20th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 31 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160138371 | Systems and Methods For Optimizing Existing Wells and Designing New Wells Based on the Distribution of Average Effective Fracture Lengths - Systems and methods for optimizing existing wells and designing new wells based on the distribution of each average effective fracture length for a respective per fracturing stage with respect to different reservoir properties. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138372 | METHOD OF USING A SURFACE JET PUMP TO MITIGATE SEVERE SLUGGING IN PIPES AND RISERS - A slug mitigation system for subsea pipelines that includes a riser located between a low subsea level and an upper topside level of a pipeline. There is also a separator located at the top of the riser; and a surface jet pump located at a gas outlet of the separator. In another embodiment of a slug mitigation system, the surface jet pump is located downstream of an in-line separator on a gas outlet using high pressure gas from a downstream process or compressor. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138373 | Electronically-Activated Liner Hangers and Methods of Setting Same in Wellbore - A method of hanging a liner in a wellbore is disclosed that in one non-limiting embodiment includes: conveying a liner having a liner hanger and a liner hanger actuator into the wellbore by a service string that includes controller that determines a downhole parameter of interest relating to setting of the liner hanger; determining by the controller the parameter of interest relating to setting of the liner hanger in the wellbore; and sending a wireless liner hanger command signal from the controller in response to the determined parameter of interest to cause the liner hanger actuator to set the liner hanger in the wellbore. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138374 | FISSURED SUBSTRATA WATER PUMPING APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention provides a fissured substrata water pumping apparatus and methods thereof. The fissured substrata water pumping apparatus includes a water pumping pipe inserted into a drilled hole under a roadway floor; one or more unidirectional water-blocking plates configured inside the water pumping pipe; a servo pump; and an annular drainage siphon having a first end connected to an upper end of the water pumping pipe, and a second end connected to an inlet end of the servo pump through a valve. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138375 | Metal Bellows with Guide Rings - A well pump assembly has a pump driven by an electrical motor. A seal section reduces a pressure difference between a dielectric lubricant in the motor and a hydrostatic well fluid Pressure. The seal section has a housing containing a guide tube concentric with the axis. Contractible and extensible inner and outer bellows surround the guide tube. An inner bellows guide ring is secured to the inner bellows between ends and has an inner surface with an inner diameter smaller than a minimum inner diameter of the inner bellows for sliding engagement with an outer surface of the guide tube as the inner bellows lengthens and contracts. The outer bellows has a guide ring secured between ends and having an outer surface with an outer diameter larger than a maximum outer diameter of the outer bellows for sliding engagement with an inner surface of the housing. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138376 | Flowing Fracturing Fluids to Subterranean Zones - Implementations provide flowing of fracturing fluids to subterranean zones. Actions can include In some examples, a method includes actions of flowing a mixture of a first quantity of acid and a second quantity of a polymer diverting agent (PDA) having a viscosity that changes with acid concentration to a first portion of a subterranean zone, wherein the first quantity decreases as the acid reacts with metal in the first portion, and wherein the viscosity of the PDA increases as the first quantity decreases to form a PDA gel and flowing a third quantity of acid through the subterranean zone, wherein the PDA gel diverts the acid from the first portion to a second portion of the subterranean zone. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138377 | SOLUTION MINING UNDER AN INERT GAS - This method includes providing an cased borehole located within a salt bed, injecting an aqueous liquid into the cased borehole at a first pressure, in order to expose the salt bed to the aqueous liquid, thereby dissolving at least a portion of the salt bed and forming a brine solution within an underground storage volume, withdrawing at least a portion of the brine solution from the underground storage volume, and injecting an inert gas into the cased borehole at a second pressure, in order to provide an inert blanket within the underground storage volume, wherein the second pressure is greater than the first pressure but less than the maximum allowable pressure of the cavern. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138378 | System and Method to Initiate Permeability in Bore Holes Without Perforating Tools - A shockwave generator pre-treats one or more production zones within a well to facilitate recovery of liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons from the well. The well may be heated to a particular temperature, w here after a cooling agent is introduced through the shockwave generator which effects a cooling action in the walls of the well and induces cracking which is propagated by the tremors or shocks of the cooling agent as it exits the generator. The initiated cracks may be further propagated using one or more additional stimulation methods, including a freeze-thaw method which is implemented through a subsystem having overlapping components with the shockwave generator subsystem. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138379 | SOLUTION MINING UNDER AN INERT GAS - This method includes providing an cased borehole located within a salt bed, injecting an aqueous liquid into the cased borehole at a first pressure, in order to expose the salt bed to the aqueous liquid, thereby dissolving at least a portion of the salt bed and forming a brine solution within an underground storage volume, withdrawing at least a portion of the brine solution from the underground storage volume, and injecting an inert gas into the cased borehole at a second pressure, in order to provide an inert blanket within the underground storage volume, wherein the second pressure that is greater than the first pressure but less than the maximum allowable pressure of the cavern. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138380 | Gas Separator with Inlet Tail Pipe - An oil and gas well gas separator that operates in conjunction with an isolation means and a tail pipe to reduce the pressure gradient of the well fluids flowing up the tailpipe, to thereby reduce the well's producing bottom hole pressure. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138381 | DIRECTIONAL DRILLING APPARATUS AND METHODS - Apparatus for directional drilling allows an uphole section of drill string to be rotated while maintaining a desired orientation of a bent section of the drill string. In some embodiments, clutches above and below the bent section are selectively operated to rotate the bent section to a desired orientation. Reducing transmissions may reduce the rotation rate of the bent section. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138382 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MITIGATING STICK-SLIP - The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for rotating a drill string to mitigate stick-slip oscillations. An embodiment includes a method of rotating a drill string driven by a drive system using a control system. The method includes measuring torque values of the drive system with a torque sensor. The method also includes determining a frequency of stick-slip oscillations at the drive system based on the torque values using the control system. The method also includes determining an estimated instantaneous rotational speed of the drive system with the control system based on at least the frequency of stick-slip oscillations and a characteristic impedance of the drill string. The method also includes adjusting the estimated instantaneous rotational speed based on changes in the torque values to define an adjusted estimated instantaneous rotation speed with the control system. The method also includes providing an output signal representing the adjusted estimated instantaneous rotational speed to the drive system. The method also includes controlling rotation of a quill of the drive system based on the output signal. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138383 | Method For Forming Lanthanide Scintillators - A method of forming a scintillator includes processing soluble precursor ceramic lanthanide materials to form a calcined powder. This powder is spark plasma sintered to density the calinced powder into a lanthanide scintillator. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138384 | CONSTANT VOLUME TEMPERATURE TO PRESSURE TRANSDUCER FOR USE WITH RETRIEVABLE PRESSURE SENSOR ASSEMBLIES - A temperature sensor for measuring a temperature within a subsea installation includes a fixture portion coupled to the subsea installation and a retrievable portion that is selectively operable to couple to the fixture portion. The fixture portion includes a constant volume of a fluid disposed at a measurement point within the subsea installation. The retrievable portion includes a pressure sensing element operable to measure a pressure associated with the constant volume of fluid such that a temperature at the measurement point is determinable. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138385 | Subsurface Pipe Dimension and Position Indicating Device - A sensing system provides real time information as to the location of a stand in a tubular string at a predetermined elevation such as where the rams are located. This allows a determination of whether the upsets are aligned with the ramps or whether the stand is aligned with the rams in a manner that the rams will close on the tubular between the end upsets. The surrounding pipe has circumferentially spaced transmitters and receivers to allow a determination of the outer dimension of the pipe and to transmit such information to the surface by conductors or other means. The position of a tubular in an open hole can also be determined by sending a signal from the tubular to the open hole and back to the tubular. Different signal regimes are contemplated as well as power supply options. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138386 | DOWNHOLE ACOUSTIC DENSITY DETECTION - Fluid densities can be monitored in real-time in a wellbore, such as during downhole stimulation operations, using an acoustic pressure-sensing system. The measured acoustic signal can be used to determine pressure fluctuations of a fluid in non-laminar flow. An estimated density of the fluid can be calculated based on the pressure fluctuations of the fluid and a known flow rate of the fluid. The flow rate of the fluid can be known, such as when being held constant by surface equipment or when measured at the surface. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138387 | FLUID FLOW LOCATION IDENTIFICATION POSITIONING SYSTEM, METHOD OF DETECTING FLOW IN A TUBULAR AND METHOD OF TREATING A FORMATION - A fluid flow location identification positioning system includes, at least one component that is attachable within a tubular at any user selectable location within the tubular, and an identifier in operable communication with the at least one component configured to be eroded by fluid that flows therepast, at least trace amounts of the identifier are releasable into fluid that erodes the identifier | 2016-05-19 |
20160138388 | ADVANCED DRILL STRING COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMPONENTS AND METHODS - A drill string communication system is described. An uphole transceiver can couple a signal onto the drill string at a power that is always greater that a selectable power for a downhole signal. Communication from a drill rig to an inground tool can be re-initiated using a maximum uphole transmit power of an uphole transceiver. A procedure can establish a new set of transmission parameters for a drill string signal to establish communication between the drill rig and the inground tool. The system can include a walkover locator that receives an active/inactive status-controlled electromagnetic locating signal. Responsive to a locating signal degradation, a reconfiguration command can modify the locating signal. The uphole transceiver and a downhole transceiver can automatically modify at least one parameter of a downhole signal. An uphole receiver can apply a compensation response to a transferred signal to compensate for a drill string channel transfer function. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138389 | SUBSURFACE FIBER OPTIC STIMULATION-FLOW METER - A system is provided that includes a fiber optic cable and a fiber optic interrogator. The fiber optic cable contains acoustical sensors that can be positioned in stimulation fluid in a wellbore. The fiber optic interrogator can determine flow rate of the stimulation fluid based on signals from the fiber optic cable. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138390 | Drilling Method and Apparatus - A method of locating a drilling apparatus and/or a borehole in a subterranean region. The method may include the steps of transmitting seismic waves into the subterranean region during a subterranean drilling operation, the seismic waves being transmitted from a location remote from the drilling apparatus, detecting a seismic response from the drilling apparatus or borehole, and comparing the detected response with predetermined seismic survey data of the subterranean region to determine the location of the apparatus or borehole. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138391 | MUD HAMMER - A mud hammer is driven by the flow of drilling fluid to generate pressure pulses. Timing and/or amplitude of the pulses are altered to encode data by applying electromagnetic forces to a movable member of the mud hammer. In an example embodiment the movable member carries one or more magnets and electromagnetic forces are applied to the movable member by one or more electromagnets. The mud hammer may also generate electrical power that may be applied to charge batteries and/or drive downhole electrical apparatus. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138392 | Bitumen Quantification Using Vibrational Spectroscopy - Levels of kerogen and bitumen are computed in a sample of rock from DRIFTS measurements on the sample. the DRIFTS spectrum of a rock sample is measured, resulting in an estimate of bitumen and kerogen. Bitumen is then washed from the rock and DRIFTS is re-measured, resulting in an estimate of kerogen. Bitumen quantity is calculated by subtracting the washed sampled results from first DRIFTS measurements. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138393 | Method and Apparatus for Real-Time Fluid Compressibility Measurements - Apparatus and method for measuring the compressibility (K) of a fluid circulated by a positive displacement pump that comprises: a pressure sensor for sensing a pressure P of a fluid confined in a fluid module of the pump ; a position sensor for sensing the position X, of a piston in the fluid module and a control unit communicating with the pressure sensor and the position sensor adapted to: log the pressure (P) and piston position (X) substantially synchronously; using (X), calculate the volume (V) of the confined fluid in the fluid module ; and using (P) and (V), calculate the compressibility (K) . | 2016-05-19 |
20160138394 | Simulating Downhole Flow Through a Perforation - A perforation test target is provided. The perforation test target includes a metal plate and a core sample adhered to the metal plate at one end. The perforation test target further including a first sleeve adhered to the core sample, where a flow impedance of each of a plurality of portions of the first sleeve is based on a predetermined impedance map. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138395 | WELLBORE OPERATIONS INVOLVING COMPUTATIONAL METHODS THAT PRODUCE SAG PROFILES - Methods for analyzing sag in a section of a wellbore may utilize computational methods that produce sag profiles, which may be useful in performing further wellbore operations. The computational method may include inputs of at least one wellbore fluid property, at least one wellbore condition relating to a section of a wellbore, at least one operational parameter into a computational method, and any combination thereof. Further, the computational methods may include a mass balance analysis for individual elements of the meshed section of the wellbore. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138396 | Multi-Probe Reservoir Sampling Device - A tool insertable into a wellbore for sampling formation fluids includes a body, and sample probe assemblies that project radially outward from the body and into sampling contact with the wellbore wall. Packers are provided on the outer terminal ends of the sample probe assemblies and which are urged against the wellbore wall. Actuator driven linkage assemblies selectively deploy and retract the packers from and back into the body. The sample probe assemblies are disposed at substantially the same axial location on the body, and are angularly spaced about an axis of the body. Each sample probe assembly is independently actuated, so that a discrete azimuthal portion can be sampled, and each has a dedicated sample container for storing sampled formation fluid. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138397 | ANCHORING AND ANTI-CLOGGING DRILL ROD FOR COAL MINE FLOOR - An anchoring and anti-clogging drill rod for a coal mine floor and methods thereof are provided. The anchoring and anti-clogging drill rod includes a hollow drill pipe and a hollow sleeve configured inside the hollow drill pipe. A front joint is configured at a front end of the hollow drill pipe. A back joint is configured at a back end of the hollow drill pipe. The hollow sleeve is wound with a spiral connection line in a direction opposite to a rotation direction of the anchoring and anti-clogging drill rod during drilling. A spiral-shaped space is formed between the spiral connection line and an inner chamber of the hollow drill pipe. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138398 | HYDRAULIC VANE-TYPE MACHINE - The invention specifies a hydraulic vane-type machine ( | 2016-05-19 |
20160138399 | Reinforced Gas Turbine Engine Rotor Disk - A structurally-reinforced rotor disk for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The rotor disk may comprise a body including a rim configured to support airfoils (which may be separate or integral with the airfoils), an axially-extending bore disposed radially inward of the rim, and a radially-extending web connecting the rim and the bore. The bore may include an axial outer edge and at least one circumferentially-extending annular recess formed axially between the outer edge and the web. The rotor disk may further comprise an annular ring retained in the annular recess, and the annular ring may be formed from a different material than the body of the rotor disk so as to increase a self-sustaining radius of the rotor disk. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138400 | ALUMINUM ALLOYS HAVING IRON, SILICON, VANADIUM AND COPPER - New aluminum alloys having iron, vanadium, silicon and copper are disclosed. The new alloys may include from 3 to 12 wt. % Fe, from 0.1 to 3 wt. % V, from 0.1 to 3 wt. % Si, and from 1.0 to 6 wt. % Cu, the balance being aluminum and impurities. The new aluminum alloys may be produced via additive manufacturing techniques, which may facilitate rapid solidification of a molten pool of the aluminum alloy. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138401 | BLADE OR VANE ARRANGEMENT FOR A TURBOMACHINE - The present invention relates to a blade or vane arrangement for a turbomachine having a turbomachine blade or vane ( | 2016-05-19 |
20160138402 | ENGINE AIRFOILS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING AIRFOIL FLUTTER - A method is provided for designing an airfoil. The method includes considering a baseline airfoil having a first camber distribution and a first aerodynamic efficiency; reducing the first camber distribution to result in a reduced camber airfoil with a second camber distribution and a second aerodynamic efficiency such that the second aerodynamic efficiency is approximately equal to the first aerodynamic efficiency; and producing the airfoil with the second camber distribution | 2016-05-19 |
20160138403 | SINGLE-PIECE BLISK FOR TURBOMACHINE FAN COMPRISING AN UPSTREAM AND/OR DOWNSTREAM RECESS MAKING ITS BLADES MORE FLEXIBLE - The invention relates to a single-piece fan blisk ( | 2016-05-19 |
20160138404 | TURBINE - A turbine includes a top cover, a bottom cover and fans between the top cover and the bottom cover. The fans extend to connect the central shaft and do not overlap with each other in the axial direction. The air sucked in through the central air inlet can swiftly flow along the fans and then be expelled out of the turbine through the circumferential air outlets. Compared with the conventional centrifugal fan, the disclosed turbine can effectively increase the air draft efficiency of the turbine. Compared with the standard turbine, the disclosed turbine is simpler and easier to process, and thus the cost can be significantly reduced. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138405 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMING A COOLING HOLE IN AN AIRFOIL - A system for forming a cooling hole in an airfoil includes a liquid-jet guided laser. The liquid-jet guided laser generates a laser beam confined within a fluid column. The fluid column/laser beam is directed at an outer surface of the airfoil. The system also includes a purge medium supply that is fluidly coupled to an aperture of the airfoil. The purge medium supply provides a purge medium into an inner cavity of the airfoil. The purge medium flow is oriented to flow in a flow direction that is substantially parallel to an inner surface of the cavity. A cooling hole is formed in the airfoil and extends through the outer surface and penetrates the inner surface of the cavity. A centerline of the cooling hole forms an acute angle with respect to the purge medium flow direction. The system described herein provides a method for manufacturing an airfoil. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138406 | COMPOSITE COMPONENTS FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINES - A turbine wheel for use in a gas turbine engine having a plurality of blades attached to a rotor disk. Each blade is formed as a composite structure including a number of plies of ceramic-containing material. The blades each include a root to fit within dovetail slots of the rotor disk to couple the blades to the rotor disk. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138407 | TURBINE DISK ASSEMBLY INCLUDING SEPERABLE PLATFORMS FOR BLADE ATTACHMENT - An apparatus includes a disk, an attachment member, and a blade. The disk has an outer surface including a coupling portion. The attachment member has a coupling portion and defines at least a portion of an opening. The coupling portion of the first attachment member is configured to be coupled to the coupling portion of the disk. A portion of the blade is configured to be disposed within the opening when the coupling portion of the attachment member is coupled to the coupling portion of the disk. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138408 | BLISK RIM FACE UNDERCUT - A high pressure BLISK includes at least one circular row of airfoils circumferentially disposed about, integral with, and extending radially outwardly from an annular rim having an annular flat aft facing face with coplanar radially outer and inner face portions radially separated by an annular undercut extending into the rim from the aft facing face. Airfoil roots including root fillets extend around the airfoil between the rim and pressure and suction sides of the airfoils. An axially aftwardly extending annular cylindrical section extends aftwardly from the flat face. The BLISK being a first of axially adjacent first and second rotor sections connected by a rabbet joint. A forward arm of the second rotor section includes an outer forward facing annular face spaced apart from the aft facing face radially outwardly of the annular undercut and a radially inner forward facing annular face contacting the aft facing face. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138409 | SHIELD - The present invention provides a method of making a metallic shield for shielding an edge of a component e.g. an aerofoil component such as a gas turbine blade or vane. The method comprises:
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20160138410 | ROTATING MACHINE - A rotating machine cooled by a cooling medium directed through the rotating machine in a main flow and a secondary flow includes a rotor. A stator includes a swirl passage configured to guide the secondary flow so as to be discharged from a pre-swirl nozzle. At least one control device includes a shape-memory alloy disposed in an area of the pre-swirl nozzle and is configured to control the secondary flow based on a temperature in an automated manner. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138411 | Fully integrated air guide element - An air guide element of an aircraft gas turbine, including an external housing that is provided with an inflow opening, as well as with a flow channel that is arranged inside the housing, characterized in that a tubular intermediate element that is made of an elastic material is arranged inside the inflow opening, connecting the inflow opening to the flow channel in a sealing and position-adjusting manner. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138412 | SHROUD SEAL AND WEARLINER - A stator assembly includes a first stator vane sub-assembly with a first platform and a first airfoil extending from the first platform, and a second stator vane sub-assembly with a second platform and a second airfoil extending from the second platform. A gap is defined circumferentially between the first stator vane sub-assembly and the second stator vane sub-assembly. The stator assembly also includes a shroud structure, a first chamber defined between the first platform and the shroud structure, a second chamber defined between the second platform and the shroud structure, and a damper spring seal structure. Also included is a plate having a first portion within the first chamber and a second portion within the second chamber, such that the plate extends from the first chamber across the gap to the second chamber. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138413 | Internal Shroud for a Compressor of an Axial-Flow Turbomachine - The present application relates to a segmented inner shroud of a low-pressure compressor for an axial-flow turbine engine. The shroud includes an axial tubular wall, and a row of apertures formed in the axial wall. Each aperture has opposing edges situated to either side of a stator vane positioned in the aperture for the purpose of its attachment. The axial wall includes a radial flange which passes through the apertures in the circumferential direction of the shroud, so as to form a mechanical link between the opposing edges of the apertures. This mechanical seal permits the opposing edges to be joined together through each aperture, which improves the rigidity and the sealing. The shroud exhibits an E-shaped profile forming a sandwich structure with the annular sealing fins of the rotor, or sealing lips. The present application also relates to a method for the assembly of stator vanes abutting radially against the transverse radial flange. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138414 | ACCESSORY DRIVE CASE FOR A TURBOPROP - A turbomachine including an accessory drive case, connected to the engine shaft via a radial shaft, wherein the accessory drive case also includes: a primary shaft which is driven by the radial shaft via a bevel gearbox, and assemblies for mechanically driving accessories, driven by the primary shaft and configured such that the related accessories lie at the upper portion and on at least one of the side edges of the engine case. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138415 | MAGNETIC CONTROL OF GUIDE VANES - A system for controlling an angular position of a component of an aircraft includes a component having a shaft that includes at least one magnet. The system also includes a housing configured to receive the shaft and including at least one coil configured to generate a magnetic field based on a current through the at least one coil. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138416 | VARIABLE FAN NOZZLE USING SHAPE MEMORY MATERIAL - A gas turbine engine includes a fan, a nacelle arranged about the fan, and an engine core at least partially within the nacelle. A fan bypass passage downstream of the fan between the nacelle and the gas turbine engine conveys a bypass airflow from the fan. A nozzle associated with the fan bypass passage is operative to control the bypass airflow. The nozzle includes a shape memory material having a first solid state phase that corresponds to a first nozzle position and a second solid state phase that corresponds to a second nozzle position. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138417 | TURBINE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING RUBBING - A turbine, in particular a gas turbine, includes a rotor, a housing spaced from the rotor by a gap, and a system for monitoring structure-borne noise, permit rubbing of the rotor and the housing to be localised with the least possible technical complexity. In both a first and second axial region, one or more inwardly directed rubbing teeth of the housing and one or more outwardly directed rubbing edges of the rotor are arranged, wherein the one or more rubbing teeth and the one or more rubbing edges are distributed along the circumference such that contact of the particular rubbing teeth and rubbing edges at a specified rotational frequency of the rotor occurs at a different frequency in the first axial region than in the second axial region. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138418 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A TURBOMACHINE, WHEREIN AN EFFICIENCY CHARACTERISTIC VALUE OF A STAGE IS DETERMINED, AND TURBOMACHINE HAVING A DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD - A turbo-machine, which can be operated in an optimized driving range is provided. To this end, a method for operating a turbo-machine having at least one turbo-machine stage, which has at least one rotary shaft is disclosed. According to the method, the following method steps are carried out: a) determining a desired efficiency characteristic value η | 2016-05-19 |
20160138419 | COMPOSITE PIEZOELECTRIC APPLICATION FOR ICE SHEDDING - A flow surface comprises a composite material formed of a plurality of layers of the composite, and a piezoelectric actuator located within the layers or on an outer surface of the composite material. The piezoelectric actuator is actuatable to vibrate the composite material and one of inhibit ice build-up or shed ice which has formed. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138420 | SPLIT TURBOCHARGER BEARING ASSEMBLY - A turbocharger bearing assembly of a split turbocharger for an engine is disclosed in which key rotational parts are rotatably supported by a pair of spaced apart bearings located in a bore of a tubular bearing housing forming part of a bearing assembly. The rotational parts of the turbocharger bearing assembly are balanced as a unit before the turbocharger bearing assembly is assembled to a cylinder block of the engine by insertion into a bore formed in the cylinder block. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138421 | NONLINEAR ROLLING BEARING RADIAL SUPPORT STIFFNESS - A bearing support assembly includes a squirrel cage defining a longitudinal axis and having a cylindrical portion defining a bearing seat. The squirrel cage is configured and adapted to provide a first level of radial support stiffness between a housing and a bearing seated in the bearing seat. A damper sleeve is operatively coupled to the cylindrical portion of the squirrel cage through a fluid film to dampen relative radial motion between the damper sleeve and the squirrel cage. A radial spring component is operatively connected to a side of the damper sleeve radially opposite the cylindrical portion of the squirrel cage to provide a second level of radial support stiffness. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138422 | GEAR CARRIER FLEX MOUNT LUBRICATION - An exemplary method of lubricating a turbomachine interface includes, among other things, securing a carrier relative to a torque frame using a flexure pin, and lubricating an interface of the flexure pin using a lubricant that has moved through a lubricant passage in the carrier and a lubricant passage in the flexure pin. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138423 | TITANIUM-ALUMINIDE COMPONENTS - The present disclosure relates to a hot section gas turbine engine component assembly and a method for forming such. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138424 | BOOT FOR REPAIR OF CHEVRON ON NACELLE - Aspects of the disclosure are directed to a system that includes a boot configured to attach to a chevron of an aircraft nacelle, and an attachment mechanism configured to attach the boot and the chevron. In some embodiments, a boot includes a first surface and a second surface, where the surfaces are attached by inwardly tapering sidewalls that form an opening that is configured to surround a chevron of an aircraft nacelle. In some embodiments, a repair of a chevron on an exhaust nozzle of an aircraft engine includes placing a chevron-shaped boot with a pocket over at least a portion of a chevron structure on an exhaust nozzle of an aircraft engine, the pocket having a shape that generally conforms to an external surface of the chevron, covering the portion of the chevron structure with the boot, and fastening the boot to the chevron through at least one of bonding or mechanical fastening. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138425 | TURBOFAN ENGINE FRONT SECTION - A front section for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a fan section including a fan hub. The fan hub includes a hub diameter supporting a plurality of fan blades including a tip diameter. A transitional entrance passage is configured to communicate flow between the fan section and a compressor section. The transitional entrance passage includes an inlet disposed at an inlet diameter and an outlet to the compressor section disposed at an outlet diameter. A method of designing a gas turbine engine is also disclosed. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138426 | SYSTEM FOR PACKAGING ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS IN A ROTATABLE SHAFT - A system for packaging electronic components in a rotatable shaft includes an annular carrier shaft having a first end that is axially spaced from a second end and an inner surface that is radially spaced from an outer surface, and a plurality of transmitter assemblies annularly arranged within the carrier shaft. Each transmitter assembly includes a transmitter housing radially supported within the carrier shaft via a pair of circumferentially spaced rail members. Each transmitter assembly comprises a daughter board that extends laterally and longitudinally across a bottom portion of the transmitter housing and at least one electronic component electrically coupled to the daughter board. The electronic component extends substantially perpendicular to the daughter board within the transmitter housing. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138427 | Waste Heat Recovery System and Method of Operating the Same - A method of recovering waste heat includes pressurizing a flow of working fluid and transferring heat from a hot gas stream to the flow of working fluid in at least two successively arranged heat transfer sections. At least some of the working fluid is converted to a superheated vapor by the transfer of heat, and passes through an expander to recover useful work. A portion of the flow of working fluid is directed along a branch after having passed through at least one of the heat transfer sections, and bypasses the expander and at least one of the heat transfer sections before being recombined with the working fluid that has passed through the expander. The total flow rate of working fluid can be adjusted to regulate the temperature of the hot gas stream downstream of the heat transfer sections, and the amount of fluid that bypasses along the branch can be adjusted to regulate the temperature of the superheated vapor. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138428 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HEAT RECOVERY AND STEAM GENERATION IN COMBINED CYCLE SYSTEMS - A system includes a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) including a first pressure economizer, a first pressure evaporator that may receive a first portion of a feed water from the first pressure economizer at a first pressure, a re-heat section that may receive the first portion of the feed water from the first pressure economizer as a first steam flow, and a flash system including a first flash vessel that may receive a second portion of the feed water from the first pressure economizer and to generate a first flash steam flow. The system may combine the first flash steam flow with the first steam flow of the feed water at a second pressure less than the first pressure. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138429 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING TURBINE OF EXHAUST HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEM - A method of controlling a turbine of an exhaust heat recovery system in which heat of exhaust gas evaporates a working fluid through a heat exchanger provided in an exhaust pipe and the working fluid is supplied to the turbine may include measuring an internal temperature of the heat exchanger, and rotating the turbine in a reverse direction when the measured internal temperature is a predetermined temperature or less. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138430 | EXHAUST HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEM - An exhaust heat recovery system may a condenser having a working fluid introduced thereinto and recovering heat of the introduced working fluid, the introduced working fluid receiving heat of exhaust gas through a heat exchanger provided in an exhaust pipe, and a reservoir receiving the working fluid from the condenser, wherein the condenser and the reservoir are provided with a coolant channel through which a coolant for cooling the working fluid flows. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138431 | Humid Air Turbine Power, Water Extraction, and Refrigeration Cycle - Various embodiments relate to combined heat and power (CHP) systems. A CHP system can include a turbine system, a turbocharger system, and a refrigeration system. The refrigeration system can receive combustion products from the turbine system and compressed air from the turbocharger system. The refrigeration system can cool the combustion products and the compressed air to generate a cooled combustion product mixture that is provided to the turbine system. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138432 | EXHAUST HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEM - An exhaust heat recovery system includes an exhaust pipe through which exhaust gas exhausted from an engine moves, a heat exchanger mounted in the exhaust pipe and inducing heat exchange between the exhaust gas and a working fluid flowing therein, a plurality of reservoirs supplying working fluids to the heat exchanger, and channel adjusting valves allowing any one of the plurality of reservoirs to be in communication with the heat exchanger. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138433 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL FECAL WASTE AND GARBAGE PROCESSOR AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - At least one aspect of the technology provides a self-contained processing facility configured to convert organic, high water-content waste, such as fecal sludge and garbage, into electricity while also generating and collecting potable water. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138434 | ADJUSTABLE CAMSHAFT - An adjustable camshaft can be used in valve drives of internal combustion engines, amongst other places. The adjustable camshaft may include an outer shaft and an inner shaft that is concentric with and rotatably supported in the outer shaft. A cam having a cam bore may be rotatably supported on an outer surface of the outer shaft so as to form a slide bearing gap between the cam and the outer shaft. The cam may be rotatably-fixed to the inner shaft so that the inner shaft and the cam rotate with one another. Furthermore, the adjustable camshaft may include an oil channeling groove disposed beneath the cam in the outer surface of the outer shaft. In many cases, at least one side of the oil channeling groove may be exposed such that it extends beyond the slide bearing gap and the cam. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138435 | ROCKER ARM ASSEMBLY AND COMPONENTS THEREFOR - A method of precision manufacture of an outer arm of a rocker arm assembly is performed by determining structures of a rough outer arm that would require precision processing and locations to support the structures as they are processed. Starting with at least one structure requiring precision processing, locations on the outer arm close to the structure to hold the outer arm during processing are determined that would cause minimal distortion of the outer arm during processing. The outer arm is then provided with clamping lobes at these locations. The clamping lobes of the outer arm are clamping into a fixture for manufacturing. The slider pad may now be precision ground while the outer arm is clamped in the fixture with minimal risk of distortion of the outer arm. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138436 | METHOD OF REMANUFACTURING A ROCKER ARM AND A REMANUFACTURED ROCKER ARM - A method of remanufacturing a rocker arm having a body defining a contact surface is provided. The contact surface is configured to engage with a braking member and having a worn portion thereon. The method includes machining the contact surface to remove the worn portion and to form an opening configured to receive an insert member therein. The insert member includes an upper surface configured to engage with the braking member. The method further includes coupling the insert member to the opening. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138437 | VARIABLE VALVE LIFT SYSTEM - A variable valve lift system may include a roller finger follower having an end connected with a valve and a roller mounted thereto. A hydraulic lash adjuster supports another end of the roller finger follower and has operating modes which are changed to a high lift mode or a low lift mode according to supplied hydraulic pressure to change a height of the hydraulic lash adjuster. A hydraulic pressure supplying portion supplies the hydraulic pressure to the hydraulic lash adjuster. A cam is mounted to a camshaft and contacts the roller of the roller finger follower. The cam has a first ramp and a second ramp formed thereon. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138438 | CYLINDER HEAD ARRANGEMENT FOR VARIABLE VALVE ACTUATION ROCKER ARM ASSEMBLIES - A novel cylinder head arrangement for an in-line four cylinder or eight cylinder engine. A modified arrangement allows additional space for installation of wider rocker arm assemblies used for variable valve lift (VVL), cylinder deactivation (CDA) and other types of variable valve actuation (VVA). In one embodiment, cam towers adjacent the end two cylinders are not used. At least one end support is used, which may be an outboard bearing on a camshaft for each end. The wider rocker assemblies may then be installed. In another embodiment, cam towers adjacent the inner two cylinders are eliminated and a single camshaft support piece with a support bearing is installed between the inner cylinders to provide support for the camshafts. The wider rocker assemblies may then be installed on at least one of the middle cylinders. A novel oil control valve operates latches in switching rocker arm assemblies. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138439 | VARIABLE VALVE LIFT APPARATUS - A variable valve lift apparatus that changes a lift of a valve in an engine may include an outer body selectively pivoting based on rotation of a cam, having a first end configured to be connected with a valve and a second end mounted with a pivot shaft, and having an internal space formed in the outer body, an inner body pivoting based on rotation of the cam, disposed in the internal space of the outer body, and having a first end rotatably connected to the first end of the outer body, a connecting shaft disposed through the first end of the outer body and the first end of the inner body and connecting the outer body and the inner body to each other, and a lost motion spring having a portion fixed to the outer body and another portion fixed to the inner body. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138440 | ADJUSTABLE CAMSHAFT - An adjustable camshaft can be used in a valve drive of an internal combustion engine. The adjustable camshaft may include an inner shaft rotatably supported by and concentric with an outer shaft. A cam element may be rotatably supported on the outer shaft such that the outer shaft extends through a cam bore of the cam element. The cam element may be rotatably-fixed to the inner shaft, in some cases, by way of a bolt. Further, a bearing sleeve that is rotatably-fixed to the cam element may be inserted within the cam bore such that a slide bearing gap is formed between the bearing sleeve and the outer shaft. Furthermore, in some examples the cam element may be a collared cam that has a cam base body and a cam collar adjacent to one another. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138441 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - There is provided an internal combustion engine, provided with a crankshaft and one or several cylinders provided on the wall thereof with exhaust ports and closed at the top by a cylinder head provided with intake ports; each cylinder accommodating an engine piston connected to the crankshaft and a coaxial auxiliary piston opposite the engine piston, defining an intake chamber and a combustion chamber; said auxiliary piston axially determining on the side of the combustion chamber a housing that communicates with the intake chamber via transfer ports, the housing of which includes a secondary piston which opens and closes the transfer ports in a back-and-forth movement between a rear position and a forward position. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138442 | CRANKCASE VENTILATION APPARATUS - A vehicle may include an internal combustion engine having a crankcase and a supercharging apparatus, and a crankcase ventilation apparatus having at least one oil-separating apparatus including at least one oil separator. An oil return line may communicate separated oil from the crankcase ventilation apparatus to the crankcase. An ejector pump may be driven via a compressed air flow of the supercharging apparatus and may be configured to generate an underpressure for driving a blow-by gas. The crankcase ventilation apparatus may include a pump control valve configured to at least one of regulate and control the compressed air flow through the ejector pump. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138443 | OIL SEPARATOR - An oil separator includes a housing into which mixed gas in which unburned gas and engine oil are mixed with each other is introduced from a crank case; a centrifuge mounted in the housing and generating centrifugal force to the mixed gas to thereby separate the engine oil from the mixed gas; and a filter separator mounted in the housing and filtering the engine oil in the mixed gas. Since the engine oil is primarily separated through the centrifuge and secondarily separated through the filter separator, engine oil separation efficiency is improved as compared to the related art, and the same amount of gas may be treated even with a small size as compared to the related art. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138444 | TURBOMACHINE ACCESSORY GEARBOX EQUIPPED WITH AN AIR/OIL SEPARATOR - The invention relates to an accessory gearbox ( | 2016-05-19 |
20160138445 | OIL-SEPARATING DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR FOR A CRANKCASE VENTILATION SYSTEM OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An oil-separating device for crankcase ventilation of an internal combustion engine may include a hollow member that extends axially in a longitudinal axis and through which a gas flow charged with oil can flow. The gas flow may flow against an oil separation ring disposed within or formed in the hollow member. The hollow member may contain a substantially rotationally symmetrical flow guiding member that has a flow projection located in the longitudinal axis and that has a flow contour that radially increases in a downstream direction so that gas can flow around the flow guiding member and so that the gas flow between the flow contour and the inner side of the hollow member can strike the oil separation ring in an accelerated manner. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138446 | OIL SEPARATOR FOR CRANKCASE VENTILATION OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An oil separator may be used in a variety of contexts, one of which is for crankcase ventilation of an internal combustion engine. The oil separator may include a hollow member that extends along a longitudinal axis and is configured to receive a gas flow that is charged with oil. The oil separator may also include an oil separation member disposed within the hollow member and against which the gas flow flows. A redirection member may be disposed proximate the oil separation member in the hollow member, wherein the redirection member redirects at least a portion of the gas flow traveling substantially along the longitudinal axis radially outwards so as to impact an inner side of the oil separation member. As a result of an impactor effect from the gas flow striking the oil separation member as well as the inertia of the oil, the oil may remain in and/or pass through the oil separation member. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138447 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GAS PARTICULATE FILTER - Methods and systems are provided for diagnosing a particulate filter located in an exhaust runner of an engine cylinder. In one example, a method may include flowing exhaust from a first cylinder through a first particulate filter in a first runner, and flowing exhaust from a second cylinder through a second particulate filter in a second runner. The method may further include adjusting engine operation in response to particulate filter degradation, the particulate filter degradation distinguishing between degradation of the first and second particulate filters based on an exhaust pressure pulsation timing relative to combustion events. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138448 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION FILTER - An exhaust gas purification filter includes an inflow/outflow passage through which exhaust gas flows in/out, and a partition. The outflow passage and the inflow passage is alternately arranged. The partition is configured to divide the inflow passage and the outflow passage from each other, and being porous. The partition includes a coated zone where a surface of a base of the partition is covered with a first coating layer having an average pore diameter smaller than an average pore diameter of the base, and a non-coated zone where the surface of the base is not covered with the first coating layer on a downstream side of the coated zone. The average pore diameter of the base is large enough for ash to pass through the partition, and the first coating layer is constituted by a plurality of particle groups with different average particle diameters from each other. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138449 | DEVICE FOR REMOVING PARTICULATE MATTER FROM EXHAUST GASES OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A device to trap and remove particulate matter from exhaust of internal combustion engines, without increasing resistance to the flow of engine exhaust is disclosed herein. The system is provided with a single or a plurality of ducts ( | 2016-05-19 |
20160138450 | UREA BACKFLOW PREVENTION APPARATUS OF SCR AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A urea backflow prevention apparatus of SCR in an SCR system which injects a urea solution into an exhaust pipe may include: a urea tank to store the urea solution; a nozzle to be installed in the exhaust pipe to inject the urea solution; a supply pump to pump the urea solution; a suction line connecting the urea tank to the supply pump; a pressure line connecting the supply pump to the nozzle; a return line connecting the supply pump to the urea tank to return un-injected urea solution back to the urea tank; and a backflow prevention line connecting the pressure line to the return line. The backflow prevention line keeps pressures of the pressure line, the supply pump directly connected to the pressure line and the suction line indirectly connected to the pressure line equal to an atmospheric pressure after an operation of the SCR system ends. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138451 | CONDENSED WATER TREATMENT DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The condensed water treatment device obtains (S | 2016-05-19 |
20160138452 | Reagent Dosing System And Method Of Dosing Reagent - A reagent dosing system for dosing a reagent into the exhaust gas stream of an internal combustion engine includes a reagent tank for storing a supply of reagent; an injector module including an atomising dispenser and a positive-displacement metering pump which draws reagent from the reagent tank and delivers it to the dispenser; a supply line coupling the reagent tank to the injector module; a dosing control unit operable to control the injector module to inject reagent into the exhaust gas stream; and an additional priming pump arranged, in use, to urge reagent along the supply line toward the injector module under selected conditions. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138453 | SYSTEM FOR CONCENTRATING EXHAUST GAS FLOW IN A CATALYST DURING COLD STARTS - An exhaust gas flow concentration system for a catalyst includes an inlet that receives a flow of exhaust gas from an exhaust pipe of an exhaust system, a stationary tube in communication with the inlet and disposed upstream from the catalyst, and an extension tube in communication with the stationary tube and disposed upstream from the catalyst, where the extension tube includes a cross-sectional area less than a cross-sectional area of the catalyst. A displacement device is coupled to the extension tube and is configured to (i) displace the extension tube relative to the stationary tube downstream towards the catalyst as a temperature in the exhaust system decreases away from a light-off temperature of the catalyst and (ii) retract the extension tube relative to the stationary tube upstream away from the catalyst when the temperature in the exhaust system reaches the light-off temperature of the catalyst. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138454 | MIXER WITH SWIRL BOX FOR A VEHICLE EXHAUST SYSTEM - A vehicle exhaust system includes a mixer and a doser that sprays a reducing agent into the mixer to be thoroughly mixed with engine exhaust gases prior to introduction of the mixture into a downstream exhaust component. The mixer includes an upstream baffle with at least one inlet opening and a downstream baffle with at least one outlet opening. An outer peripheral wall surrounds the upstream and downstream baffle and includes a doser opening. A doser is mounted at the doser opening and is configured to spray a reducing agent into an area between the upstream and downstream baffles. A deflector is positioned between the inlet opening and the doser opening to protect spray at the doser opening from direct impact with exhaust gas from the inlet opening, and an impactor is positioned adjacent the deflector and faces the doser opening. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138455 | HEATABLE MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATING LIQUID TANK AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE HEATING DEVICE FOR IT - A motor vehicle operating liquid tank, in particular for storing aqueous urea solution, with a tank shell surrounding a tank volume and with a tank opening extending through the tank shell, wherein a planar heating device in the tank volume is provided with an electrical resistance heating track arranged sandwiched between two plastic films that oppose one another in a planar manner and encase the resistance heating track, the plastic films opposing one another in a planar manner and each have a layer of compatible, thermoplastic plastics at least on their surfaces facing one another which are connected to one another locally at least along a seam track surrounding the electrical resistance heating track, wherein slot areas are provided inside this seam track in which plastic film sections lie opposite one another in an unconnected manner without the intermediate arrangement of a section of a resistance heating track between them. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138456 | MOVEABLE, FUEL-LOCALIZED-POWER (FLP) PLANT - A power plant can provide increased power from fossil fuels with reduced increase of the carbon burden. The plant is moveable and is located in a fossil fuel field, either a new field or a “depleted” field.” The CO | 2016-05-19 |
20160138457 | EXHAUST MIXER AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - An exhaust mixer includes, a plurality of outwardly oriented vanes having planar surfaces, and a plurality of inwardly oriented vanes alternately positioned perimetrically between the plurality of outwardly oriented vanes, and a core flow area defined inwardly of inner most portions of the plurality of inwardly oriented vanes, the exhaust mixer being configured such that a minority of the total flow through the exhaust mixer travels through the core flow area when the exhaust mixer is employed during a mixing operation. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138458 | FLANGE PLATE - A flange plate for a manifold of an exhaust-gas system for internal combustion engines, which flange plate can be fixed via at least one holding device to an exhaust-gas outlet connecting piece of the internal combustion engine by a first outer layer, formed as a mounting layer, which can be placed at least partially directly or indirectly against the exhaust-gas outlet connecting piece via a seal, and the flange plate can be applied to the holding device by a second outer layer, formed as a holding layer, in order to generate a holding force F, acting at a right angle to the mounting layer, for sealingly placing the mounting layer against the exhaust-gas outlet connecting piece, and the flange plate having at least a first intermediate layer which is arranged, relative to the holding force F, between the mounting layer and the holding layer. Here, the first intermediate layer is formed as a cavity structure, wherein the cavity structure has single- or multiple-part wall parts which extend in a direction parallel to the mounting layer and are arranged adjacent to one another, the wall parts having a width b | 2016-05-19 |
20160138459 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING EFFICIENCY OF ALTERNATOR FOR VEHICLE - An apparatus for improving efficiency of an alternator for a vehicle includes a controller connected to the alternator by LIN communication to determine whether the alternator enters a high temperature condition. The controller operates a cooler to cool an inside of an engine room if it is determined that the alternator enters the high temperature condition. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138460 | CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE PROVIDED WITH WATER-COOLING INTERCOOLER APPARATUS - A control method for a vehicle provided with a water-cooling intercooler apparatus, includes: detecting a coolant temperature of the water-cooling intercooler apparatus; detecting a rotation speed and a power consumption amount of an electric water pump (EWP) included in the water-cooling intercooler apparatus; calculating an efficiency value of the water-cooling intercooler apparatus based on the detected coolant temperature and air temperatures at an inlet and an outlet of an intercooler, respectively, included in the water-cooling intercooler apparatus; and determining whether the water-cooling intercooler apparatus is in a failure state based on the detected coolant temperature, the detected rotation speed and power consumption amount, and the calculated efficiency value. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138461 | COMPRESSION IGNITION INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A compression ignition internal combustion engine includes: a cylinder block and a cylinder head; a piston including a cavity that defines a combustion chamber in cooperation with the cylinder block and the cylinder head; and a nozzle for injecting fuel into the combustion chamber. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138462 | ENGINE - The object of the present invention is to provide a compact engine. An engine has a two-stage turbocharger provided with a high-pressure turbocharger and a low-pressure turbocharger. The high-pressure turbocharger and the low-pressure turbocharger are separately disposed on the gear case side and the flywheel side in along direction of a main body respectively. An intake pipe and an exhaust pipe connecting the high-pressure turbocharger with the low-pressure turbocharger are separately and respectively disposed on right side and left side in a transverse direction of the main body. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138463 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MULTIPLE VOLTAGE BUSES ON A SINGLE VEHICLE - A system provides multiple voltage buses on a single vehicle having a combustion engine. The system includes at least one turbine disposed in flow communication with an exhaust flow of the combustion engine productive of exhaust gases; at least one generator operably connected to a respective one of the at least one turbine to produce respective AC electrical power in response to operation of the at least one turbine; a first inverter operably connected to the at least one generator to produce first electrical power in response to a presence of the respective AC electrical power; and a second inverter operably connected to the at least one generator to produce second electrical power in response to a presence of the respective AC electrical power. The first electrical power and the second electrical power have different voltages. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138464 | ASSEMBLY FOR AN AIR CIRCUIT OF A HEAT ENGINE - The invention relates to an assembly ( | 2016-05-19 |
20160138465 | ENGINE SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING EXHAUST GAS FLOW - An engine system for controlling an exhaust gas flow includes an intake line arranged to draw in outdoor air, an engine combusting the outdoor air supplied through the intake line and fuel in a combustion chamber of the engine to generate torque, an exhaust line for exhausting exhaust gas from the combustion in the combustion chamber of the engine, a turbocharger having a turbine operated by the exhaust gas passing through the exhaust line and a compressor for compressing the outdoor air in the intake line, a catalyst unit arranged on a downstream side of the turbocharger for reducing harmful components of the exhaust gas, a bypass line branched from the exhaust line on the downstream side of the turbocharger and joined to the exhaust line on a downstream side of the catalyst unit, and a bypass valve arranged on the bypass line for selectively opening/closing the bypass line. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138466 | Hybrid Powertrain and Method for Operating Same - A hybrid powertrain includes an internal combustion engine, a load coupled to the internal combustion engine via a mechanical transmission for transmission of a first shaft power therebetween, a turbine fluidly coupled to an exhaust of the internal combustion engine, a generator operatively coupled to the turbine for transmission of a second shaft power therebetween, and electrically coupled to an electric battery, a motor-generator operatively coupled to the mechanical transmission for transmission of a third shaft power therebetween, and electrically coupled to the electric battery; and a controller operatively coupled to the internal combustion engine. The controller is configured to adjust a relative proportion of the third shaft power compared to the first shaft power by adjusting at least one of a combustion timing of the internal combustion engine and an exhaust valve timing of the internal combustion engine. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138467 | BEARING STRUCTURE FOR MULTI-LINK-TYPE PISTON CRANK MECHANISM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES - A crankshaft bearing part ( | 2016-05-19 |
20160138468 | VEHICLE ENGINE SPEED DISPLAY DEVICE - A vehicle engine speed display device is provided with an engine speed detection unit which detects an engine speed, an engine speed display unit which displays an engine speed, and a display control unit which controls the engine speed display unit on the basis of the detected engine speed. The display control unit determines whether a phase of a gear shift operation is an inertia phase when gear shift control of an automatic transmission is executed, and sets display responsiveness of a tachometer with respect to the detected engine speed higher than display responsiveness to be set when the phase is not the inertia phase, when the phase of the gear shift operation is determined to be the inertia phase. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138469 | TOROIDAL COMBUSTION CHAMBER - A device comprising a combustion toroid for receiving combustion-induced centrifugal forces therein to continuously combust fluids located therein and an outlet for exhaust from said combustion toroid. | 2016-05-19 |
20160138470 | APPLICATION OF PROBABILISTIC CONTROL IN LIQUID-FUELED GAS TURBINE TUNING, RELATED CONTROL SYSTEMS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS AND METHODS - Various embodiments include a system having: at least one computing device configured to tune a set of gas turbines (GTs) by performing actions including: commanding each GT in the set of GTs to a base load level, based upon a measured ambient condition for each GT; commanding each GT in the set of GTs to adjust a respective output to match a nominal mega-watt power output value, and subsequently measuring an actual fuel flow value and an actual emissions value for each GT; adjusting at least one of a fuel flow or a water flow for each GT to an adjusted water/fuel ratio in response to the actual emissions value deviating from an emissions level associated with the base load level, while maintaining the respective adjusted output; and adjusting an operating condition of each GT in the set of GTs based upon a difference between the respective measured actual fuel flow value and a nominal fuel flow value at the ambient condition, while maintaining the adjusted water/fuel ratio. | 2016-05-19 |