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20110000469 | CHARGE AIR SYSTEM AND CHARGE AIR OPERATION METHOD - A charge air system for a combustion engine and an operation method are provided. The charge air system includes a first turbocharger stage for intake of combustion air supplied to the engine from a first pressure to a second pressure, a second turbocharger stage for compression of the compressed air to a third pressure, a first heat exchanger being arranged between the first and the second turbocharger stage for cooling the compressed air, a first intake air bypass for modulating the flow of the air through the first heat exchanger and/or a first mass flow control unit for controlling the flow of a cooling medium supplied to the first heat exchanger. | 01-06-2011 |
20110192143 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLD STARTING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The present invention relates to a method for achieving reduced emissions at cold start of an internal combustion engine having an exhaust gas after treatment system comprising at least one Diesel Oxygen Catalyst (DOC), at least one Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) and a Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) unit, comprising the steps of: heating the DOC prior to cold starting said internal combustion engine, starting and controlling the internal combustion engine towards low NOx emission when said DOC has reached a predetermined temperature, optimizing the fuel consumption at a given total emission level when said DPF and SCR has reached a predetermined temperature. | 08-11-2011 |
20110283978 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH A FIRST AND SECOND COOLING SYSTEM - A cooling structure for cooling a liquid-cooled internal combustion engine is provided where the engine includes an EGR passage interposed between an exhaust manifold structure and an inlet manifold structure of the engine. The cooling structure includes a first cooling system and a second cooling system. The first cooling system includes at least one radiator and a liquid coolant circulatable through the radiator and the internal combustion engine for cooling the internal combustion engine. A flywheel housing for the internal combustion engine is provided with at least a portion of the second cooling system. | 11-24-2011 |
20130276434 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLD STARTING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The present invention relates to a method for achieving reduced emissions at cold start of an internal combustion engine having an exhaust gas after treatment system comprising at least one Diesel Oxygen Catalyst (DOC), at least one Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) and a Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) unit, comprising the steps of: heating the DOC prior to cold starting said internal combustion engine, starting and controlling the internal combustion engine towards low NOx emission when said DOC has reached a predetermined temperature, optimizing the fuel consumption at a given total emission level when said DPF and SCR has reached a predetermined temperature. | 10-24-2013 |
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20120179426 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING BIDIRECTIONAL LINKS BETWEEN MULTIPHYSICS MODELING AND DESIGN SYSTEMS - A system and method for implementing, on one or more processors, a bidirectional link between a design system and a multiphysics modeling system includes establishing via a communications link a connection between the design system and the multiphysics modeling system. Instructions are communicated via the communication link that include commands for generating a geometric representation in the design system based on parameters communicated from the multiphysics modeling system. One or more memory components can be configured to store a design system dynamic link library and a multiphysics modeling system dynamic link library. A controller can be operative to detect an installation of the design system, and implement via the dynamic link libraries, bidirectional communications of instructions between the design system and the multiphysics modeling system. | 07-12-2012 |
20130197886 | METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING THE FINITE ELEMENT DISCRETIZATION OF ARBITRARY WEAK EQUATIONS INVOLVING LOCAL OR NON-LOCAL MULTIPHYSICS COUPLINGS - Disclosed are techniques for representing and modeling one or more systems in which each system corresponds to an application mode. This may be done for one or more geometries using local and/or non-local couplings. For each application mode, physical quantities are modeled and may be defined using a graphical user interface. Physical properties may be used to model the physical quantities of each system. The physical properties may be defined in terms of numerical values or constants, and mathematical expressions that may include numerical values, space coordinates, time coordinates, and actual physical quantities. Physical quantities and any associated variables may apply to some or all of a geometric domain, and may also be disabled in other parts of a geometrical domain. Partial differential equations describe the physical quantities. One or more application modes may be combined using an automated technique into a combined system of partial differential equations as a multiphysics model. A portion of the physical quantities and variables associated with the combined system may be selectively solved for. Also described are methods for computing the stiffness matrix, residual vector, constraint matrix, and constraint residual vector for the finite element discretization of a system of partial differential equations in weak form that includes local and non-local variables coupling multiple geometries. | 08-01-2013 |
20140222384 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DEFINING COUPLED SYSTEMS ON SPATIAL DIMENSIONS AND EXTRA DIMENSIONS - A simulation apparatus for adding extra geometries to a model of a physical system. The apparatus is configured to modify a geometry of a model of a physical system represented in terms of a combined set of equations. Instructions on the apparatus cause one or more processors to perform, upon execution, acts comprising: (i) receiving a base geometry of the physical system, (ii) receiving one or more extra geometries associated with the base geometry, (iii) determining first geometric entities of the base geometry and second geometric entities of the extra geometry, (iv) adding the extra geometries to the base geometry by computing a product geometry of the determined first geometric entities and the second geometric entities, (v) generating an updated combined set of equations including representations of the product geometry, and (vi) generating a graphical representation of the product geometry, the graphical representation configured for display on the display device. | 08-07-2014 |
20150220668 | METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING THE FINITE ELEMENT DISCRETIZATION OF ARBITRARY WEAK EQUATIONS INVOLVING LOCAL OR NON-LOCAL MULTIPHYSICS COUPLINGS - Disclosed are techniques for representing and modeling systems in which each system corresponds to an application mode. This may be done for one or more geometries using local and/or non-local couplings. For each application mode, physical quantities are modeled and may be defined using a graphical user interface. Physical properties may be used to model the physical quantities of each system. The physical properties may be defined in terms of numerical values or constants, and mathematical expressions that may include numerical values, space coordinates, time coordinates, and actual physical quantities. Physical quantities and any associated variables may apply to some or all of a geometric domain, and may also be disabled in other parts of a geometrical domain. Partial differential equations describe the physical quantities. One or more application modes may be combined using an automated technique into a combined system of partial differential equations as a multiphysics model. | 08-06-2015 |
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20080203398 | Silicon carbide self-aligned epitaxial MOSFET and method of manufacturing thereof - A self-aligned, silicon carbide power metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor includes a trench formed in a first layer, with a base region and then a source region epitaxially regrown within the trench. A window is formed through the source region and into the base region within a middle area of the trench. A source contact is formed within the window in contact with a base and source regions. The gate oxide layer is formed on the source and base regions at a peripheral area of the trench and on a surface of the first layer. A gate electrode is formed on the gate oxide layer above the base region at the peripheral area of the trench, and a drain electrode is formed over a second surface of the first layer. | 08-28-2008 |
20100041195 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SILICON CARBIDE SELF-ALIGNED EPITAXIAL MOSFET FOR HIGH POWERED DEVICE APPLICATIONS - A self-aligned, silicon carbide power metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor includes a trench formed in a first layer, with a base region and then a source region epitaxially regrown within the trench. A window is formed through the source region and into the base region within a middle area of the trench. A source contact is formed within the window in contact with a base and source regions. The gate oxide layer is formed on the source and base regions at a peripheral area of the trench and on a surface of the first layer. A gate electrode is formed on the gate oxide layer above the base region at the peripheral area of the trench, and a drain electrode is formed over a second surface of the first layer. | 02-18-2010 |
20100265023 | TRANSFORMER - A printed circuit board transformer comprises at least one primary winding and one secondary winding, each in the form of at least one layer of turns inside or at the surface of a printed circuit board. The transformer is designed for a step-up/down-operation. Each of the two layers ( | 10-21-2010 |
20120099346 | Converter and an Electronic Equipment Provided with such a Converter - A converter for converting AC to DC or DC to DC comprises a first transformer ( | 04-26-2012 |
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20080196874 | Plate Heat Exchanger - The invention relates to a plate heat exchanger ( | 08-21-2008 |
20130206359 | HEAT EXCHANGER PLATE AND A PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER - The invention refers to a plate heat exchanger and a heat exchanger plate. The heat exchanger plate for a plate comprises a heat transfer area and an edge area, extending around the heat transfer area. The heat exchanger plate is a double wall plate formed by two adjoining plates compressed to be in contact with each other. The heat exchanger plate comprises a sensor which is configured to sense at least one parameter and to produce a signal depending on the parameter and that the sensor comprises a sensor probe that is provided between the adjoining plates. | 08-15-2013 |
20130233508 | HEAT EXCHANGER PLATE AND A PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER - The invention refers to a heat exchanger plate and a plate heat exchanger. The heat exchanger plates are arranged beside each other in the plate heat exchanger to define several first plate interspaces for a first medium and several second plate interspaces for a second medium. The heat exchanger plate comprises a heat transfer area, an edge area, which extends around and outside the heat transfer area, and a device, which is configured to receive or produce a signal. The heat exchanger plate also comprises a communication module comprising an electronic circuit connected to the device and communication means permitting communication of said signal with a master unit via at least a communication module of another heat exchanger plate in the plate package. | 09-12-2013 |
20150114594 | A HEAT EXCHANGER PLATE AND A PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER - The invention refers to a heat exchanger plate and a plate heat exchanger. The heat exchanger plates are arranged beside each other in the plate heat exchanger to define several first plate interspaces for a first medium and several second plate interspaces for a second medium. Each heat exchanger plate comprises a heat transfer area, an edge area, which extends around and outside the heat transfer area, and a functional device, which is configured to receive or produce a signal. The heat exchanger plate also comprises a communication module provided on the heat exchanger plate. The communication module comprises an electronic circuit connected to the functional device and a module antenna. The communication module is configured to permit wireless communication of the signal with a master unit via the module antenna. | 04-30-2015 |
20150122468 | PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER - A plate heat exchanger includes a plate package having first and second heat exchanger plates. The plates are joined to each other and arranged side by side so that a first plate interspace exists between each pair of adjacent first and second heat exchanger plates, and a second plate interspace is formed between each pair of adjacent second and first heat exchanger plates. The first and the second plate interspaces are separated from each other and provided side by side in an alternating order. Substantially each heat exchanger plate has at least a first porthole forming a first inlet channel to the first plate interspaces. At least two injectors are arranged in a wall portion of the first inlet channel and extend from the exterior of the plate package to the first inlet channel interior, and each injector supplies a fluid to more than one of the first plate interspaces. | 05-07-2015 |
20150135747 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC CONTROL OF AN EVAPORATOR - The invention relates to a plate heat exchanger including a plate package, which includes a number of first and second heat exchanger plates which are joined to each other and arranged side by side in such a way that first and second plate interspaces are formed. At least two injectors are provided, each injector being arranged to supply a first fluid to at least one of the first plate interspaces in the at least one plate package and at least one valve is arranged to control the supply of the first fluid to the at least two injectors. | 05-21-2015 |
20150136371 | END-PIECE & PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER COMPRISING, AND METHOD OF MAKING, SUCH END-PIECE - An end-piece for a plate heat exchanger comprises a frame part having an inner portion, an outer portion and an intermediate portion arranged between the inner and outer portions. An outer wall surface of the inner portion faces a first surface of a package of heat transfer plates comprised in the plate heat exchanger. The first surface has a center portion and a peripheral portion encircling the center portion. The frame part is extruded and the intermediate portion of the frame part comprises a first number of cavities extending in an extrusion direction of the frame part. The extrusion direction is parallel to an axis of the frame part. Further, outer dimensions of the outer wall surface of the inner portion are at least as large as outer dimensions of the center portion of the first surface of the package of heat transfer plates. | 05-21-2015 |
20150184954 | PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER - The invention relates to a plate heat exchanger including a plate package, which includes a number of first and second heat exchanger plates which are joined to each other and arranged side by side in such a way that first and second plate interspaces are formed. At least two injectors are provided, each injector being arranged to supply a first fluid to at least one of the first plate interspaces in the at least one plate package and at least one valve is arranged to control the supply of the first fluid to the at least two injectors. | 07-02-2015 |
20150285574 | DEVICE, METHOD AND PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER - A device and a method for assessing a gasket pressure of a gasket arrangement between two adjacent heat transfer plates of a plate heat exchanger is provided. The gasket arrangement seals between adjacent heat transfer plates to define a flow channel between adjacent heat transfer plates, and the gasket arrangement is arranged to be exposed to a fluid passing through the flow channel. The device comprises a test object and a holder which are adapted to be arranged in a flow path of the fluid. The holder is arranged to hold the test object and the test object is arranged to be exposed to the fluid. The device is adapted to be arranged outside a space delimited by the adjacent heat transfer plates. The test object is arranged to be evaluated for an indirect assessment of the gasket pressure of the gasket arrangement. | 10-08-2015 |