Abstract: The present invention relates to an open pit mining system. The system includes a material lifting machine configured to both: (1) excavate and remove overburden from an open pit of a mine; and (2) excavate and remove valuable material from the open pit. Advantageously, the machine removes the overburden waste material as well as the mined valuable material which would otherwise be conventionally removed by trucks in the pit, out of the pit up the ramps and then onto the processing plant. Accordingly, the use of trucks for transporting valuable material both along and up out of the pit is at least to some extent reduced thereby resulting in improved cost and energy efficiency.

Abstract: A method of monitoring a longwall shearing mining machine in a longwall mining system, wherein the shearing mining machine includes a shearer having a first cutter drum and a second cutter drum, includes receiving, by a processor, shearer position data over a shear cycle. The horizon profile data includes information regarding at least one of the group comprising of a position and angle of the shearer, a position of the first cutter drum, and a position of the second cutter drum. The method also includes analyzing the shearer position data, by the processor, to determine whether a position failure occurred during the shear cycle based on whether the computed horizon profile data was within normal operational parameters during the shear cycle, and generating an alert upon determining that the position failure occurred during the shear cycle.

Abstract: A piston unit includes a piston which has a rolling element seat configured to rotatably support a rolling element. The rolling element seat has a bearing surface with a surface coating composed of a polymer compound or with a ceramic surface coating.

Abstract: The invention concerns a rotary volumetric machine with three pistons comprising an enclosure forming a stator in which there moves a rotating assembly forming a rotor comprising a crankshaft that mechanically engages with the pistons, the rotating assembly defining, inside said enclosure, six chambers of variable volume of which the volume varies when the rotating assembly rotates, each of the pistons delimiting, with the enclosure, a variable volume chamber called the extrados chamber and two consecutive pistons delimiting, with the enclosure and the crankshaft, a variable-volume chamber called the intrados chamber. The geometry of the pistons and of the crankshaft is designed such that each intrados chamber has a capacity greater than or equal to the capacity of the extrados chambers.

Abstract: A rotary engine where the rotor cavity has a peripheral inner surface having a peritrochoid configuration defined by a first eccentricity and the rotor has a peripheral outer surface having a peritrochoid inner envelope configuration defined by a second eccentricity larger than the first eccentricity. Also, a rotary engine where the rotor cavity has a peripheral inner surface having a peritrochoid configuration defined by an eccentricity, and a rotor with a peripheral outer surface between adjacent ones of the apex portions being inwardly offset from a peritrochoid inner envelope configuration defined by the eccentricity. The engine may have an expansion ratio with a value of at most 8. The rotary engine may be part of a compound engine system.

Abstract: Expansion machines in thermodynamic cycles operate at low pressures, i.e. below 10 bar. The interplay among components including gas generator, expansion machine, heat exchangers and pressure reduction device (absorber or condenser) is optimized, resulting in configurations operating at the lowest achievable cost level. A single stage radial turbine characterized by a pressure ratio of 5-10, a dimensionless speed of about 0.7 and a loading coefficient of 0.7 is a preferred expansion machine for certain thermodynamic cycles involving CO2 gas to permit such radial turbines to operate close to their optimum design specification and highest efficiency level. Methods to handle liquids which may condense within or inside the turbine are also disclosed, as well as methods to handle axial pressure on bearings and methods to protect lubricant in bearings.

Abstract: A rotor of a turbine of a gas turbine, having a rotor hub and a plurality of blade platforms, each carrying at least one turbine blade, and having one each cooling air chamber for passing cooling air formed by adjacent blade platforms. At least one damping element and/or sealing element is arranged radially beneath a platform intermediate gap provided between adjacent blade platforms. The cooling air chamber and/or the platform intermediate gap are designed such that starting from a side of the blade platform facing the adjacent blade platform, at least one outflow pocket open to the platform upper side and connected to the cooling air chamber is formed, and at least one cooling air pocket opened radially inwards to the cooling air chamber is provided in the wall of the cooling air chamber and opens towards the damping element and/or the sealing element or the platform intermediate gap.

Abstract: A casting method and apparatus are provided for casting a near-net shape article, such as for example a gas turbine engine blade or vane having a variable cross-section along its length. A molten metallic melt is provided in a heated mold having an article-shaped mold cavity with a shape corresponding to that of the article to be cast. The melt-containing mold and mold heating furnace are relatively moved to withdraw the melt-containing mold from the furnace through an active cooling zone where cooling gas is directed against the exterior of the mold to actively extract heat. At least one of the mold withdrawal rate, the cooling gas mass flow rate, and mold temperature are adjusted at the active cooling zone as the melt-containing mold is withdrawn through the active cooling zone to produce an equiaxed grain microstructure along at least a part of the length of the article.

Abstract: A component for a gas turbine engine is provided. The component having: a platform secured to the component, the platform having an exterior surface in fluid communication with an internal cooling pocket of the platform via a plurality of cooling openings located in the platform; a channel in fluid communication with the internal cooling pocket; an internal cooling cavity in fluid communication with the channel via a feed opening extending through an internal wall of the component, wherein a portion of the channel and the feed opening are located below the internal cooling pocket; and a cover plate sealing the internal cooling pocket and the channel.

Abstract: A rotor for a gas turbine engine includes a plurality of blades which extend from a rotor disk, adjacent ones of the plurality of blades are joined by a flexible web.

Abstract: An erosion resistant material has a continuous portion and discontinuous portions. The continuous portion has a continuous structure. The discontinuous portions are arranged inside the continuous portion to have a discontinuous structure. The discontinuous portions are formed of particles having an average particle diameter of 1 ?m or less. Further, the discontinuous portions are formed of a material having a surface hardness and a Young's modulus higher than those of the continuous portion.

Abstract: An inner band used on a turbine engine is disclosed herein. The inner band may include a core comprising polymeric materials and a shell comprising nanocrystalline metallic materials applied to the core to cover at least a portion of the core.

Abstract: The present invention describes a gas turbine having two shafts, which are rotatably mounted using bearing devices in the area of a casing. An intermediate shaft sealing device is arranged between the bearing devices, which includes a sealing element connected to a first shaft, in which a further sealing element connected to the second shaft radially engages. An operating pressure is applied, in the area limited by the shafts in the axial direction of the shafts, to facing effective areas of the sealing elements, while the pressure prevailing in the area outside the shafts in the axial direction acts on effective areas of the sealing elements facing away from one another. A ratio between the outer diameters limiting the facing effective areas and the inner diameters likewise limiting these effective areas is in each case greater than or equal to 1.25.

Abstract: The invention relates to an axial turbomachine compressor outer casing. The casing comprises a sealing device collaborating with a row of rotor blades. The casing comprises a wall with an annular groove in which the sealing device is housed. The sealing device comprises a segmented outer shroud and a plurality of piezoelectric actuators moving the shroud radially in the groove so as to open or close the functional clearance. The invention also proposes a method for controlling a sealing device for a turbojet engine, the method comprising a step of measuring the altitude and a step of adjusting a clearance according to the altitude.

Abstract: An annular seal includes an annular outer casing, a plurality of seal segments, and a plurality of spring components. The plurality of seal segments is coupled to the annular outer casing to cumulatively form an annular sealing surface, the annular sealing surface is configured to face a rotating structure to inhibit fluid leakage between the rotating structure and the annular sealing surface, and each seal segment of the plurality of seal segments is configured for independent radial movement relative to other seal segments of the plurality of seal segments. In various embodiments, the plurality of spring components are configured to bias the plurality of seal segments relative to the radial movement.

Abstract: The invention concerns an aircraft propelled by a turbine engine having contrarotating fans (7, 8), the turbine engine being incorporated at the rear of a fuselage (1) of the aircraft, in the extension of same and comprising at least two gas generators (2a, 2b) that supply, via a shared central stream (4), a power turbine (3), the turbine (3) comprising two contrarotating rotors (5, 6) for driving two fans (7,8) disposed downstream from the gas generators (2a, 2b), said aircraft comprising means (15) arranged for separating the gas flow in the power turbine (3) into at least two concentric streams (16, 17) and a device comprising first means for distributing the gas flow (21-24) between said streams (16, 17) from the central stream (4), the first distribution means being configured to be able to open or close the supply of at least one so-called sealable stream (16) of the streams (16, 17) of the power turbine (3).

Abstract: A sump pressurization system comprising an off-board source of pressurized air is provided to supplement pressurized air to a bearing sump arrangement when the operating conditions of the gas turbine engine are such that the on-board pressurized air source, e.g. the compressor of the gas generator, are such that the air pressure generated thereby is insufficient to pressurize a sump pressurization cavity. A gas turbine engine comprising such a sump pressurization system is also provided, as is a corresponding method for operating a gas turbine engine to facilitate reducing leakage of lubrication oil.

Abstract: A system and method for coupling cases associated with an engine of an aircraft. A first case includes a first plurality of threads. A second case includes a second plurality of threads. A coupler includes a third plurality of threads and a fourth plurality of threads. An interface is configured to align the first case and the second case before the first plurality of threads engage the third plurality of threads or the second plurality of threads engage the fourth plurality of threads.

Abstract: A multi-lobe exhaust mixer has an annular body composed of a plurality of circumferentially adjacent lobe segments. The lobe segments may be made of a ceramic matrix composite material to reduce the weight of the mixer and ensure proper behavior when exposed to high thermal gradients. Each lobe segment may have partial lobes at circumferentially opposed ends thereof and at least one complete lobe therebetween. The partial lobes of the circumferentially adjacent lobe segments combining to conjointly form complete lobes at the junction between the circumferentially adjacent lobe segments. The partial lobes may be nested into each other to dampen vibrations.

Abstract: A turning apparatus (30) includes an electric motor (41), a moving gear (53) that is movable between a first position at which rotation of an output shaft (43) of the electric motor (41) is able to be transmitted to a rotor (11), and a second position and a third position, which are different from each other and at which rotation of the output shaft (43) is unable to be transmitted to the rotor (11), a movement mechanism (60) configured to move the moving gear (53) between the first position, the second position and the third position, and a control device (61) configured to control the movement mechanism (60) based on a retreat signal such that the moving gear (53) is moved from the first position to the second position and control the movement mechanism (60) based on an adhesion prevention signal such that the moving gear (53) reciprocates between the second position and the third position.

Abstract: Closed thermodynamic cycle systems, such as closed Brayton cycle systems, with regenerative heat exchangers are disclosed. Embodiments include dual regenerators and regenerators with buffer tank systems. Regenerators may be used instead of or in addition to one or more recuperators within the systems, and may be used as a means of gas-gas heat exchange for different streams of a working fluid.

Abstract: An embodiment apparatus draw in a medium low pressure gas by a component cylinder fan, using a vortex system increasing its pressure. Using a split-system, adjustable outlet valve increasing latent heat output. With its Increase latent heat output value, uses a component heating chamber for condensate water absorbs latent heat to pressurized steam conversion for its component steam turbine. System reclaims its water for a cycle thereat. Eliminating range anxiety; Vehicles, Watercrafts, Residential, Commercial or Industrial.

Abstract: A system for rapidly heating a vehicle engine when the engine is below a pre-determined temperature allows for improved fuel efficiency after a vehicle cold-start. The system includes an organic Rankine cycle (ORC) loop having a two-phase ORC fluid traveling circuitously through a conduit. The ORC fluid is vaporized by a power electronics cooling device and by an evaporator in thermal communication with exhaust waste heat. The vaporized ORC fluid is passed through an expander to generate electrical power. When the vehicle engine is below the pre-determined temperature, heat from the vaporized ORC fluid is transferred directly or indirectly to the engine. When the vehicle engine is at or above the pre-determined temperature, heat from the vaporized ORC fluid is instead transferred to an alternate heat sink.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for data center cooling by vaporizing fuel using data center waste heat. The systems include, for instance, an electricity-generating assembly, a liquid fuel storage, and a heat transfer system. The electricity-generating assembly generates electricity from a fuel vapor for supply to the data center. The liquid fuel storage is coupled to supply the fuel vapor, and the heat transfer system is associated with the data center and the liquid fuel storage. In an operational mode, the heat transfer system transfers the data center waste heat to the liquid fuel storage to facilitate vaporization of liquid fuel to produce the fuel vapor for supply to the electricity-generating assembly. The system may be implemented with the liquid fuel storage and heat transfer system being the primary fuel vapor source, or a back-up fuel vapor source.

Abstract: A supercritical carbon dioxide power generation system is provided. The supercritical carbon dioxide power generation system may include a regenerator, a turbine, a heat recoverer, a condenser, a compressor an expansion valve, a flash tank, a heat exchanger, and an ejector, and may utilize waste heat of the supercritical carbon dioxide power generation system.

Abstract: An anti-rotation guide for a lifter in an overhead valve valvetrain. The anti-rotation guide includes a plug having two lobes connected through a neck region. A first lobe of the plug is held within a bore in the lifter. The bore forms an opening at the edge of the lifter through which the neck of the plug emerges. The bore in the lifter accommodates a first lobe of the plug that is wider than the opening in the edge of the lifter, whereby the plug is shaped to prevent its slipping from the lifter through the opening. The lifter reciprocates in a first bore in the cylinder head. The second lobe of the plug extends outward from the lifter into a second bore formed in the cylinder head and adjoining the first bore. The second lobe reciprocates in the second bore and limits rotation of the lifter.

Abstract: A rocker arm includes a pivot portion that is journaled by a rocker arm shaft, a contact portion that projects from the pivot portion to a side of a valve cam, and a pressing portion that projects from the pivot portion to a side of a valve. While including a slipper projecting from the pivot portion in outer side in an axial direction to a side of a camshaft, an overhead valve actuation mechanism for the engine includes a stopper portion with which the slipper comes in contact when the rocker arm swings and reaches a predetermined position at a position opposing the slipper.

Abstract: A replaceable hydraulic lash adjuster and method for assembling such are disclosed. The replaceable hydraulic lash adjuster includes a body, a piston, a check valve and a spring. The body configured to be received in and released from a compartment of a rocker arm. The body including a sidewall surrounding a floor. The floor including a passage that extends between an upper cavity and a lower cavity of the body. The piston disposed in the lower cavity. The piston defining a pocket. A check valve is disposed inside the lower cavity and a spring is disposed inside the pocket. The replacable hydraulic lash adjuster is configured to be slidingly removeable from the rocker arm.

Abstract: A continuous variable valve duration apparatus may include a camshaft, a first and second cam portions, first and inside brackets transmitting rotation of the camshaft to the first and second cam portions respectively, a slider housing of which the first and second inside brackets are rotatably inserted thereto, cam caps of which each cam cap engaging portion is rotatably connected thereto, a connecting bracket connecting the cam caps and of which a guide opening for the guide protruded portion to be inserted thereto for guiding movement of the slider housing is formed thereto, a slider pin rotatably inserted into the first sliding opening and slidably inserted into the camshaft, a cam pin of which a cam opening for the cam to be slidably inserted thereto is formed and rotatably inserted into the second sliding opening and a controller selectively changing a position of the slider housing.

Abstract: A camshaft phaser includes an input member and an output member defining an advance chamber and a retard chamber; a valve spool moveable along an axis between an advance position and a retard position and having a valve spool bore with a phasing volume and a venting volume defined therein such that the phasing volume is fluidly segregated from the venting volume, the valve spool having a first spool supply passage and a second spool supply passage which is diametrically opposed to the first spool recirculation passage. The first spool supply passage and the second spool supply passage each provide a path for pressurized oil to be supplied to the phasing volume from an oil source.

Abstract: A front plate for a valve timing control device is produced which comprises a plate part that closes a front opening of a housing body to seal operation oil chambers in the housing body and a cylindrical part that is integral with and projected forward from an opened central portion of the plate part and after production of the front plate, an annular part of a front surface of the plate part near a root portion of the cylindrical part is pressed, by a press machine, toward a rear surface of the plate part against a supporting tool that intimately supports the rear surface of the plate part, so that the rear surface of the plate part has an improved flatness at an annular area surrounding the opening of the front plate thereby to increase a sealability between the plate part and the front opening of the housing body.

Abstract: An engine lubrication structure supplies oil stored in an oil pan disposed under a crank case to individual components in the crank case, and includes: a turbocharger which compresses intake air with exhaust gas of an engine; an oil passage which supplies oil to the turbocharger; and an oil return passage which returns oil from the turbocharger to the oil pan, and the crank case is provided with a connection port of the oil return passage, and the connection port is disposed below an oil surface that occurs during operation of the engine and above an oil surface that occurs when a side stand is used.

Abstract: An oil separator is provided with a case that has an air inlet and a plurality of expansion chambers formed within the case. Air that contains oil is introduced into the case via the inlet and caused to strike a impingement plate to thereby separate the oil from the introduced air and recover the oil. The transverse cross-sectional area of each expansion chamber is greater than the open area of the inlet. Partition walls with orifice holes formed therein are provided between the expansion chambers.

Abstract: The muffler for a motorized vehicle includes a housing with an inlet chamber and an outlet chamber, an exhaust inlet, and an exhaust outlet. The muffler includes a first channel with a first noise dampening amount that is within the housing interior, to fluidly connect the inlet chamber and the outlet chamber. The muffler includes second channel with a second noise dampening amount that is within the housing interior between the inlet chamber and the outlet chamber. The first noise dampening amount is greater than the second noise dampening amount. A valve selectively fluidly connects the inlet chamber and the outlet chamber thorough the second channel, and is configured to variably obstruct the flow of exhaust gas through the second channel. In various embodiments, the muffler has more than one inlet chamber and more than one exhaust outlet.

Abstract: A system for recovering electrical energy and water from exhaust gasses. The system includes a thermoelectric generator to produce electricity from the waste heat of the exhaust gasses of internal combustion engines and the like. The exhaust is cooled by the thermoelectric generator, air cycle machine and other heat absorbing devise which, through work, reduce the exhaust gas temperature and promote condensation of the water.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a system may include a gas turbine system. the gas turbine system includes a gas turbine, an after-treatment system that may receive exhaust gases from the gas turbine system, and a controller that may receive inputs and model operational behavior of an industrial plant based on the inputs. The industrial plant may include the gas turbine and the after-treatment system. The controller may also determine one or more operational parameter setpoints for the industrial plant, select the one or more operational parameter setpoints that reduce an output of a cost function, and apply the one or more operational parameter setpoints to control the industrial plant.

Abstract: Disclosed are SCR predictive control systems, methods for using such control systems, and motor vehicles with SCR employing predictive control. A method for regulating operation of an SCR system includes receiving sensor signals indicative of NOx output downstream from an SCR catalyst, and sensor signals indicative of exhaust gas temperature upstream from the SCR catalyst. The method determines if a model error condition has occurred for the NOx output signal and, responsive to such an occurrence, modulating dosing injector output for at least a calibrated designated time period. Upon expiration of the designated time period, the dosing injector is activated and commanded to inject reductant in accordance with a modulated dosing value. After the dosing injector injects the modulated dosing value of reductant, the method determines if the SCR system is underdosing or overdosing based on a response shape of signals received from the outlet NOx content sensor.

Abstract: A method for increasing a catalytic efficiency of a catalyst, comprising providing a catalyst. Finally, the catalyst is installed into a selective catalytic reduction system of an aftertreatment system configured to reduce constituents of an exhaust gas generated by an engine. The catalyst is soaked in a liquid which consists essentially of one of water or a water-comprising solution. The soaking occurs at least one of before or after installing the catalyst in the selective catalytic reduction system. The catalyst can include a copper zeolite catalyst.

Abstract: The present techniques are directed to a system and methods for operating a gas turbine system. An exemplary gas turbine system includes an oxidant system, a fuel system, and a control system. A combustor is adapted to receive and combust an oxidant from the oxidant system and a fuel from the fuel system to produce an exhaust gas. A catalyst unit including an oxidation catalyst that includes an oxygen storage component is configured to reduce the concentration of oxygen in the exhaust gas to form a low oxygen content product gas.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a heating system for an exhaust gas treatment system. The heating system comprises a first heating element comprising a receiving surface for receiving a reductant fluid and a second heating element, which may surround the first heating element. The second heating element may be a thermochemincal or thermophysical device. In a first mode of operation the second heating element is arranged to receive thermal energy from engine exhaust gas. In second mode of operation the second heating element transfers thermal energy to heat the first heating element.

Abstract: A thermoelectric generating system for a vehicle, the thermoelectric generating system includes an engine for producing power, a thermoelectric module for producing electric energy from thermal energy of an exhaust gas generated by the engine, a purifying device for purifying the exhaust gas generated by the engine, and a controller for driving the thermoelectric module when a temperature of the purifying device arrives at a predetermined operational temperature.

Abstract: An exhaust treatment fluid system includes a tank housing for storing an exhaust treatment fluid. A suction tube includes a first end positioned within the housing. A first sensor is positioned within the tank housing for determining at least one of a fluid level and a concentration of the exhaust treatment fluid. A skirt is positioned in the tank to peripherally surround the first sensor.

Abstract: A radiator for cooling a heated coolant includes an air guide for preventing heat damage. The air guide is adapted to allow air entering into the radiator due to the operation of a cooling fan to flow into a gear box of a fan clutch, wherein the cooling fan is installed at an inside of the vehicle and is activated by the fan clutch. The air guide can be installed above the cooling fan and thus allow air entering due to the operation of the cooling fan to flow horizontally, and further allow the air to flow vertically and downwardly such that the air is ejected downwardly towards a region where the gear box is installed.

Abstract: Provided is an engine cooling system including: a first coolant circulation channel passing through an engine; a second coolant circulation channel bypassing the engine; an electric water pump (EWP); a connection channel connecting the first coolant circulation channel and the second coolant circulation channel; an electromagnetic valve arranged in the connection channel to change a flow rate of a coolant passing through the engine and flowing from the first coolant circulation channel to the second coolant circulation channel; an EGR cooler, a heater core, and an exhaust heat collection device arranged in the second coolant circulation channel; and a control unit, wherein closing of the electromagnetic valve is prohibited if there is an actuation request of the EGR cooler, the heater core, and the exhaust heat collection device when there is a valve closing request of the electromagnetic valve.

Abstract: Use of the hydraulically driven device in a series configuration with a minimally restrictive turbocharger is defined which will allow a very responsive and powerful boosting system to reach boost levels of 4-5 pressure ratio (PR) to support and enable OEM engine downsizing trends. An electric supercharger is also considered. A hydraulic drive assists to increase the acceleration rate of a turbocharger impeller/turbine shaft assembly and provide a secondary means of driving the compressor impeller at lower engine speeds where exhaust gases alone does not generate adequate shaft speeds to create significant induction boost. The hydraulic circuit includes a dual displacement motor, which provides high torque for acceleration yet converts to a single motor for high-speed operation. When the exhaust driven turbine function allows compressor speeds, beyond which the hydraulic system can contribute, a slip clutch allows disengagement of the hydraulic drive.

Abstract: A supercharger includes a turbine housing, a bypass port, and a reinforcing member. The turbine housing includes a bypass passage allowing exhaust gas to flow by bypassing a turbine chamber. The bypass port is fixed to the turbine housing, and the waste gate valve is configured to abut against a first surface of the bypass port when the waste gate valve is closed. The reinforcing member is disposed at a part of the turbine housing that supports the bypass port. The reinforcing member is formed of a material higher in rigidity than a material constituting the turbine housing and is configured to abut against a second surface of the bypass port. The second surface is on a side opposite to the first surface of the bypass port. The reinforcing member extends from the second surface toward an outer side of the turbine housing.

Abstract: Disclosed is a high-pressure energy storage thermal energy power machine. A gasifier is arranged on an exhaust duct on a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine. The gasifier is provided with gasifying plates in the direction of parallel air flow. Gas holes are arranged on the gasifying plates. The bottom portion of the gasifier is provided with a working medium inlet. Gasifying plates are distributed with gaps. Gas holes are distributed in an array on the gasifying plates. An energy storage chamber is arranged on the cylinder head. The gasifier is connected to the energy storage chamber. The energy storage chamber is connected to a high-pressure valve. The high-pressure valve is arranged on the cylinder head and above the cylinder block. The ratio of the volume of the energy storage chamber to the volume of the cylinder of the internal combustion engine is 1:1-3.

Abstract: A variable length connecting rod includes a connecting rod body, an eccentric member, a first piston mechanism, a second piston mechanism and a flow-direction switching mechanism. The eccentric member, the first piston member, the second piston member and the flow-direction switching mechanism are provided in the connecting rod body. The first piston mechanism and the second piston mechanism are configured to pivot the eccentric member. The connecting rod body has a control oil passage that communicates with a first opening of the connecting rod and the flow-direction switching mechanism. The flow-direction switching mechanism is switched between the first state and the second state by switching pins. The switching pins are disposed in the connecting rod body such that directions in which the switching pins are operated are angled with respect to a plane perpendicular to an axis of the first opening.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a four-stroke reciprocating piston engine in a V configuration having 16 cylinders, having a counter-clockwise direction of rotation, having an ignition timing control which fires the cylinders A1 to A8 and B1 to B8 in one of the following firing sequences, wherein the direction of rotation and the cylinder numbering are defined in accordance with DIN ISO 1204: a) A1-B2-A5-B4-A7-B8-A3-A8-B5-A6-B7-A2-B3-A4-B1-B6 b) A1-B2-A5-A2-B3-A4-B1-A8-B5-A6-B7-B4-A7-B8-A3-B6 c) A1-B4-A3-B2-A7-B6-A5-B8-B3-A8-B7-A4-B5-A2-B1-A6 d) A1-B4-A3-B2-B5-A2-B1-A6-B3-A8-B7-A4-A7-B6-A5-B8 e) A1-B2-A6-B4-A8-A4-B1-A7-B6-A5-B8-A2-B3-B7-A3-B5 f) A1-B2-A6-B4-A8-B7-A3-A7-B6-A5-B8-A2-B3-A4-B1-B5 g) A1-B2-A6-A2-B3-A4-B1-A7-B6-A5-B8-B4-A8-B7-A3-B5 h) A1-B4-A3-B2-A8-B5-A6-B7-B3-A7-B8-A4-B6-A2-B1-A5 i) A1-B4-B8-A4-B6-A2-B1-A5-B3-A7-A3-B2-A8-B5-A6-B7 j) A1-B4-A3-B2-B6-A2-B1-A5-B3-A7-B8-A4-A8-B5-A6-B7 k) A1-B2-A6-B5-A8-A5-B1-A7-B6-A4-B8-A2-B3-B7-A3-B4 l) A1-B2-A6-B5-A8-B7-A3-A7-B6-A4-B8-A2-B3-A5-B1-B4

Abstract: An oil filter layout structure for an internal combustion engine for a motorcycle. An exhaust pipe connected to an exhaust port extends rearwardly beneath the internal combustion engine along a longitudinal direction of the motorcycle. An oil pan is disposed below the internal combustion engine, the oil pan having one of left and right side walls spaced along a transverse direction of the motorcycle. The one side wall is inclined downwardly toward a center of the motorcycle. The exhaust pipe is disposed closely to the side wall. An oil filter is mounted on the internal combustion engine and disposed below the internal combustion engine in overlapping relation to the oil pan as viewed in side elevation, near the other of the left and right side walls of the oil pan.