alloy).

Abstract: A rotor assembly having a plurality of rotor plates mounted to a shaft, and methods of construction for a rotor assembly are disclosed. Each rotor plate in the assembly may be provided with a central opening extending between the first and second sides through which the shaft extends. In one aspect, the rotor plates are provided with a plurality of lobes extending away from the central opening, wherein each of the lobes has a lobe opening extending through the thickness of the plates. In one embodiment, the rotor plates are rotationally stacked to form a helical rotor.

Abstract: A stator for use in a positive displacement motor. The stator comprises a rubber compound including, fiber reinforcement. The fiber reinforcement includes a plurality of elongated fibers. The elongated fibers in the fiber reinforcement create a grain direction generally with the grain in the longitudinal direction of the stator tube and across the grain in the transverse direction. The rubber compound has at least a 10% lower tensile Modulus across the grain than with the grain. The fiber reinforcement includes a fiber loading of greater than about 2.5 phr of elongate fibers, the elongate fibers have a 100% tensile Modulus of greater than about 60 GPa, and the rubber compound has a 25% tensile Modulus of greater than about 400 psi against the grain and a 50% tensile Modulus of greater than 700 psi against the grain, some embodiments, the rubber reinforcement also comprises a blend of fibrillated fibers and short cut fibers.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system including an oil flooded compressor operable for compressing a working fluid. A dehumidifier is positioned upstream of the compressor to reduce the humidity of working fluid entering the compressor and to cool oil while regenerating the dehumidifier. A heat exchanger positioned upstream of the compressor includes passageways for oil and compressible working fluid to be transported in a heat transfer relationship therethrough such that the temperature of the oil is reduced within the heat exchanger. A control system including an electronic controller is operable for controlling an inlet temperature of the oil entering the compressor, controlling an inlet temperature and humidity of working fluid entering the compressor and a discharge temperature of the working fluid exiting the compressor.

Abstract: Pump designs are detailed. A pump may include a fan having one or more pass-through holes allowing ambient air to be drawn through a fan near a motor shaft bearing for cooling purposes. Alternatively or additionally, a pump may include modular stages to facilitate servicing and repair.

Abstract: A turbofan for an air conditioning apparatus includes a shroud at a center of which a suction port is formed; a hub plate which is spaced apart in a vertical direction from the shroud and has a diameter smaller than a diameter of the suction port; and a plurality of blades provided between the hub plate and the shroud in a circumferential direction, wherein a portion of each of the plurality of blades which faces the suction port of the shroud is formed in a curved portion inclined with respect to the hub plate, and an outer circumference of the hub plate is provided with a plurality of notches each of which is formed between adjacent two blades among the plurality of blades.

Abstract: The present disclosure includes cargo loading systems and components including cargo systems utilizing one or more air cushions to elevate one or more cargo shuttles. Air is delivered to the air cushions by compact centrifugal air blowers. Such compact centrifugal air blowers are designed to provide sufficient power to inflate air cushions, while having a sufficiently short profile.

Abstract: An electric supercharger that can reduce vibration amplitude in an end of a shaft due to rotational vibration is provided. An electric supercharger 101 comprises: an impeller 40 for supercharging a fluid by rotation; an impeller chamber 15 for accommodating the impeller 40; a motor 30 for driving the impeller 40 to rotate; and a motor chamber 18 for accommodating the motor 30. An opening 28 is provided between the impeller chamber 15 and the motor chamber 18 wherein the fluid is able to pass therethrough. Seal structures 50, 51, 52 are provided for separating the motor chamber 18 from the exterior at portions other than the opening 28.

Abstract: An air flow regulating device includes a housing, an air supply unit and a circuit board which are arranged inside the housing. The air supply unit includes an impeller and a single-phase permanent magnet brushless motor configured to drive the impeller. The single-phase permanent magnet brushless motor includes a stator and a rotor which can rotate relative to the stator. The stator includes a stator core and a single-phase winding wound around the stator core. The rotor includes a shaft and a permanent magnet fixed to the shaft. Numbers of magnetic poles of the stator and the rotor are the same and not greater than six. An outer diameter of the stator core is less than 35 mm and/or an axial thickness of the stator core is between 10 mm and 20 mm.

Abstract: An apparatus is for use by a user having a hand in connection with a fire source. The apparatus includes a handle portion configured to be grasped by the hand of the user. A panel portion extends from the handle portion. The panel portion is configured to be positioned proximate to the fire source by the user. A heat shield portion is configured to be supported by any one of the panel portion and the handle portion. The heat shield portion is positioned relative to the handle portion. This is done in such a way that the heat shield portion, in use, shields, at least in part, the hand of the user.

Abstract: The ceiling fan includes: a body having a plurality of blades and an upper mounting pipe portion; a suspender which is fixed to a ceiling; a first pipe which is suspended from the suspender and suspends the body by the upper mounting pipe portion; and a second pipe which is accommodated in the inside of a lower portion of the first pipe and into which an upper portion of the upper mounting pipe portion is inserted. The first pipe, the second pipe and the upper mounting pipe portion are connected to each other by a connecting bolt which penetrates an overlapping part where the first pipe, the second pipe and the upper mounting pipe portion overlap with each other.

Abstract: A fan system includes a motor, a rotatable hub, and a plurality of fan blades. The motor is coupled with the hub by a hollow drive shaft, such that the drive system of the fan system is gearless. The motor is controlled by a PFC-based control module, which is in communication with sensors that are configured to sense parameters associated with operation of the fan system. The control module is configured to react in certain ways to certain conditions detected by the sensors, such that the fan system uses feedback-based control algorithms. A remote control panel is in communication with the control module. The remote control panel is operable to display fault conditions detected by the sensors. Blade retainers prevent fan blades from falling when a fan blade breaks free from the hub. Pins prevent the hub from falling when the hub breaks free from the rotor.

Abstract: A motor drive device can improve the accuracy of detection of malfunction in a fan. The motor drive device includes a fan, a fan controller for controlling the fan, a rotation speed detecting part for detecting the rotation speed of the fan, a relationship acquiring part for acquiring a relationship between a time elapsed from a time point, at which the fan controller changes the rotation speed, and the rotation speed detected by the rotation speed detecting part, a malfunction determining part for determining whether the relationship acquired by the relationship acquiring part is different from a predetermined standard, and a malfunction signal generating part for generating a signal representing the occurrence of malfunction in the fan, when it is determined that the relationship is different from the standard.

Abstract: One embodiment relates to a pump device with an impeller; a pump housing, including a wall surrounding an interior having an inlet and an outlet. The impeller is provided in the interior of the pump housing. The pump housing includes at least one first part-region, at least two further part-regions and at least one third part-region. The at least one first part-region includes, to an extent of at least 60% by weight, based on the total weight of the first part-region, at least one nonmagnetic material, wherein the at least two further part-regions comprise, to an extent of at least 25% by weight, based on the total weight of the further part-region, at least one ferromagnetic material metal, wherein the at least one third part-region comprises a metal content in a range from 40% to 90% by weight, based on the total weight of the third part-region.

Abstract: A fan shaft for an air cycle machine. The fan shaft includes a body having an axis passing therethrough and a pilot at one end of the body, the body having a first axial length, the pilot having a second axial length, and the pilot defining an inner diameter with respect to the axis and an outer diameter with respect to the axis, wherein the first axial length is 4.215±0.005 inches (10.706±0.013 cm).

Abstract: A centrifugal compressor (22) comprises: a case (160) having a suction port (24) and a discharge port (26); an impeller (162, 164) mounted for rotation about an impeller axis (500) by a plurality of bearings (80, 82); and a motor (34) coupled to the impeller to drive rotation of the impeller about the impeller axis. The bearings each comprise: an inner race (200); an outer race (202); and rolling elements (204) between the inner race and outer race. The outer race of each bearing is mounted for radial displacement relative to the case and is surrounded by an associated chamber (224); and the chambers are coupled to a port (92) on the compressor.

Abstract: A compressor aerofoil for a turbine engine, having a suction surface wall and a pressure surface wall meeting at a leading edge and trailing edge, a tip plate extends between the walls and has a first and a second tip rib extending therefrom. At least one of the first and second tip rib has a height extending from the tip plate. A camber line is defined as passing through the leading and trailing edge and the camber line length is from the leading to trailing edge along the tip plate. The first and second tip rib define a slot along the camber line of the aerofoil. The first tip rib is located a distance L1 from the leading towards the trailing edge and the second tip rib is located a distance L2 from the leading edge, the distances L1 and L2 greater than 1% of the camber line length.

Abstract: A diffuser for a radial compressor of a turbomachine is provided. The diffuser has a plurality of diffuser channels, wherein the diffuser channels extend across a radial area of the diffuser across a bent area into an axial area of the diffuser, wherein, in the radial area of the diffuser, the diffuser channels have diffuser walls in particular at v-shaped blades that are bent in the movement direction of the radial compressor or are straight.

Abstract: An aeronautical propulsion device including a fan and a plurality of variable guide vanes is provided. The fan includes a plurality of fan blades for providing a flow of air and the plurality of variable guide vanes are configured for directing air to or from the fan in a desired direction. Each of the plurality of guide vanes defines an inner end along the radial direction and is attached to a housing of the portion device at the inner end in a rotatable manner. The propulsion device further includes a pitch change mechanism positioned in the housing and mechanically coupled to at least one of the plurality of guide vanes for changing a pitch of the at least one of the plurality of guide vanes.

Abstract: A fan assembly includes a fan housing having an inlet and an outlet. A recess formed in the inlet is configured to receive a portion of a heat exchanger. A fan rotor is positioned within the housing and is configured to rotate about a fan axis. The fan rotor includes a hub having a plurality of fan blades mounted thereto.

Abstract: Systems and methods for reducing the pressure of a first pressurized fluid, thereby reducing the temperature of the pressurized fluid, and utilization of the reduced-pressure and temperature fluid to cool a second fluid. Such an approach can enable a reduction in the size and weight of a hydraulic system, utilize waste energy in a system, and/or minimize electrical power requirements of a system, among other benefits.

Abstract: A well pump assembly includes a centrifugal pump having a housing with a cylindrical internal side wall. Upper and lower diffusers are located in the housing. A metal-to-metal seal seals an upper end portion of the lower diffuser to the lower end portion of the upper diffuser. The seal also has an outer surface that frictionally engages the internal side wall of the housing. The seal is energized in response to an axial force exerted between the upper and lower diffusers. One version has a metal seal ring located in mating recesses on the outer walls of the diffusers. Another version includes an inner lip on one of the end portions of the diffusers that extends within and deflects an outer lip on the other of the end portions of the diffusers.

Abstract: An ejector using a swirl flow includes an ejector body comprising a main inlet into which a main flow in high pressure flows, a nozzle section in fluid communication with the main inlet, a mixing portion in fluid communication with the nozzle section, a diffuser in fluid communication with the mixing portion, and a discharge portion in fluid communication with the diffuser; and a suction pipe inserted in a center of the ejector body, the suction pipe including a through-hole into which a suction flow in low pressure flows, and a leading end portion an outer surface of which forms a plurality of inclined passages with the nozzle section of the ejector body, the plurality of inclined passages allowing the main flow to be moved to the mixing portion so as to form a swirl flow, wherein the main flow entering through the main inlet of the ejector body and the suction flow entering through the through-hole of the suction pipe are swirled and mixed in the mixing portion of the ejector body, and then are discharged o

Abstract: A hydraulic drive device for a molding machine includes at least one motor, such as an electric motor, at least one first hydraulic pump which can be driven by the at least one motor, and at least one flywheel. At least one second hydraulic pump is connected, or can be connected, with the at least one flywheel, and a hydraulic connection conduct is provided between the first hydraulic pump and the second hydraulic pump.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes composite actuator piston rods and methods for making such rods. Composite actuator piston rods of the present disclosure may include a composite actuator rod tube having a flared end, an insert, wherein the insert has a complementary shape to the flared end, a piston head concentrically surrounding the flared end of the composite actuator rod tube, and a piston head nut configured to threadingly attach to the piston head.

Abstract: A single acting hydraulic cylinder comprises a cylinder housing and a piston rod arranged within the cylinder housing, where the piston rod can be actuated in response to a hydraulic pressure acting on said piston rod. The piston rod comprises an axially extending through hole and a pulling portion having an internally threaded section partly extending into the axially extending through hole in order to engage a threaded portion of a pulling rod. When in the pulling mode the single acting hydraulic cylinder further comprises the pulling rod having the threaded portion, and when in the pressing mode the single acting hydraulic cylinder further comprises a pressing rod having a threaded portion. Also, when in the pressing mode, the piston rod further comprises a pressing portion having an internally threaded section partly extending into the axially extending through hole, in order to engage the threaded portion of the pressing rod.

Abstract: A telescopic pneumatic linear actuator, particularly for unwinders with movable arms, includes a first annular cylinder, provided with a respective cavity, and a second annular cylinder, which can be inserted into and can slide within the cavity of the first annular cylinder and is provided with a respective cavity. The actuator also includes an annular piston, which can be inserted into and can slide within the cavity of the second annular cylinder. The first and second annular cylinders and the annular piston are provided with respective holes for the passage of a self-expanding spindle.

Abstract: A method of testing a pressurized liquid fluid for dissolved gasses includes evacuating both a first tank and a second tank. A test volume of a pressurized liquid fluid is introduced into the first tank. An initial absolute pressure in the second tank is sensed, and then fluid communication between the first tank and the second tank is opened to allow the pressurized fluid to flow from the first tank into the second tank, thereby de-pressurizing the fluid. The de-pressurized fluid in the second tank is maintained for a pre-defined out-gassing period, to allow any gasses in the de-pressurized fluid to separate from the de-pressurized fluid. A final absolute pressure in the second tank is sensed. A difference between the final absolute pressure and the initial absolute pressure is correlated to a volume of gasses released from the de-pressurized fluid.