Abstract: A recirculation valve of an exhaust gas recirculation apparatus includes: a valve housing having a gas inlet into which a recirculation gas flows, a gas outlet from which the recirculation gas is discharged, and an intermediate inlet disposed between the gas inlet and the gas outlet; and a valve body selectively opening and closing the gas inlet and the intermediate inlet.

Abstract: An EGR cooler in the disclosure includes: a gas path configured to allow an EGR gas to flow; a refrigerant path configured to perform heat exchange between the EGR gas circulating along the gas path and a refrigerant; an exothermic body containing portion configured such that an exothermic body to generate heat by adsorbing a predetermined working gas is contained within the EGR cooler and at least a part of the exothermic body contacts with a wall surface of the gas path; a working gas tank in which the working gas is stored; and a gas moving apparatus configured to move the working gas stored in the working gas tank, from the working gas tank to the exothermic body containing portion.

Abstract: A tube (10) for an exhaust gas cooler comprises at least two projections (14), developed on the inside, of which at least one, implemented closer to the gas inlet, is developed lower in the direction toward the tube axis than at least one that is implemented closer to the gas outlet. An exhaust gas cooler comprises at least one such tube.

Abstract: An exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) cooler may include a housing forming the receiving space and in which a coolant inflow hole and a coolant exhaust hole are respectively formed so that a coolant of the cylinder block flows into and out, a cover plate mounted on the housing to close the receiving space and in which an exhaust gas inflow hole and an exhaust gas outflow hole are respectively formed so that an exhaust gas flows into and out, a core including both side caps in which a penetration hole respectively connected to the exhaust gas inflow hole and the exhaust gas outflow hole in the receiving space and a tube through which the exhaust gas communicates while connecting both the side caps to each other, and a connector respectively connecting the penetration hole of the cap to the exhaust gas inflow hole and the exhaust gas outflow hole of the cover plate.

Abstract: An exhaust gas cooler (10) comprises at least one exhaust gas channel (16) defined by at least one wall that, at the inlet (12), comprises at least one edge substantially perpendicular to the direction of flow, and is distinguished thereby that at least one edge is covered by a cap (22) defining an air gap toward the edge. An exhaust gas recirculation system comprises at least one such exhaust gas cooler.

Abstract: Device for heat transfer and method for making it, the device having a housing with a heat exchanger disposed within and completely enclosed by the housing having a receiving element and cover element integrated within receiving element. First fluid flows through heat exchanger to be cooled; another fluid flows around heat exchanger. Heat transfer elements are shaped as a plate of a first jacket element and a second jacket element as well as a fin element; each includes a throughflow sector for inflow and outflow of first fluid. Each throughflow sector is developed on a front face of heat transfer element. Fin element has a lesser dimension in a longitudinal direction than jacket elements and is disposed therebetween such that in the proximity of a second front face, located distally to first front face, a free region is developed for deflecting direction of flow of first fluid.

Abstract: An example system can include a radio-frequency power source and a resonator. The resonator can be configured to be electromagnetically coupled to the radio-frequency power source and can have a resonant wavelength. The resonator can include: a first conductor, a second conductor, and a dielectric between the first conductor and the second conductor. The resonator can also be configured such that, when the resonator is excited by the radio-frequency power source with a signal having a wavelength proximate to an odd-integer multiple of one-quarter of the resonant wavelength, the resonator provides at least one of a plasma corona or electromagnetic waves. The system can also include a fuel conduit configured to couple to a fuel source and having one or more outlets for expelling fuel, where at least a portion of the fuel conduit is arranged proximate to the dielectric.

Abstract: An oxygen separation device includes a substrate and an oxygen ion transport membrane supported on the substrate. The substrate has an air inlet end and a retentate outlet end. An intake air passageway extends through the substrate from the air inlet end to the retentate outlet end. The oxygen ion transport membrane is between the substrate and the intake air passageway and is adapted to separate oxygen atoms from the air in the intake air passageway and to transport the oxygen atoms to the substrate. The oxygen separation device collects the oxygen from the substrate for supply to an internal combustion engine for use as the gas of the gas-fuel mixture.

Abstract: Example implementations relate to electromagnetic wave modification of fuel in a jet engine. An example implementation includes a jet engine. The jet engine includes a combustion chamber, a radio-frequency power source, and a fuel conduit configured to provide a fuel to the combustion chamber. In addition, the jet engine includes a resonator configured to electromagnetically couple to the radio-frequency power source and having a resonant wavelength. The resonator includes a first conductor, a second conductor, and a dielectric between the first conductor and the second conductor. The resonator is configured such that, when the resonator is excited by the radio-frequency power source with a signal having a wavelength proximate to an odd-integer multiple of one-quarter (¼) of the resonant wavelength, the resonator radiates electromagnetic waves usable to modify (i) the fuel within the fuel conduit or (ii) a fuel mixture, which includes the fuel, within the combustion chamber.

Abstract: Example implementations relate to electromagnetic wave modification of fuel in a power-generation turbine. An example implementation includes a power-generation turbine. The power-generation turbine includes a combustion chamber, a radio-frequency power source, and a fuel conduit configured to provide a fuel to the combustion chamber. In addition, the power-generation turbine includes a resonator configured to electromagnetically couple to the radio-frequency power source and having a resonant wavelength. The resonator includes a first conductor, a second conductor, and a dielectric between the first conductor and the second conductor.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel apparatus and method for the gasification of liquid petroleum fuel (gasoline), that has been atomized and emulsified with atmospheric air, by implementing a multi-Stage Heat Exchanger System. The first stage employs a spigot mounted carburetor or fuel injection unit, positioned in a straight line laminar flow path, flowing into an exhaust gas heated “Shell and Tube” style heat exchanger unit. In the second stage, the already heated gasoline vapor mixture then flows into an attached compressor housing inlet of a “Draw through Turbine Heat Exchanger Compressor” component, which through an impeller means, further heats and compresses the vaporous air and gasoline mixture. The third stage, utilizes an “Exhaust Gas Heat Exchanger Coil” or alternative “Heat Exchanger Sphere”, which is fitted internally, into conduction heated metal open plenum style intake manifold.

Abstract: Systems and methods for thermal management of a direct injection propane fuel system are disclosed that include control a temperature of the fuel tank at or below a desired operating temperature to avoid venting of fuel to atmosphere.

Abstract: A system for feeding air to an engine of a vehicle includes a heat exchanger arranged along a duct for feeding air, downstream of a supercharging compressor, to cool a flow of air fed by the air compressor, by a fluid that circulates in an engine cooling circuit. The system also includes an evaporator, interposed in the duct downstream of the heat exchanger, to further cool the air flow by a coolant that circulates in an air conditioning circuit of the vehicle. The air conditioning circuit includes a coolant compressor and a controller for controlling activation of the coolant compressor, depending on a request for air conditioning of a passenger compartment of the vehicle, and a request for cooling the air fed to the engine. The electronic controller is configured to enable the coolant compressor to be activated only when the engine load is below a certain threshold.

Abstract: An intake port may include a short port and a long port. The short port may include a main extension portion extending from an intake air inlet; a main inclined portion inclined at a predetermined angle from the main extension portion toward a center of a cylinder; a main vertical portion which bends downward toward the cylinder from the main inclined portion; and a main intake air outlet formed at an end portion of the main vertical portion. The long port may include an auxiliary extension portion extending from the main extension portion; an auxiliary vertical portion bending downward toward the cylinder from the auxiliary extension portion; and a partition wall portion between the auxiliary extension portion and the auxiliary vertical portion, which allows the intake air to flow in a direction opposite to a direction in which the intake air introduced into the cylinder through the short port flows.

Abstract: An intake port may include a short port and a long port. The short port may include a main extension portion extending from an intake air inlet; a main inclined portion inclined at a predetermined angle from the main extension portion toward a center of a cylinder; a main vertical portion bending downward toward the cylinder from the main inclined portion; and a main intake air outlet formed at an end portion of the main vertical portion. The long port may include an auxiliary extension portion extending from the main extension portion; an auxiliary inclined portion which is inclined at a predetermined angle from the auxiliary extension portion toward the center of the cylinder and inclined at a predetermined angle downward toward the cylinder; an auxiliary vertical portion bending downward from the auxiliary inclined portion; and an auxiliary intake air outlet at an end portion of the auxiliary vertical portion.

Abstract: The present connection structure of an intake pipe is a connection structure of an intake pipe for an engine head. The connection structure includes a partition wall member partitioning an intake passage along its axial direction and being inserted into the engine head, and an elastic gasket having a frame shape provided between the engine head and the intake pipe to seal therebetween. The intake pipe is provided at its connection end portion with an elastic body that presses the partition wall member in its insertion direction.

Abstract: A blow-by gas processing device includes a blow-by gas pipe through which blow-by gas flows. A peripheral wall of the blow-by gas pipe is provided with a plurality of communication holes arranged in an extending direction of the blow-by gas pipe. A farthest communication hole, which is a communication hole located farthest from a base end of the blow-by gas pipe in the extending direction among the plurality of communication holes, is provided in a distal end portion of the blow-by gas pipe. A guide wall portion is provided in a part of the peripheral wall, which is located on the opposite side of a central axis of the blow-by gas pipe from a position of the farthest communication hole. The guide wall portion approaches the blow-by gas introduced portion as the guide wall portion extends toward a distal end of the blow-by gas pipe in the extending direction.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for generating vacuum via a throttle. In one example, a method may comprise rotating the throttle to a first fully closed position to provide vacuum to a first vacuum consumption device and rotating the throttle to a second fully closed position to provide vacuum to a second vacuum consumption device. The method may further include rotating the throttle to a partially closed position to provide vacuum to both the first and second vacuum consumption devices.

Abstract: An air cleaner assembly includes an air cleaner body into which air flows from outside, an air cleaner cover which is fastened to the air cleaner body and from which the filtered air is exhausted, and an air filter installed between the air cleaner body and the air cleaner cover to filter foreign material, and which is installed at an intake pipe introducing air into an engine from outside, where a diffuser guiding the exhaust of the filtered air is installed at the air cleaner cover; and the supporting member, which supports an outside surface of the diffuser on the air cleaner body and the air cleaner cover and allows air to pass in a longitudinal direction of the diffuser, is installed at the air cleaner body and the air cleaner cover, respectively, thereby supporting the diffuser and tuning the intake sound by the air flowing therein.

Abstract: A fuel injector is disclosed. The fuel injector may have an injector body having a fuel inlet and at least one orifice. The fuel injector may also have a first check valve member. The first check valve member may be selectively movable to fluidly block a first flow of fuel from the fuel inlet to the at least one orifice. The fuel injector may have a second check valve member. The second check valve member may be selectively movable to fluidly block a second flow of fuel from the fuel inlet to the at least one orifice. The fuel injector may also have a control valve assembly. The control valve assembly may be configured to selectively operate either the first check valve or both the first check valve and the second check valve to fluidly connect the fuel inlet and the at least one orifice.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electromagnetically controllable suction valve (1) for a high-pressure fuel pump (2), comprising a magnet assembly (3) and a hydraulic module (4), the hydraulic module (4) engaging at least in sections in an annular magnet coil (5) of the magnet assembly (3). According to the invention, a heat-conducting material (6) and/or a heat-conducting body (7) is/are arranged between the magnet coil (5) and the hydraulic module (4). The invention further relates to a method for producing an electromagnetically actuatable suction valve (1).

Abstract: A method for controlling a vehicle includes: receiving a detection signal to perform an idle stop and go (ISG) function; and controlling the vehicle to enter into an ISG state where a fuel supply to an engine is cut off and the engine stops when the vehicle decelerates or stops in response to the detection signal. The detection signal includes a fuel cut off signal that is in on state when the vehicle decelerates and in off state at a reference revolution per minute (RPM) of the engine, a gear engagement signal, and a brake pedal signal indicating whether the brake pedal of the vehicle is operated. A controller of the vehicle generates an ISG entry signal based on the fuel cut off signal, the gear engagement signal, and the brake pedal signal to enter the vehicle into the ISG state.

Abstract: A method for controlling a vehicle includes: receiving a detection signal required to perform an idle stop and go (ISG) function; and controlling the vehicle to enter into an ISG state where a fuel supply to an engine is cut off and the engine stops when the vehicle decelerates or stops in response to the detection signal. The detection signal includes a fuel cut off signal in on state when the vehicle decelerates and in off state at a reference revolution number of the engine, a gear engagement signal, a clutch pedal signal indicating whether a clutch pedal operating a clutch is operated, and a brake pedal signal indicating whether a brake pedal is operated. A controller generates an ISG entry signal based on the fuel cut off signal, the gear engagement signal, the clutch pedal signal, and the brake pedal signal to enter the vehicle into the ISG state.

Abstract: A method for controlling a mild hybrid vehicle may include receiving, by a controller, navigation information; determining, by the controller, whether a road on which the mild hybrid vehicle travels is in a dangerous area based on the navigation information; and releasing, by the controller, an idle stop and go state in which fuel supply to an engine of the mild hybrid vehicle is interrupted and the engine is stopped when the mild hybrid vehicle is stopped when it is determined that the road on which the mild hybrid vehicle travels is in the dangerous area.

Abstract: A device for increasing torque of a crankshaft pulley includes: a pulley surrounding a crankshaft and connected to engine accessories; a planetary gear set having first, second, and third rotary elements, wherein the rotary element is always fixed to the pulley, the second rotary element is always fixed to the crankshaft, and the third rotary element is operated as a selective fixed element; a one-way clutch disposed between the first rotary element and the second rotary element to transmit rotational force only in a direction from the first rotary element to the second rotary element; and a first bearing disposed between the crankshaft and the first rotary element.

Abstract: A barrier-discharge-type ignition apparatus that can accurately determine the application voltage, of a barrier ignition plug, that causes a non-ignition discharge to occur. In the barrier-discharge-type ignition apparatus, in a combustion assist control, the voltage difference between the one-period-prior application voltage and the present-period application voltage in the AC period is calculated based on an application voltage detected by a voltage detection circuit; then, it is determined whether or not a discharge exists in the barrier ignition plug, based on the comparison between the voltage difference and a preliminarily set discharge determination threshold value.

Abstract: An example system can include a radio-frequency power source, a resonator, and a plasma-distributing structure. The resonator can include an electrode having a first concentrator. The resonator can be configured to provide a plasma corona when excited by the power source with a signal having a wavelength proximate to an odd-integer multiple of one-quarter of a resonant wavelength of the resonator. The plasma-distributing structure can be arranged proximate to the plasma corona provided by the resonator and include a second concentrator. When the power source excites the resonator with the signal, an electric field can be concentrated at the first concentrator and the plasma corona can be provided proximate to the first concentrator. Further, when the plasma corona is provided proximate to the first concentrator and the plasma-distributing structure is at a predetermined voltage, an additional plasma corona can be established proximate to the second concentrator.

Abstract: Example implementations relate to magnetic direction of a plasma corona provided proximate to a resonator. An example implementation includes a system. The system includes a radio-frequency power source. The system also includes a resonator configured to electromagnetically couple to the radio-frequency power source. The resonator includes a dielectric between a first conductor and a second conductor. The resonator also includes an electrode configured to electromagnetically couple to the first conductor and including a concentrator. The resonator is configured to provide a plasma corona proximate to the concentrator when excited by the radio-frequency power source. Still further, the system includes a magnetic-field source configured to provide a magnetic field proximate to the concentrator so as to modify at least one feature of the plasma corona.

Abstract: A breastshot waterwheel is configured to extract energy from an incoming water flow. The waterwheel is rotatable about an axis and comprises a plurality of paddles, each of the said paddles being in communication with the incoming water flow for a respective water receiving portion of a rotation cycle of the waterwheel about the axis. During the water receiving portion of the rotation cycle for a said paddle, the incoming water flow flows onto a water receiving surface of the paddle. The water receiving surface extends between first and second ends of the paddle. The first end is upstream of the second end and is configured such that, during at least a portion of said water receiving portion of the rotation cycle for said paddle, the incoming water flow flows in a substantially horizontal direction across said first end of the paddle onto an upstream portion of the water receiving surface.

Abstract: The present invention is a reversible pump-turbine installation position in a vertical shaft instead of in a conventional underground powerhouse or deep concrete powerhouse. The required plant cavitation coefficient may be achieved by simply boring a vertical shaft to the required depth rather than routing the water flow to and from a deeply buried powerhouse. A pneumatically controlled pressure relief valve may be incorporated into this invention.

Abstract: Apparatus comprising a floating platform, a cylinder connected thereto, and a piston having a piston rod connected to a mooring at the sea floor. At least one penstock tube is in fluid connection at its lower end with a lower portion of the cylinder, below the piston. The penstock tube being provided along the cylinder and has an opening at the upper end arranged so that water pumped upwards in the at least one penstock tube will hit a water turbine arranged above the cylinder. The water turbine being in connection with a generator. The cylinder has an opening in an upper portion and in the lower portion thereof, provided with a one-way valve allowing water into the lower portion of the cylinder while the cylinder moves downwards, and when the platform rises, water will be refilled in the upper section through the opening.

Abstract: A rotating apparatus comprising a base, at least two elongate retaining arms extending a length between first and second ends, each of the at least two retaining arms rotatably supported by the base along a horizontal axis proximate to the second end and a slot extending through each of the at least two retaining arms from the first end of each of the at least two retaining arms. The apparatus further comprises a ball retained within the slot, and a concave ball guide secured to the base wherein the concave ball guide is passed through the slot as the at least two retaining arms are moved therepast.

Abstract: A vertical axis wind turbine includes two or more cells arranged one above the other along a vertical machine axis, wherein each of the cells includes a plurality of vertical blades which are arranged within the cell distributed on a concentric circle about the machine axis and which are connected so as to be able to move together on this circle and which are rotationally fixed with a main shaft, and wherein the blades in the cell are each individually mounted so as to be able to rotate about a vertical axis of rotation which in particular runs internally through them.

Abstract: A nacelle for a wind power installation, a rotor for a wind power installation, a wind power installation, use of a planetary-gearbox-free electric actuator drive, a method for wind direction tracking of a nacelle, and a method for rotor blade adjustment of rotor blades of a rotor are provided. Provided is a nacelle for a wind power installation, in particular a wind power installation having a nominal output of more than 3000 kilowatts (kW), having at least one azimuth drive which is used for the wind direction tracking of the nacelle and which is configured as a planetary-gearbox-free electric actuator drive.

Abstract: A rotor blade for a wind turbine is provided. The rotor blade includes an aerodynamic device for influencing the airflow flowing from the leading-edge section of the rotor blade to the trailing edge section of the rotor blade. The aerodynamic device is mounted at a surface of the rotor blade and includes a pneumatic or hydraulic actuator, such as a hose or a cavity, of which the volume depends on the pressure of a fluid being present inside the pneumatic or hydraulic actuator. The rotor blade further includes a control unit for controlling the pressure of the fluid in the hose or the cavity of the aerodynamic device.

Abstract: A method for anchoring a holding means of a transport tool, in particular a sling of a rope for supporting loads, in a wind turbine, the wind turbine includes at least two components connected via a bolt-and-nut arrangement includes multiple pairs of bolts and nuts at opposing flanges, the nuts fastening to the bolts at the upper flange, wherein at least one adapter includes a cylindrical outer holding surface for receiving the holding means is placed atop of at least one nut covering its edges, and the holding means is fastened to the adapter is provided.

Abstract: A method of building an offshore windmill includes, using a 3D-heave-compensated crane, placing on a windmill pedestal a lifting jack having a receiving region, and fixing the lifting jack to the windmill pedestal such that the lifting jack can be later removed, and such that a windmill column can be placed within the receiving region directly on the windmill pedestal. The windmill generator is installed using the 3D-heave-compensated crane. The windmill column is partially erected on the windmill pedestal using the 3D-heave-compensated crane and the lifting jack. Before the windmill is fully erected, windmill blades are placed on the windmill generator using the 3D-heave-compensated crane, and the erection of the windmill column on the windmill pedestal is completed using at least the lifting jack. Using the 3D-heave-compensated crane, the lifting jack is removed from the windmill pedestal.

Abstract: The tool includes a first support element with: a first resting surface for allowing the tool to rest on the floor; a first support surface and a second support surface for respectively supporting on the same a first arm and a second arm of a first support of the subset that supports a low-speed shaft. Between the first support surface and the first resting surface is a first distance that is different from a second distance between the second support surface and the first resting surface. The difference in distances allows the low-speed shaft to be transported in a container according to an inclined orientation, with the maximum dimension thereof oriented according to the diagonal of the container, thereby simplifying the transport costs and logistics.

Abstract: A wind turbine has a drive train that comprises a rotor shaft and a planetary gear train having a first gear stage, the rotor shaft being connected to the planet carrier of the first gear stage in a fixed and backlash-free manner. The rotor shaft is supported, on the side that faces away from the first gear stage, by means of a toroidal roller bearing, on a first carrying structure. The planet carrier that is connected to the rotor shaft in a fixed and backlash-free manner is supported by means of a moment bearing, as a fixed bearing. The outer ring of the moment bearing is connected to a housing. The combination of the outer ring of the moment bearing and the housing is connected to a second carrying structure via at least three elastic suspension elements arranged in an annular manner around the rotor axis.

Abstract: A wind turbine drive system includes a plurality of drive devices, a state quantity detection unit, and a control unit. The plurality of drive devices are provided in a first structure (a nacelle), and a ring gear is provided in a second structure (a tower). Each of the drive devices includes a motor drive portion, a speed reducing portion, and a motor braking portion for braking the motor drive portion. The state quantity detection unit detects a load between a meshing portion of each of the drive devices and the ring gear. Based on the thus detected load for the each of the drive devices, the control unit controls at least one of the motor drive portion and the motor braking portion so as to reduce a degree of variation in the load among the drive devices.

Abstract: A wind turbine transmission includes a high-speed spur gear stage which includes a HSS spur gear and an HSS pinion meshing therewith on a HSS pinion shaft. The HSS spur gear is directly mounted in a transmission housing of the wind turbine transmission. A sun gear shaft of a transmission stage, which is mounted upstream of the high-speed spur gear stage, is directly coupled to the HSS spur gear.

Abstract: Systems and methods for the automated non-destructive inspection of wind turbine blades. A motor-driven track that conforms to the shape of the blade moves along its length. At each spanwise position, the motor-driven track is stopped and then while the motor-driven track is stationary, any one of various types of NDI sensors is moved along the track to collect inspection data on the structure. The track is either segmented or flexible in order to conform to the cross-sectional profile of the blade. In addition, means for tracking the spanwise motion of the motor-driven track along the blade are provided. Optionally, means for avoiding protrusions on the blade that may be in the way during scanning are provided.

Abstract: A self-supporting nacelle structure for wind turbines, adapted to house a transmission assembly, includes a first shaft connected to a wind turbine rotor hub and to a gearbox, and a second shaft connected to the gearbox and to a generator. The nacelle structure further includes a tubular outer shell defining delimiting a space for housing the transmission assembly, a vertical tubular extension with an upper end edge connected to the outer shell and a lower end edge secured to a tower, an inner frame secured to the outer shell and having a plurality of transverse ribs and a plurality of longitudinal ribs joining the transverse ribs, each transverse rib extending in a closed path, completely enclosing the transmission assembly. The outer shell has a portion with a closed cross section, with at least one transverse rib secured thereto to provide the structure with high torsional and flexural stiffness.

Abstract: An engine designed to convert kinetic energy into electrical energy. Kinetic energy is created when cylindrical buoyant object/s fall by force of gravity from a buoyant object staging area onto a tandem dual link chain assembly in the gravity chamber. The tandem dual link chain assembly rotates gear arrangements connected to one or more electricity producing devices which create electrical energy. Before passing through the gravity chamber, by exiting from the tandem dual link chain assembly, the cylindrical buoyant object/s moves levers which cause the next cylindrical buoyant object/s to fall by force of gravity from a buoyant object staging area onto the tandem dual link chain assembly thus creating constant rotation of the gear arrangements connected to the electricity producing devices which create electrical energy.

Abstract: Solar chimney and method for generating power by the solar chimney are provided. The solar chimney includes a chimney; a heat absorbing surface; a transparent cover located above the surface and forming an air pathway with the surface to the entrance to the chimney; one or more integrated turbine-generators at or before the entrance to the chimney for producing electrical power; and a focusing lens focusing solar radiation on a heat exchanging element to heat air at or just before the entrance to the chimney as it flows to the one or more turbines.

Abstract: The invention concerns a floating device for cooperating with an insert via a reversible interlocking connection, comprising a float and having a main hole. In order to propose a floating device adaptable to a very large number of applications, proposing, in particular, an optional multi-step installation, the main hole of such a device is arranged to receive the insert. Moreover, the floating device comprises reversible attachment structure arranged to maintain a relative position of the device along the insert. The invention further concerns a floating system comprising a floating device according to the invention and an insert cooperating with the floating device via a reversible interlocking connection, the insert being designed to produce electrical energy by means of the thermal gradient of the oceans.

Abstract: The fluid driven motor device, which does not use a magnet or an armature coil, includes a motor casing chamber containing a fluid mixture, a shaft disposed within the chamber, and a plurality of ray guns arranged on the periphery of the chamber. The shaft has a plurality of cell holders, onto which a corresponding plurality of membrane cells is attached. Each membrane cell holds a predetermined quantity of a liquid. The membrane cells expand and contract continuously based on the firing of the subatomic rays by the plurality of ray guns. This expansion and contraction cycle causes the shaft to rotate. The device has several advantages such as being very energy and heat efficient, having lesser weight as compared to conventional electromagnetic coil based motors.

Abstract: An injection assembly (100) configured to supply an additive from a reservoir (12) to a fluid in a pipe (1) comprises: a pipe portion (3) and an injection pump comprising: an linear motor (21) comprising a stator (4) and an armature (5) reciprocatingly driven by the stator (4), a pump portion (23) comprising an additive inlet chamber (11), wherein a piston (10) coupled to the armature (5) is configured to reciprocate in said inlet chamber (11), thereby alternatingly compressing and decompressing a volume of said inlet chamber (11), an additive outlet chamber (24) in fluid communication with the pipe portion (23), and a bypass channel (25) between inlet and outlet chambers;

Abstract: A pumping station for a pipeline, in particular an oil or gas pipeline, has a feed pump for delivering a fluid through the pipeline and a combustion engine for driving the feed pump. A hydrostatic system has a hydraulic motor for driving the combustion engine, in order to accelerate same to start-up. The hydraulic system also has a hydraulic pressure accumulator of limited volume which can be filled with a pressurized hydraulic medium to be admitted to the first hydraulic motor, thereby powering the latter. A pressure differential in the hydrostatic system prevailing over the hydraulic motor is variably adjustable, in order to accelerate the combustion engine to a predefined firing speed.

Abstract: A manufacturing method for manufacturing a cylinder for a reciprocating compressor is disclosed. The method comprises the step of manufacturing a compressor barrel comprising a cylinder chamber, a first suction valve seat, fluidly coupled to the cylinder chamber through a respective first gas suction port; and a first delivery valve seat, fluidly coupled to the cylinder chamber through a respective first gas delivery port. The method further comprises the step of manufacturing a gas inlet plenum and further manufacturing a gas discharge plenum, separately from the compressor barrel.