Abstract: A conductive connection between a Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) element and one or more down conductor(s), the CFRP element being electrically conductive and has a face. The conductive connection including an interface conductive patch provided on the face of CFRP element for electrically connecting the CFRP element with the interface conductive patch, the interface conductive patch is electrically connected with the one or more down conductor(s).

Abstract: Wind turbine ice protection control systems and methods for controlling ice protection measures at a wind turbine are provided. The ice protection control system operates in multiple locations: the first being at least one remote wind turbine site and the second at least one offsite control office location. The ice protection control system includes sensors on at least one wind turbine at least one remote site for sensing internal and external environmental conditions and/or wind turbine outputs. The sensors output data which is received by a network at the wind turbine and then sent to a second network at an offsite location where it is analyzed to determine actions to be taken. In this way, multiple wind turbines at multiple wind turbine remote sites can be controlled by a single control system. Systems and methods for creating, retrieving, and storing sensor data within the ice protection control systems are also discussed.

Abstract: A method for performing maintenance uptower of a wind turbine is described. The method begins with positioning a cable spacer relative to a yaw deck toe plate, so a portion of the cable spacer is flush with or above a top portion of the yaw deck toe plate. Prior to positioning the cable spacer, the cables may be moved into a relaxed position. Next, a plurality of adjustable length bracing bar assemblies, which are individually adjustable in length in a space defined between an inner wall of the yaw deck toe plate and the cable spacer, are placed uptower. Each adjustable length bracing bar assembly includes a first end formed with a low friction surface and a second end that is mechanically secured to the yaw deck toe plate. The low friction surface can be formed with rubber, plastic, composite, organic material, inorganic material, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: An elevator cage is used in an energy storage and delivery system to move blocks between a lower elevation of a tower and a higher elevation of a tower to store energy and to move blocks between a higher elevation of the tower and a lower elevation of the tower under force of gravity to generate electricity. The elevator cage removably receives a block thereon and supports the block on at least three sides.

Abstract: A geopressure and geothermal power system includes at least one pressure exchanger configured to receive a production fluid and a working fluid. At least one power generation unit is fluidly coupled to the pressure exchanger. At least one production well is positioned at least partially within a geothermal reservoir and provides the production fluid to the pressure exchanger. The system may also include at least one heat exchanger fluidly coupled to the at least one pressure exchanger and configured to one of, a) receive from and b) provide to, the at least one pressure exchanger the production fluid and the working fluid.

Abstract: An environmental aspect control assembly is configured to control one more environmental aspects. The environmental aspect control assembly may include at least one aspect-controlling portion formed of one or more environmental aspect-controlling materials, and at least one shape-changing actuator operatively connected to the aspect-controlling structure(s). The shape-changing actuator(s) is configured to have a first actuator shape at a first temperature and a second actuator shape at a second temperature that differs from the first temperature. The first actuator shape causes the aspect-controlling structure(s) to form a first structural shape. The second actuator shape causes the aspect-controlling structure(s) to form a second structural shape that differs from the first structural shape.

Abstract: Broadly speaking, the present techniques provide specific arrangements of shape memory alloy (SMA) actuator wires in SMA actuation apparatuses. In one arrangement, a single straight shape memory alloy actuator wire may be used, which may be inclined at an acute angle greater than 0 degrees with respect to a plane normal to the movement direction. In another arrangement, two straight lengths of shape memory alloy actuator wire may be used, where the SMA wires may be inclined at an acute angle greater than 0 degrees with respect to a plane normal to the movement direction.

Abstract: A shape memory alloy actuator assembly comprises a first part, including a surface, a second part which moves relative to the first part across the surface and a resilient biasing element that biases the second part into contact with the first part so as to generate frictional forces therebetween for retaining the second part on the surface. At least one shape memory alloy actuator wire is connected between the first part and the second part and arranged to, on contraction thereof, apply a force to the second part with a component parallel to the surface that drives movement of the second part relative to the first part across the surface. Thus, the second part is retained on the surface when no power is applied to the shape memory alloy wire, and movement is achieved when power is applied.

Abstract: An asymmetric bistable shape memory alloy inertial actuator capable of preventing accidental actuation caused by environmental temperature variations but preserving temperature-related safety features and its use in devices.

Abstract: A device 10 for installation within or on a structure for transferring kinetic energy from a load moving across the structure to a pneumatic or hydraulic system 3 for harvesting this wasted energy. A rocker having an upper surface for passage of the load is pivotally or slidably mounted in a cradle, the cradle housing at least one pneumatic or hydraulic pipe disposed between the rocker and the cradle.

Abstract: A propulsion engine and its use in a vehicle and method for space propulsion of a vehicle in a gravitational field for orbital altitude control or travel in deep space. The propulsion engine of the vehicle employs non-ejectable propellant masses that are accelerated cyclically in a selected average vectorial direction between two random and distinctive points following any random path with a mean central point, thereby generating and amplifying local gravity assist. The acceleration of the non-ejectable propellant masses causes the propulsion engine to accelerate the vehicle away from the source of the gravitational field to a tangential velocity that matches or exceeds the stable tangential velocity to maintain or raise the vehicle to a second stable orbital altitude, or continuously and locally generates gravity assist boost moving through the cosmic gravitational field lines in deep space.

Abstract: An industrial pneumatic pump for a viscous fluid includes a pump body, a pneumatic cylinder, a piston separating first and second chambers, a pump shaft integral with the piston and sliding in a channel, a pressure chamber with inlet and outlet ports for compressed air, and suction and outlet mouths for the viscous fluid. The pump also includes: a connection chamber connected to the chambers, and to the channel; a distributor including a spool connecting the chambers to an air discharge hole and the air outlet port; opposed first and a second pistons acting on the spool, sliding in a first and a second service chamber connected to the channel by ports, the spool including a thickening cooperating with the outlet port to cause a pressure perturbation in the service chambers causing the immediate displacement of the piston to act on the spool.

Abstract: A linear compressor is disclosed. The linear compressor includes a shell, a frame disposed in the shell, the frame comprising a body portion and a flange portion extending in a radial direction from a front of the body portion, a cylinder coupled to an inside of the body portion, a piston disposed in the cylinder and configured to reciprocate axially, a drive unit coupled to a rear surface of the flange portion, a stator cover coupled to a rear surface of the drive unit, and a heat dissipation member coupled to the drive unit and disposed between the rear surface of the flange portion and a front surface of the stator cover.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an inflation pump and inflation device. The inflation pump includes a drive assembly, an inflating assembly, and a detection assembly. One end of the drive assembly is connected to the inflating assembly to provide power for the inflating assembly; one end of the inflating assembly away from the drive assembly is used to connect to a to-be-inflated device, and one side of the inflating assembly near the to-be-inflated device is provided with a detection port; and the detection assembly is connected to the detection port for detecting the air pressure information of the to-be-inflated device.

Abstract: A hydraulic end assembly structure of a plunger pump, comprising a valve housing assembly, a suction gland and a suction pressing cap. The suction gland is connected to the suction pressing cap, and the suction gland is connected to the valve housing assembly through the suction packing seal assembly.

Abstract: A compressor assembly has a pulley assembly and a compressor, with a mounting plate mounted therebetween. The compressor includes a front head, a rear head, and a piston assembly operably mounted between the front head and the rear head. A plurality of case bolts extend through the mounting p late, the front head, and into the rear head.

Abstract: A diaphragm pump includes an actuator, a diaphragm, and first and second pump chambers and deforms to change a volume of the first pump chamber and a volume of the second pump chamber so that fluid flows. The diaphragm is bonded to a first surface and a second surface of the actuator. When the diaphragm is displaced convexly in a direction to the first pump chamber, the second pump chamber is configured to expand and the first pump chamber is configured to contract so that fluid flows into the second pump chamber and fluid flows out of the first pump chamber. When the diaphragm is displaced convexly in a direction to the second pump chamber, the first pump chamber is configured to expand and the second pump chamber is configured to contract so that fluid flows into the first pump chamber and fluid flows out of the second pump chamber.

Abstract: A metering pump system for supplying an aqueous chemical to a destination stock includes a first metering pump and a second metering pump connected to a common suction line and a common discharge line and operable to supply a desired chemical feed rate, an electronic flowrate sensor in communication with one of the common suction line and the common discharge line to measure an actual flowrate of the metering pump system, a controller in communication with the first metering pump, the second metering pump, and the electronic flowrate sensor, a control loop in use implemented by the controller to operate one or more of the first metering pump and the second metering pump to correct a deviation between the desired chemical feed rate and the actual flowrate measured by the electronic flowrate sensor.

Abstract: A driving circuit of fluid pump module includes a microprocessor, a primary boost circuit, and a pump driving circuit is provided. The microprocessor receives an output signal with a large-width variable rectangular waveform, a driving voltage, a first detection current-feedback signal, and a second detection current-feedback signal. The primary boost circuit converts an inputted driving voltage into a direct current with a certain high voltage. The pump driving circuit receives the certain high voltage and is connected with the microprocessor to receive the voltage control signal and the pulse-width modulation (PWM) signal. The secondary boost circuit receives the certain high voltage to boost the certain high voltage into a working voltage for the fluid pump. The operation driving circuit receives the working voltage and provides the pulse-width modulation signal for the fluid pump through the second detection current-feedback signal.

Abstract: A cavitation state identification method driven by vibration data of fluid machinery is disclosed in the present invention, and belongs to the field of big data learning models. According to the present invention, an adaptive neural network is trained by means of a cavitation data set to form a cavitation state identification model, such that vibration signal sequences can be collected online by all vibration sensors arranged at different positions of a target centrifugal pump, the collected vibration signal sequences are input into the cavitation state identification model obtained by training, and a current real-time cavitation intensity of the target centrifugal pump is predicted online. Moreover, the cavitation intensity predicted in the present invention can use a more detailed quantitative label, such that fine-grained prediction about a cavitation development degree is achieved.

Abstract: A flangeless fluid end comprising a fluid end body releasably attached to a connect plate. The connect plate is attached to a power source using stay rods. The flow bores of the fluid end are sealed without threading a retainer nut into the walls of each bore. Instead, the flow bores are sealed by bolting a retainer to the fluid end body. Plungers to drive fluid through the fluid end body are installed within removable stuffing box sleeves. These sleeves are maintained within the plunger bores by the bolted retainers. A number of features, including the location of seals within bore walls and carbide inserts within valve structures, aid in reducing or transferring wear.

Abstract: Apparatus for regulating delivery volume of a displacement pump comprises a displaceable regulating piston and a spring element acting on the regulating piston in a displacement direction (x) thereof. The apparatus further comprises a means for applying a force to the regulating piston against an effective direction (a) of the spring element.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an electric-motor-driven hydraulic pump actuator with two plate-like housing elements which are connected sealingly to one another with the interposition of an intermediate plate in order to form a housing in which a drive shaft is rotatably mounted. In order to improve the functionality and/or simplify manufacture of the electric-motor-driven hydraulic pump actuator, a bearing device for the drive shaft is secured in one of the housing elements by means of a spring device that passes through the intermediate plate via a through-hole through which the drive shaft extends.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a compressor and an air conditioner. The compressor includes a housing; a first rotating shaft mounted in the housing; a connecting assembly sleeved on the first rotating shaft; and a first rotor assembly including a first rotor and a second rotor coaxially disposed on the connecting assembly. The connecting assembly carries the first rotor and the second rotor to rotate about the first rotating shaft together. The connecting assembly is configured to limit the relative positions of the first rotor and the second rotor, such that there exists a clearance between the first rotor and the second rotor. The present disclosure can maintain a clearance between the first rotor and the second rotor without increasing the number of components of the compressor.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of ceasing rotation of a rotor of a vacuum pump. The method comprises the steps of rotating the rotor at an intermediate RPM, at which there is substantially no probability of the rotor clashing with the stator, for a dwell time sufficient for the vacuum pump to be at or below a threshold temperature, and subsequently coasting down the rotation of the rotor until cessation of rotation.

Abstract: A method of operating a compressor includes obtaining a mechanical angle and an angular speed of a rotor, determining an amplitude of a fundamental harmonic of a periodic load torque exerted on the rotor based at least in part on the mechanical angle and a harmonic series representation of the periodic load torque, obtaining a speed error by subtracting the angular speed from a reference angular speed, determining a DC component of the periodic load torque based at least in part on a speed error and a closed loop feedback control algorithm, calculating an electromagnetic torque using the DC component of the periodic load torque and the amplitude of the fundamental harmonic of the periodic load torque, and operating the electric motor to generate the calculated electromagnetic torque on the rotor.

Abstract: A scroll compressor is provided, in which a fastening member fixing portion of a valve fastening member fixes the valve fastening member to a non-orbiting scroll, a valve fixing portion of the valve fastening member fixes a bypass valve to the non-orbiting scroll, and the fastening member fixing portion is located axially farther away from a compression chamber than the valve fixing portion is. This may secure a fastening thickness by which the valve fastening member that fixes the bypass valve is fastened to the non-orbiting scroll and reduce a plate thickness at a portion where bypass holes and/or a discharge port are formed, thereby decreasing dead volumes in the bypass holes and/or the discharge port.

Abstract: A molten metal pump assembly and method to fill a mold with molten metal, such as aluminum. The assembly includes a support frame for suspending the molten metal pump above a furnace. The support frame includes a mechanism for lifting and lowering the molten metal pump into engagement and disengagement with the mold.

Abstract: A liquid reservoir (100) includes a body (102) defining a base (104) and a plurality of sides (106). The plurality of sides (106) and the base (104) define a volume (116) to store the liquid (101) therein. The liquid reservoir (100) also includes a pump (122) operatively mounted with the liquid reservoir (100). The liquid reservoir (100) is characterized in that the body (102) includes one or more mounting features (138), (140), (338) such that the one or more mounting features (138), (140), (338) allow removable mounting of the pump (122) towards the base (104) of the liquid reservoir (100).

Abstract: An integrated water pump and valve device in which a water pump and a valve are integrally controlled by a single controller, and the water pump and the valve are integrated, thereby reducing an overall size.

Abstract: Example systems and methods for manipulating control of sump pumps in order to extend lifespans of the sump pumps are disclosed. An example method includes activating a sump pump a first time; deactivating the sump pump when a first current water level in a sump basin in which the sump pump is disposed reaches a first low-water mark; and determining, by one or more processors, a time since a last activation of the sump pump wherein the last activation occurred when the sump pump activated the first time. When the time satisfies a threshold, the method activates the sump pump at second time, determines, by one or more processors, a second current water level in the sump basin, and in response to determining that the second current water level in the sump basin is below a second low-water mark corresponding to a bottom of an impeller of the sump pump, deactivates the sump pump.

Abstract: A centrifugal compressor includes: a drive shaft; a wheel gear; a driven shaft; a pinion gear disposed to be rotatable together with the driven shaft, and meshing with the wheel gear; an impeller rotating together with the driven shaft; a thrust collar restricting a displacement of the driven shaft in an axial direction by colliding with the wheel gear in the axial direction; and a plurality of bolts disposed at intervals in a circumferential direction and each extending in the axial direction to fix the thrust collar and the pinion gear. Each of the plurality of bolts fix the thrust collar and the pinion gear in a state where each of the plurality of bolts are inserted from a position opposite to the wheel gear with reference to the thrust collar in the axial direction.

Abstract: A multi-stage compressor assembly is disclosed. Each of the stages of the compressor assembly has rows of blades arranged to rotate in counter-opposite directions, and this is effective to produce relatively high specific work, and high flow-capacity in a compact footprint at moderate blade tip speeds. In one non-limiting application, the compressor assembly can be utilized to compress a gas having a low-molecular weight and density, such as hydrogen.

Abstract: An air pump is delineated for an inflatable product that can be selectively connected thereto. The inflatable product includes a shell located on a side wall. The shell includes an internal chamber for selective placement of the air pump and an air valve for selective communication with the air pump. When the air pump is located in the internal chamber it can be moved to switch between a first position and a second position. The air pump includes an air inlet and an air outlet such that the air inlet is in communication with the air valve in the first position to deflate the inflatable product and the air outlet is in communication with the air valve in the second position to inflate the inflatable product. The air pump can also be used externally via manual connection between the air inlet or the air outlet and other inflatable products.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a blowing structure and a fan. The blowing structure includes a main body, a base, a control panel, a second drive member, and a first drive member. The main body is provided with a blowing channel, and the main body is rotatably connected to the base. The control panel is disposed on the main body. The second drive member is disposed in the blowing channel. The first drive member is connected to the main body, and the first drive member is configured to adjust an angle of rotation of the main body with respect to the base. The control panel is electrically connected to the second drive member and the first drive member.

Abstract: There is provided a fan assembly including an air flow generator that is arranged to generate an air flow through the fan assembly, and a nozzle arranged to emit the air flow from the fan assembly. The nozzle includes a nozzle body and a plurality of steerable air outlets that are each arranged to emit a portion of the air flow, wherein the plurality of steerable air outlets are arranged to be independently rotated relative to the nozzle body.

Abstract: A turbo type pump configured to pressurize a fluid and supply the fluid to a downstream side of a fluid passage by rotation of an impeller provided in the fluid passage, includes: a reduced-diameter portion having a reduced inner diameter in a state of forming a reverse surface facing a downstream side, the reduced-diameter portion being provided at a portion located on an upstream side of the impeller in the fluid passage; and a reverse partition wall portion provided in the reverse surface and configured to restrict a flow of the fluid in a circumferential direction.

Abstract: A centrifugal blower assembly including a blower housing having a scroll wall defining a blower chamber, the scroll wall extending circumferentially between a cutoff point to an end point defining a blower circumference, the blower housing further having a surface adjacent to the cutoff point; and a modular cutoff configured to attach to the surface of the blower housing, the modular cutoff having an abutting surface and a cutoff surface configured to extend the cutoff point of the blower by the cutoff surface to an extended cutoff surface. The abutting surface of the modular cutoff further includes an attachment feature configured to mate to an attachment feature of the blower housing.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a centrifugal fan including a housing and a blade module. The housing includes a lower cover, a side wall, and an upper cover. Two ends of the side wall are respectively connected to the lower cover and the upper cover to define an internal space. The lower cover includes a plurality of lower air inlets. The blade module is arranged in the internal space, and includes a hub and a plurality of blades. The hub is rotatably arranged on the lower cover. The blades are arranged around the hub. The lower air inlets are located on the periphery of the hub, and each lower air inlet includes an outer edge relative to a rotational axis of the hub. At least one of two ends of at least one of the lower air inlets includes a protruding portion at a position corresponding to the outer edge.

Abstract: A fan having an impeller comprising blades, an electric motor driving the impeller, and a scroll housing, wherein a flow channel is formed by the inner contour of the scroll housing, wherein an inlet nozzle, designed as a rotating body in an embodiment, is provided on the inflow side, and wherein the flow channel guides the air aspirated by the inlet nozzle via the impeller to an outlet, is characterized in that the inlet nozzle is surrounded by an inflow area having an inflow surface, which expands the inlet nozzle essentially in the radial direction, i.e., transversely to the impeller axis. A scroll housing is designed accordingly.

Abstract: A centrifugal incompressible fluid pump comprising a casing with a pump inlet and a pump outlet, the casing housing an impeller powered to rotate by a drive system and having a fluid passage between an impeller fluid inlet and a fluid outlet located radially of the fluid inlet; and a recoveiy by-pass turbine system comprising a recovery by-pass turbine mounted to rotate with the impeller, wherein the recoveiy turbine system diverts a portion of fluid that has exited the impeller fluid outlet back into the impeller fluid intake, wherein the remaining portion of fluid exits the pump through the pump outlet.

Abstract: A stator assembly for an ESP. The assembly can include stators with tabs and corresponding slots that prevent rotation of the stators during use in downhole activities.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a hydraulic accumulator, in particular a diaphragm accumulator, comprising an accumulator housing and a separating element which is arranged therein and separates two media chambers from each other. The accumulator housing has at least one fluid connection point which opens into an adjacent media chamber and has a connection body with a fluid passage point that is connected to the accumulator housing via a welding seam. The connection body has an annular outer circumferential surface on the connection region facing the accumulator housing, and when the end face of the connection body is placed on the accumulator housing, the connection body forms a transition point, along which the welding seam runs.

Abstract: A hydraulic valve assembly includes a connection section, a first valve section and a pressure line. The first valve section has a first spool piston, a first spool diverter, at least one first consumer port and at least one second consumer port. The first spool diverter can be switched at least into a first spool diverter switching position and a second spool diverter switching position. A shut-off valve is disposed in the pressure line and blocks the pressure line in a blocking position and can be switched from the blocking position into a first release switching position and a second release switching position. The shut-off valve switches into the first release switching position when the first spool diverter is in the first spool diverter switching position and into the second release switching position when the first spool diverter is in the second spool diverter switching position.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a valve, preferably a continuous valve comprising a spool and a spool sleeve, wherein the spool comprises a control surface and the spool sleeve comprises an opening, wherein the valve is configured in such a way that the control surface can cover the opening, wherein the spool can be positioned such that the control surface at least partially does not cover the opening, wherein the spool sleeve comprises a further opening, wherein the control surface can cover the further opening, wherein the spool can be positioned such that the control surface at least partially does not cover each of the opening and the further opening.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a valve, preferably a continuous valve or a proportional valve, wherein the valve comprises means configured to control and/or regulate a pressure and/or flow of a fluid, wherein the means are further configured to effect at least one further function or to participate in the function.

Abstract: A variable impedance actuator is provided with a bladder-style actuator having a first end and a second end, and a jamming brake located inside the bladder-style actuator and connected to the first end and the second end of the bladder-style actuator. The bladder-style actuator and the jamming brake are independently controlled.

Abstract: One or more components of a high pressure pump include a hydraulic surge dampener. The hydraulic surge dampener mitigates or prevents damage that results from a sudden pressure surge that results from impact of components, for example a hydraulic piston and a hydraulic head, of the high pressure pump. The hydraulic surge dampener may include one or more grooves, one or more through holes, or a combination thereof. The hydraulic surge dampener may be carried by or be part of one or more components of the high pressure pump, such as the hydraulic piston, the hydraulic head, or both.

Abstract: A piston unit of a working cylinder includes a piston rod that has an outer thread on a piston-side coupling portion. A piston has an axial bore which has an inner thread and in which the piston rod is received. The outer thread and the inner thread define a common thread portion. The outer thread and the inner thread have a complementary conicity and a complementary thread geometry. The conicity has a conicity angle alpha of 0.3 to 5 degrees. The outer thread and the inner thread abut one another in a coupling end position in the thread portion in a gap and define a sealing plane. The outer thread and the inner thread have, in the thread portion in the coupling end position, an elastic deformation within the elastic limit of the piston rod and the piston. The elastic deformation is brought about by a surface pressure via a tightening torque.

Abstract: An ionic airflow management system for a motor vehicle includes a controller, a power supply in communication with the controller, at least one exterior component of a motor vehicle having an integral electrode in electrical communication with the power supply, the integral electrode comprising a cathodic terminal portion and an anodic terminal portion oriented relative to a managed airflow vector, and at least one sensor in communication with the controller, the at least one sensor including a speed sensor. The power supply receives signals from the controller to supply a predetermined amount of electrical power to the integral electrode based on a threshold speed detected by the speed sensor in an active mode. The power supply receives signals from the controller to switch off electrical power to the integral electrode below the threshold speed in an inactive mode.