27th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 28 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150184507 | SYSTEM, METHOD, & COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT TO DETERMINE PLACEMENT OF FRACTURE STIMULATION POINTS USING MINEROLOGY - Systems and related methods to alter and optimize the placement of fracture initiation points through utilization of mineralogy. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184508 | COMPUTING SYSTEMS, TOOLS, AND METHODS FOR SIMULATING WELLBORE RE-ENTRY - Specialized computing systems, devices, interfaces and methods facilitate the simulation of downhole wellbore re-entry procedures such as sidetracking, rate hole extension, hole enlargement, window modification, fishing, and other re-entry procedures. Computing systems, devices, interfaces and methods enable a user to design and select BHA components and procedures to be compared and simulated. Various re-entry parameters, such as re-entry tool parameters, whipstock parameters, wellbore casing parameters, window parameters, rat hole parameters, and the like may be accessed and selectably modified with re-entry and simulation interfaces to define and control the simulated re-entry procedures. Different types of output are selectably rendered to reflect various aspects of the simulated re-entry procedures. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184509 | SAMPLING APPARATUS - A sampling apparatus for collecting geological samples from the subsurface is fixable to a drill, such as to a mining drill rig. The drill apparatus includes a chassis, and a drill comprising a boring pipe and a drill bit. The sampling apparatus is fixable to the chassis of the drill apparatus and includes a sampling pipe arrangement to be fitted to the end of it, as well as a collecting apparatus to be connected to the sampling pipe apparatus, in which the collecting apparatus samples can be collected. The nozzle is a suction nozzle, in which suction is arranged. The sampling pipe arrangement comprises an attitude adjustment apparatus, with which the nozzle can be arranged into the proximity of the boring pipe in such a way that the nozzle is near the borehole and the mouth of it is directed towards the borehole such that it is able to take samples directly from the mantle rock flying out from the borehole. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184510 | Apparatus and Method for Downhole In-Situ Determaination of Fluid Viscosity - An apparatus to determine fluid viscosities downhole in real-time includes a housing and an excitation element positioned therein. Electrical circuitry provides a drive signal that excites movement of the excitation element. A detector produces a response signal correlating to the detected rotational or oscillating movement of the excitation element. Circuitry onboard the apparatus utilizes the drive and response signals to determine the fluid viscosity. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184511 | Well Testing and Production Apparatus and Method - A well testing device for conducting well test operations on an oil, gas, or water well including a production flowline. A conduit guides fluids from the production flowline to the well test device and then back to the flowline. The well test device may include, in various combinations, one or more of a flow measurement device, a sampling device, a sampling chamber to collect sampled fluids from the production flowline, a particle separator, a particle detector, a pressure sensor, a temperature sensor, a controller or data storage module, a choke, and other components. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184512 | TELESCOPIC MINE ROOF SUPPORT - A longitudinally yieldable support for underground roof support includes a first support section with a first elongate outer shell filled with a solid compressible filler material and a second support section filled with a second solid compressible filler material with a second elongate outer shell extending above the first elongate outer shell. The second support section has density that is greater than a density of the first solid compressible filler material. A pair of attachment members are coupled to the second elongate outer shell and are configured for lifting the second elongate outer shell relative to the first elongate outer shell and for securing the second elongate outer shell relative to the first elongate outer shell once lifted. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184513 | Device and Method for Repairing A Forward Frame V-Blade In An Aircraft Engine - A repair device and method for repairing a forward frame v-blade on an aircraft engine are described in which the repair device replaces a section of the forward frame v-blade. In one embodiment, the repair device includes a repair part and a splice plate, the combination of which is secured to the forward frame v-blade. The repair part includes a repair part web and a pair of stiffening legs with a leg thickness that is greater that the thickness of corresponding flanges on the forward frame v-blade. The splice plate is configured to accommodate for the increased thickness of the stiffening legs, providing by way of example a reduced thickness area compatible with the repair part. Fasteners such as rivets are used to couple the repair device to the splice plate, and to couple the splice plate to the forward frame v-blade. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184514 | METHOD FOR REPAIRING A SINGLE CRYSTAL TURBINE BLADE - A method is provided for repairing a single crystal turbine blade, which includes an airfoil with a tip having a tip cover plate, tip cooling air holes and a tip crown. The method includes removing the tip crown by manual grinding, thereby preserving the underlying tip cover plate; preparing the tip cooling air holes by manual grinding; closing said prepared tip cooling air holes by manual welding; and building-up a new tip crown by a LMF (Laser Metal Forming) process. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184515 | TURBINE ASSEMBLY - A turbine assembly is provided assembly having rotor defines a plurality of recesses disposed about an axis of rotation (Ar). Each of the recesses having a wide end and a narrow end. The recesses are disposed in the alternating orientations such that the wide ends and the narrow ends of the adjacent recesses are proximate to one another to minimize wake turbulence, thereby optimizing efficiency. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184516 | NOZZLE ENDWALL FILM COOLING WITH AIRFOIL COOLING HOLES - A nozzle segment for a nozzle ring of a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The nozzle segment includes an upper endwall, a lower endwall, and an airfoil extending between the upper endwall and the lower endwall. The airfoil includes a pressure side wall, a plurality of inner cooling apertures, and a plurality of outer cooling apertures. The plurality of inner cooling apertures extends through a pressure side wall and is arranged in a first row adjacent the lower endwall. The plurality of outer cooling apertures extends through the pressure side wall and is arranged in a second row adjacent the upper endwall. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184517 | AIRFOILS WITH LOW-ANGLE HOLES AND METHODS FOR DRILLING SAME - A method for fabricating an airfoil includes forming a diffuser section in an exterior surface of the airfoil. The diffuser section is defined by at least an outer surface and an inner surface that converge at a stop surface. The method also includes positioning a drilling element of a drilling device on the stop surface. The method further includes orienting the drilling element at a first angle relative to the exterior surface. The method also includes forming, using the drilling element, a cooling channel extending through the airfoil from the stop surface to an interior surface, thereby forming the cooling channel at substantially the first angle. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184518 | TURBINE AIRFOIL COOLING SYSTEM WITH NONLINEAR TRAILING EDGE EXIT SLOTS - A cooling system for a turbine airfoil of a turbine engine having a trailing edge cooling channel formed from a central trailing edge cooling channel and at least one trailing edge exit slot with a nonlinear longitudinal axis is disclosed. The trailing edge exit slot may be defined by ribs having wavy side edges that form a jagged edge As such, the nonlinear longitudinal axis of the trailing edge exit slot reduces the effective flow area, generates impingement and turbulence to increase heat transfer and provides sufficient mechanical strength for better casting yield without overflowing for better performance The nonlinear trailing edge exit slot may be formed using a ceramic core and investment casting. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184519 | STRUCTURAL CONFIGURATIONS AND COOLING CIRCUITS IN TURBINE BLADES - A turbine blade having an airfoil defined by a concave shaped pressure side outer wall and a convex shaped suction side outer wall that connect along leading and trailing edges and, therebetween, form a radially extending chamber for receiving the flow of a coolant. The turbine blade may further include a rib configuration that partitions the chamber into radially extending flow passages. The rib configuration may include a camber line rib having a wavy profile. The wavy profile may include at least one back-and-forth āSā shape. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184520 | INTERIOR COOLING CIRCUITS IN TURBINE BLADES - A turbine blade that includes an airfoil and a radially extending chamber therein for a coolant. The turbine blade may also include a rib configuration that partitions the chamber into radially extending flow passages. The rib configuration may include: a camber line rib that defines a near-wall flow chamber; and traverse ribs extending between the camber line rib and one of the outer walls so to divide the near-wall flow chamber into successively stacked flow passages that each include a segment of the camber line rib. The segment of the camber line rib of one of the flow passages may have a narrowing profile that includes a profile that narrows from opposing ends toward a neck disposed therebetween. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184521 | STRUCTURAL CONFIGURATIONS AND COOLING CIRCUITS IN TURBINE BLADES - A turbine blade comprising an airfoil defined by a concave shaped pressure side outer wall and a convex shaped suction side outer wall that connect along leading and trailing edges and, therebetween, form a radially extending chamber for receiving the flow of a coolant. The turbine blade may further include: a rib configuration that partitions the chamber into radially extending flow passages that include a first flow passage and a second flow passage; and a crossover passage that fluidly connects an inlet formed in the first flow passage to an outlet formed in the second flow passage. The crossover passage may include a canted configuration relative to the second flow passage. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184522 | STRUCTURAL CONFIGURATIONS AND COOLING CIRCUITS IN TURBINE BLADES - A turbine blade that includes an airfoil defined by a concave shaped pressure side outer wall and a convex shaped suction side outer wall that connect along leading and trailing edges and, therebetween, form a radially extending chamber for receiving the flow of a coolant. The turbine blade may further include a rib configuration that partitions the chamber into radially extending flow passages, and a blade outer shell that defines an outer surface of the airfoil. The rib configuration is a non-integral component to the blade outer shell. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184523 | STRUCTURAL CONFIGURATIONS AND COOLING CIRCUITS IN TURBINE BLADES - A turbine blade having an airfoil defined by a concave shaped pressure side outer wall and a convex shaped suction side outer wall that connect along leading and trailing edges and, therebetween, form a radially extending chamber for receiving the flow of a coolant. The turbine blade may include a rib configuration that partitions the chamber and defines a flow passage having a first and a second side. The flow passage may include a port formed through the first side. A projection of a center axis of the port through the flow passage may define a strike point on the second side of the flow passage, and a backstrike recess may be positioned on the second side of the flow passage so to contain the strike point. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184524 | TURBINE AIRFOIL WITH AN INTERNAL COOLING SYSTEM HAVING TRIP STRIPS WITH REDUCED PRESSURE DROP - A turbine airfoil usable in a turbine engine and having at least one cooling system with an efficient trip strip is disclosed At least a portion of the cooling system may include one or more cooling channels having one or more trip strips protruding from an inner surface forming the cooling channel. The trip strip may have improved operating characteristics including enhanced heat transfer capabilities and a substantial reduction in pressure drop typically associated with conventional trip strips In at least one embodiment, the trip strip may have a cross-sectional area with a first section of an upstream surface of the trip strip being positioned nonparallel and nonorthogonal to a surface forming the cooling system channel extending upstream from the at least one trip strip and a concave shaped downstream surface of the at least one trip strip that enables separated flow to reattach to the cooling fluid flow. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184525 | STRUCTURAL CONFIGURATIONS AND COOLING CIRCUITS IN TURBINE BLADES - A turbine blade that includes an airfoil defined by a concave shaped pressure side outer wall and a convex shaped suction side outer wall that connect along leading and trailing edges and, therebetween, form a radially extending chamber for receiving the flow of a coolant. The turbine blade further may include a rib configuration that partitions the chamber of the airfoil into radially extending flow passages. A first flow passage may include a first side on which turbulators are positioned, wherein each of the turbulators comprises a canted configuration. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184526 | CORROSION-RESISTANT ABRADABLE COVERING - A corrosion-resistant abradable covering to adhesively bond to a wear portion of a structural part, the covering including at least a polyester-based matrix and an aluminum alloy filler that are molded together. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184527 | METAL LEADING EDGE PROTECTIVE STRIPS FOR AIRFOIL COMPONENTS AND METHOD THEREFOR - A metallic leading edge protective strip adapted to provide impact protection for a leading edge of an airfoil of a turbomachine. The protective strip is formed of a stainless steel or a nickel-based alloy and is denser and provides increased strength and elasticity characteristics as compared to an identical protective strip formed of a titanium-based alloy. The protective strip is particularly suitable for use with composite blades and allows for thinner airfoils, thereby improving engine efficiency. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184528 | SYSTEM FOR SEALING BETWEEN COMBUSTORS AND TURBINE OF GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A gas turbine engine includes a gas turbine and a plurality of combustors each in fluid communication with the gas turbine. The gas turbine engine includes a first seal disposed between the gas turbine and the plurality of turbine combustors. The first seal is configured to sealingly engage with the gas turbine and at least two of the plurality of turbine combustors. The gas turbine engine also includes a second seal disposed between the gas turbine and the plurality of turbine combustors. The second seal is configured to sealingly engage with the gas turbine and at least two of the plurality of turbine combustors. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184529 | STEAM TURBINE AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME - A steam turbine is provided. The steam turbine includes a housing and a steam inlet configured to discharge a primary steam flow within the housing. A stator is coupled to the housing and a rotor is coupled to the housing and located within the stator. The rotor and the stator are configured to define a primary flow path there between and in flow communication with the primary steam flow. The steam turbine includes a seal assembly coupled to the housing. The seal assembly includes a packing head and a plurality of seals. The packing head is configured to define a cooling flow path in flow communication with the rotor and configured to discharge a cooling steam flow toward the rotor. An anti-swirl device is coupled to the seal assembly and located between the rotor and the packing head. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184530 | TURBINE NOZZLE AND METHOD FOR COOLING A TURBINE NOZZLE OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - The present application and the resultant patent provide a turbine nozzle for a gas turbine engine. The turbine nozzle may include a first nozzle vane, a second nozzle vane, and a platform connecting the first nozzle vane and the second nozzle vane. The platform may include a first cooling passage and a separate second cooling passage defined therein. The first cooling passage may be configured to direct a first flow of cooling fluid in a first direction, and the second cooling passage may be configured to direct a second flow of cooling fluid in a second direction substantially opposite the first direction. The present application and the resultant patent further provide a method for cooling a turbine nozzle of a gas turbine engine. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184531 | GASKET DEVICE FOR THE BEARING OF A TURBOMACHINE, COMPRISING TWO ELASTIC SEALS - A gasket device for a turbomachine bearing, configured to separate an oil enclosure and an air enclosure from the turbomachine, including a segmenting gasket for providing most of tightness of the device and a supporting jacket for holding the segmented gasket. The supporting jacket includes a first groove accommodating a first elastic seal for centering the supporting jacket. The supporting jacket includes a second groove accommodating a second elastic seal for centering the supporting jacket, or aligning the axis of the supporting jacket with the axis of the rotor. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184532 | INCREASING THE EFFICIENCY OF SUPPLEMENTED OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION (SOTEC) SYSTEMS - A system and method for increasing the efficiency of an ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) system is described. In some examples, the system collects thermal energy using a solar collector, warms ocean water located within the solar collector, and provides the warmed water to an OTEC system, such as to a vaporizer of a heat engine. In some examples, the OTEC system provides electricity and other energy to another system, creating a cycle of sustainable economic development of energy and resources. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184533 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO MONITOR HEALTH OF ROTOR BLADES - A system for monitoring health of a rotor is presented. The system includes a processing subsystem that generates a plurality of frequency peak values corresponding to two or more respective windows of signals by iteratively shifting the two or more respective windows of signals along delta times of arrival signals corresponding to a blade in the rotor, determines one or more resonant-frequency rotor speeds ranges of the blade by identifying rotor speeds corresponding to a subset of the plurality of frequency peak values, and monitors the blade to determine a presence of one or more defects in the blade during the resonant-frequency rotor speeds regions. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184534 | VARIABLE NOZZLE UNIT, VARIABLE GEOMETRY SYSTEM TURBOCHARGER, AND POWER TRANSMISSION MEMBER MANUFACTURING METHOD - Power transmission members, such as synchronous joint members, are each formed by sintering a compact which is molded from a mixture containing metal powder and a binder, as an injection material, by metal powder injection molding. Flow promotion recesses configured to facilitate a flow of the mixture to areas corresponding to power transmission surfaces or the like when the compact is molded are formed in each of two side surfaces of each power transmission member. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184535 | ACTIVE SYNCHRONIZING RING - An improved system, apparatus and method for controlling vane angles in a gas turbine engine, and more specifically, for correcting vane angle error in a gas turbine engine. An active synchronization ring comprises a plurality of micro-actuators coupled to the synchronization ring to correct distortion in the synchronization ring. The micro-actuators apply a bending moment to the synchronization ring to cancel or compensate for synchronization ring distortion. The micro-actuators may be controlled open loop or closed loop. Strain sensors measure ring distortion and provide signals to the controller for closed loop control. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184536 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO MONITOR HEALTH OF ROTOR BLADES - A system for monitoring health of a rotor is presented. The system includes a processing subsystem that generates a measurement matrix based upon a plurality of resonant-frequency first delta times of arrival vectors corresponding to a blade and a first sensing device, and a plurality of resonant-frequency second delta times of arrival vectors corresponding to the blade and a second sensing device, generates a resonant matrix based upon the measurement matrix such that entries in the resonant matrix are substantially linearly uncorrelated and linearly independent, and generates a resonance signal using a first subset of the entries of the resonant matrix, wherein the resonance signal substantially comprises common observations and components of the plurality of resonant-frequency first delta times of arrival vectors and the plurality of resonant-frequency second delta times of arrival vectors. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184537 | INTERIOR COOLING CIRCUITS IN TURBINE BLADES - A turbine blade having an airfoil defined by outer walls in which a concave shaped pressure side outer wall and a convex shaped suction side outer wall connect along leading and trailing edges and form a chamber for receiving the flow of a coolant. The turbine blade may include a rib configuration that partitions the chamber into radially extending flow passages. The rib configuration may include a rib having a wavy profile that opposes a target surface across one of the flow passages. Relative to the target surface, the wavy profile of the rib may include a ridge portion and a furrow portion. The rib may include impingement apertures formed through the ridge portion. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184538 | INTERIOR COOLING CIRCUITS IN TURBINE BLADES - An airfoil of a turbine rotor blade that includes a cooling configuration having a plurality of elongated flow passages for receiving and directing a coolant along a path through the airfoil. The cooling configuration may include: a central flow passage flanked to each side by near-wall flow passages that includes a pressure side near-wall flow passage and a suction side near-wall flow passage; a first port that fluidly connects the central flow passage to the pressure side near-wall flow passage; a second port that fluidly connects the central flow passage to the suction side near-wall flow passage; and impingement connectors that fluidly connect the central flow passage to a leading edge flow passage. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184539 | COMPACT COMPRESSION SYSTEM WITH INTEGRAL HEAT EXCHANGERS - Apparatus for housing a rotatable component and exchanging heat and methods for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The apparatus includes a first casing and a second casing spaced apart from the first casing and defining a gap therebetween. The apparatus also includes a cooling fluid manifold coupled to a source of a cooling fluid, and a stack of plates coupled to the first and second casings and extending therebetween to fill the gap. The first and second casings and the stack of plates define at least a portion of a pressurized containment area therein. Further, the stack of plates includes a bore in which the rotatable component is received and defines process fluid flowpaths configured to direct process fluid to and/or from the rotatable component. The stack of plates is in fluid communication with the cooling fluid manifold and transfers heat from the process fluid to the cooling fluid. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184540 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BEARINGS - A method for manufacturing a rotating assembly includes providing an impeller including a shaft and at least one blade. The method also includes providing a thrust plate configured to contact a bearing fluid. The method further includes brazing the thrust plate to the impeller. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184541 | BEARING STRUCTURE AND TURBOCHARGER - A shaft includes: two large-diameter portions; and a small-diameter portion formed between the two large-diameter portions. A bearing includes: an annular body in which to insert the shaft; two bearing surfaces being opposite the large-diameter portions; and an intervening surface located between the two bearing surfaces on an inner circumferential surface of the body, and being opposite the small-diameter portion with a clearance formed between the intervening surface and the small-diameter portion. No anti-corrosion treatment is applied to the large-diameter portions. An anti-corrosion treatment is applied to at least any one of: an exposed portion of an outer peripheral surface of the body of the bearing, which is exposed to the outside of the housing; the intervening surface of the bearing; an opposite end surface of the bearing; and the small-diameter portion of the shaft. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184542 | Turbine housing for a turbocharger - A turbine housing for a turbocharger has a plurality of interconnected housing parts. A central, one-piece contoured component that is constructed as a cast component or a forged component is provided on that side of a spiral channel which faces away from a bearing housing attachment flange in the turbine housing. The contoured component has a wall region of the spiral channel, a boundary wall of an exhaust gas inlet gap and a sealing contour region. The contoured component is connected to its adjacent housing parts, which are at least partly constructed as sheet metal molded parts, so as to form the turbine housing. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184543 | Fan cowl locking system - A locking system comprising a handle mounted such that it can rotate about an operating spindle, wherein the handle can move between a locked position and an unlocked position, a hook mounted on the handle and secured in rotation therewith, wherein the hook has a throat in which a latching point of a structure is designed to engage when the handle is in the locked position. The locking system comprises a key associated with the hook and by means of which it is possible to pass from the locked position to the unlocked position of the handle, wherein the key can be removed when the handle is in the locked position and cannot be removed when the handle is in the unlocked position. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184544 | Fan cowl locking system - A locking system comprising a handle mounted such that it can rotate about an operating spindle, wherein the handle can move between a locked position and an unlocked position, a hook mounted on the handle and secured in rotation therewith, wherein the hook has a throat in which a latching point of a structure is designed to engage when the handle is in the locked position. The locking system comprises a key associated with the hook and by means of which it is possible to pass from the locked position to the unlocked position of the handle, wherein the key can be removed when the handle is in the locked position and cannot be removed when the handle is in the unlocked position. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184545 | SECURING DEVICE FOR SECURING A TURBOMACHINE ROTOR SET UP TRANSVERSELY TO A HORIZONTAL PLANE AGAINST TIPPING OVER AND ORIENTATION METHOD THEREFOR - A securing device for securing a rotor of a turbomachine against tilting is provided, the rotor being arranged perpendicular in relation to a horizontal plane. The securing device includes a support surface enabling the rotor to be laterally supported in relation to the securing device. The rotor or the tie rod, arranged in an essentially vertical manner, are oriented vertically such that during an alignment, the support surface on which the rotor or the tie rod support, are displaced such that rotor is perpendicular in relation to the horizontal plane. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184546 | RANKINE CYCLE DEVICE, EXPANSION SYSTEM AND EXPANSION MACHINE - To improve the reliability of the Rankine cycle device using a sealed-type expansion machine, the Rankine cycle device | 2015-07-02 |
20150184547 | Process Producing Useful Energy from Thermal Energy - The invention relates to a process producing useful energy from thermal energy. An overall population of mobile particles confined to a unidirectional flow closed circuit of conducting channels ( | 2015-07-02 |
20150184548 | BOILER SYSTEM - A boiler system includes a boiler group provided with a plurality of boilers and a controller for controlling a combustion state of the boiler group. The boiler group has a varied steam flow set to indicate reserve power corresponding to expected increase of a steam flow due to a sudden variation of a required load, and an increase minimum load factor set to indicate a load factor for output of a steam flow corresponding to the required load only from the combusting boilers with no increase of the number of combusted boilers. The controller increases the number of the combusted boilers when a total reserve steam flow of the combusting boilers is not more than the varied steam flow and the load factor of each of the combusting boilers is not lower than the increase minimum load factor. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184549 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENHANCING CONTROL OF POWER PLANT GENERATING UNITS - A control method for optimizing an operation of a power plant fleet. The power plant fleet may include multiple operating configurations differentiated by a manner in which assets are engaged. The method may include the steps of: sensing and collecting measured values of the operating parameters for the operating of each of the assets; tuning asset models so to configure a tuned asset model for each of the assets; simulating proposed operating configurations of the power plant fleet using the tuned asset models; and obtaining simulation results from each of the simulation runs, each of the simulation results including a predicted value for a performance indicator. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184550 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENHANCING CONTROL OF POWER PLANT GENERATING UNITS - A control method for optimizing a turndown operation for a power plant having a plurality of generating units. The plurality of generating units each may include either an on-condition or an off-condition during a selected operating period. The method may include: defining competing operating modes, wherein the competing operating modes include different possible combinations regarding which of the plurality of generating units have the on-condition and which have the off-condition during the selected operating period; defining multiple cases for each of the competing operating modes, wherein the multiple cases include varying a value of an operating parameter; receiving performance objectives that include a cost function; receiving an ambient conditions forecast; for the multiple cases of the competing operating modes, simulating the turndown operation with a power plant model given the value of the operating parameter and the ambient conditions forecast; evaluating a simulation result pursuant to the cost function so to select therefrom a preferred case. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184551 | SYSTEM OF RECYCLING EXHAUST HEAT FROM INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A system of recycling exhaust heat from an internal combustion engine may include an EGR line circulating a portion of exhaust gas generated from the engine to an intake side, a working fluid circulating line configured to have a working fluid satisfying a Rankine cycle, which is circulated therein, and an EGR side heat exchanging unit configured to perform a heat-exchange between an EGR gas flowing in the EGR line and the working fluid flowing in the working fluid circulating line. When a temperature of the EGR gas is equal to or greater than a reference temperature T | 2015-07-02 |
20150184552 | CONTROLLING APPARATUS AND STARTING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a controlling apparatus is a controlling apparatus for a combined cycle power-generating plant having a plurality of power-generating plants, each of the power-generating plants comprising: a power generator; a gas turbine that is connected with the power generator; and an heat recovering steam generator that recovers heat of exhaust gas from the gas turbine and generates steam from an incorporated drum. The controlling apparatus comprises a controlling unit that controls the turbine bypass regulating valve. The controlling unit closes the turbine bypass regulating valve in accordance with a predetermined time-dependent change, before the controlling valve is in a full open state. The controlling unit controls the turbine bypass regulating valve based on a pressure of the drum of the power-generating plant subsequently started, when the controlling valve is in the full open state. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184553 | CONTROLLING APPARATUS AND STARTING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a controlling apparatus is a controlling apparatus to control a combined cycle power plant that includes at least a plurality of units, each of the units including a gas turbine; an heat recovering steam generator that recovers heat of exhaust gas from the gas turbine and generates steam from an incorporated drum; and a turbine bypass regulating valve that sends the steam generated from the drum while keeping a predetermined pressure, and comprises a steam header unit that merges together the steam generated from a plurality of the drums; and a steam turbine to which the steam in the steam header unit is supplied. The controlling apparatus comprising a controlling unit that controls a plurality of the turbine bypass regulating valves based on a steam pressure detected in the steam header unit when the plurality of the units are linked. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184554 | SLIDING CAM SYSTEM OF A RECIPROCATING PISTON INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH SLIDING GROOVES AND GUIDE ELEMENTS ARRANGED IN AN X-SHAPE - A reciprocating piston internal combustion engine having at least one camshaft with at least one sliding cam element with sliding cams and sliding grooves ( | 2015-07-02 |
20150184555 | CAMSHAFT - A camshaft for an internal combustion engine may include a shaft and at least one component thermally joined thereto. The at least one component may be connected via a component-side joining face to a shaft-side joining face of the shaft. At least one of the component-side joining face and the shaft-side joining face may include a predefined roughness introduced and hardened via a laser. The predefined roughness may define at least one track composed of a plurality of individual laser spots. Each of the plurality of individual laser spots may include a centre point arranged offset to each other. The plurality of individual laser spots may respectively be arranged to overlapping each other. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184556 | VARIABLE VALVE ACTUATING MECHANISM FOR OHV ENGINE - An OHV engine comprises a first and second cam carried by a camshaft rotatably supported by a crankcase to be rotatively actuated by a crankshaft, first and second lower rocker arms pivotally supported by a lower rocker shaft adjacent to each other, and configured to be actuated by the first and second cams, respectively, a clutch member mounted on the second rocker arm in an axially slidable and rotationally fast manner, the clutch member being axially moveable between an engaged position and a disengaged position, the clutch member being provided with an engagement recess configured to receive a corresponding engagement projection of the first lower rocker arm for a joint pivotal movement of the first and second lower rocker arms when the clutch member is at the engaged position, and an actuator for causing the clutch member to move axially between the engaged position and the disengaged position. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184557 | CAMSHAFT ADJUSTER - A camshaft adjustment device for an internal combustion engine, having a stator ( | 2015-07-02 |
20150184558 | ACTUATOR FOR AXIAL DISPLACEMENT OF A GAS EXCHANGE VALVE IN A COMBUSTION ENGINE - An actuator for axially displacing an object includes an actuator piston disc and an actuator piston rod, which together form an actuator piston, a cylinder volume, the actuator piston disc dividing the cylinder volume into a first part and second part and being displaceable in the cylinder volume between an inactive and active position, a pressure fluid circuit arranged for controllable fluid communication with the first part, and a first hydraulic circuit including a liquid-filled space, the actuator piston rod being disposed to be axially displaced in relation to the liquid-filled space in connection with axial displacement of the actuator piston disc in the cylinder volume. The actuator piston includes a second hydraulic circuit, the liquid-filled space being in fluid communication with an inner cavity in the second hydraulic circuit when the actuator piston disc is in the inactive position, the inner cavity partly being delimited by a positioning piston. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184559 | COVER WITH OIL STORAGE FUNCTION FOR A HOUSING OF AN ELECTROHYDRAULIC VALVE DRIVE OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE | 2015-07-02 |
20150184560 | VARIABLE VALVE GEAR FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A variable valve gear for an internal combustion engine includes: a cam base portion integrally or separately provided in a camshaft, and immovably fixed to the camshaft; a cam lobe portion connected to the cam base portion so as to swing and shift between a first state where the cam lobe portion is positioned to project from an outer circumference of the base portion and a second state where the cam lobe portion is positioned to be lower than the cam base portion in the first state; a lock mechanism locking the cam lobe portion in the first and second state; and a biasing member biasing the cam lobe portion to be shifted to the first state, to such an extent that the cam lobe portion is shifted to the second state by reaction force from a cam follower when the locking mechanism is unlocked. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184561 | APPROACH FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF OIL INJECTORS - Various embodiments of systems and methods related to controlling oil injection for piston cooling in an engine are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes during an engine cold start event, enabling oil injection onto a piston of an engine, disabling oil injection after the engine cold start event, and re-enabling oil injection after the engine cold start event based on a first operating parameter. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184562 | OIL PAN | 2015-07-02 |
20150184563 | CYLINDER LUBRICATION SYSTEM FOR TWO-STROKE ENGINE - In a cylinder lubrication system for a two-stroke engine, a plurality of lubricating oil supply openings ( | 2015-07-02 |
20150184564 | Exhaust System Passive Noise Cancellation Assembly and Method - Disclosed is a passive noise cancelling assembly suitable for reducing exhaust drone from an exhaust system, whereby one or more tuning rods or tuning assemblies are disposed between two exhaust pipes of the system to cancel out or shift the target frequencies thereof. One or more elongated tuning rods are sandwiched between a first and second support plate, wherein a carrier rod extends through the assembly and connects to the exhaust pipes at its ends. An alternative embodiment contemplates smaller tuning rod subassemblies that include shorter tuning rods and a pair of support plates, whereby several subassemblies are supported along a single support rod. The modes of the assembly are controlled by the stiffness of the tuning rods, and its connection between the exhaust pipes attenuates exhaust modes creating audible drone. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184565 | BURNER FOR EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION DEVICE - A burner for an exhaust gas purification device includes: an exhaust pipe through which exhaust gas from the engine flows; a tube-shaped flame stabilizer which has a space in which fuel combusts; and an exhaust gas supply pipe which is connected to the exhaust pipe and to the flame stabilizer and which supplies exhaust gas into the space in the flame stabilizer. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184566 | DIESEL ENGINE - It is an object of the present invention to provide a diesel engine in which an engine body, a DPF case and an SCR catalyst case can be placed compactly. In the diesel engine including the engine body, the DPF case and the SCR catalyst case, a DPF is accommodated in the DPF case and an SCR catalyst is accommodated in the SCR catalyst case, the DPF case and the SCR catalyst case are mounted on the engine body, the DPF case is supported by the engine body through an exhaust gas introducing pipe, and the SCR catalyst case is supported by the DPF case through an exhaust gas relay pipe. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184567 | ENGINE SYSTEM - An engine system includes: an exhaust path through which an exhaust gas of an engine passes; an urea injection valve that injects urea into the exhaust path; a catalyst that is provided in the exhaust path on a downstream of the urea injection valve, and that selectively reduces NOx by using ammonia acting as a reducing agent, the ammonia being generated by hydrolyzing injected urea from the urea injection valve; a heating portion that is capable of heating the catalyst and the injected urea; and a control unit that performs first control, in which the urea injection valve injects urea, the heating portion heats the injected urea to generate ammonia, or second control, in which the heating portion increases a temperature of the catalyst to a temperature at which NOx can be reduced, on a basis of an amount of ammonia adsorbed on the catalyst. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184568 | NOX REDUCING DEVICE - Provided is a NOx reducing device which is capable of effectively protecting a NOx controller against heat and water, while suppressing an increase in cost of a construction machine and deterioration in assemblability of the NOx controller. The NOx reducing device comprises a device body, a tail pipe provided at an outlet end portion of the device body, a NOx controller, and a mount table supporting the device body. The mount table comprises a top plate and a leg supporting the top plate. The device body and the tail pipe are provided on an upper side of the top plate. The NOx controller is provided with respect to a lower surface of the top plate in such a manner that the NOx controller is entirely covered from thereabove by the top plate. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184569 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE (AS AMENDED) - To estimate an amount of reducing agent adsorbed to a selective reduction type NOx catalyst with a higher degree of precision, an amount of variation over a predetermined time in a reducing agent amount adsorbed to a selective reduction type NOx catalyst is calculated from an upper limit value of a reducing agent amount that is adsorbed to the selective reduction type NOx catalyst when the reducing agent is supplied continuously by a supply unit, which is calculated on the basis of a temperature of the selective reduction type NOx catalyst, and the reducing agent amount adsorbed to the selective reduction type NOx catalyst, whereupon a reducing agent amount adsorbed to the selective reduction type NOx catalyst following the elapse of the predetermined time is estimated by adding the variation amount to the reducing agent amount adsorbed to the selective reduction type NOx catalyst. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184570 | INJECTION SYSTEM, METERING PUMP, EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT DEVICE, METHOD - The invention relates to an injection system ( | 2015-07-02 |
20150184571 | Exhaust Heat Recovery Device - In an exhaust heat recovery device, exhaust gas flows out from a heat exchange outflow port into a heat exchange passage, the exhaust gas having flowed out into the heat exchange passage flows in a radial direction from an inner side to an outer side of a heat exchanger to reach a second heat exchange passage from a first heat exchange passage, and a heat exchange is performed in the heat exchanger while the exhaust gas flows. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184572 | MULTILAYER COMPOSITE PANEL - Disclosed is a multi-layered composite panel. The multi-layered composite panel comprises at least two sheets of thin plates with continuous waveform patterns having the same pitch and different heights in one direction are overlapped. In the multi-layered composite panel, an air layer is formed between the overlapping thin plates, orthogonal pressing portions, which divide the waveform patterns on the top and the bottom of the thin plates into the unit of triangle-patterned cell by being pressed orthogonally to cross each other on the top and the bottom of the thin plates overlapping in the orthogonal direction crossing the direction of the waveform patterns, are formed and an undercut portion is formed by pressing the centers of both sides connecting a groove and a ridge of each cell on the top and the bottom of the thin plates with opposite orthogonal pressing portions. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184573 | MULTILAYER COMPOSITE PANEL - Disclosed is a multi-layered composite panel. The multi-layered composite panel comprises at least two sheets of thin plates with continuous waveform patterns having the same pitch and different heights in one direction are overlapped. In the multi-layered composite panel, an adiabatic layer is formed between the overlapping thin plates, diagonal pressing portions, which divide the waveform patterns on the top and the bottom of the thin plates into the unit of triangle-patterned cell by being pressed diagonally to cross each other on the top and the bottom of the thin plates overlapping in the diagonal direction crossing the direction of the waveform patterns, are formed and an undercut portion is formed by pressing the centers of both sides connecting a groove and a ridge of each cell on the top and the bottom of the thin plates with opposite diagonal pressing portions. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184574 | TWO-STROKE ENGINE WITH FUEL INJECTION - In a two-stroke engine including a scavenging port ( | 2015-07-02 |
20150184575 | Control Methods and Systems for Dual Mode Cooling Pump - Methods and systems for controlling the operation of a dual mode engine accessory, such as a dual mode cooling pump. The dual mode device has two modes of operation, an electric motor operation and a mechanical pulley-driven operation. A friction clutch mechanism controlled by the control system is utilized to switch between the two modes of operation. The speed of the electrical motor can be changed to be substantially the same as, or changed in the direction of, the speed of the mechanical pulley-driven system. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184576 | ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM - An engine cooling system may include a cylinder head arranged on a cylinder block, a main thermostat arranged to control a coolant to be supplied to the cylinder block and the cylinder head according to a coolant temperature, and a coolant control valve unit having a first inlet for introduction of a block coolant which is the coolant supplied to and passed through the cylinder block and a second inlet for introduction of a head coolant which is the coolant supplied to and passed through the cylinder head, and controlling flows of the block coolant and the head coolant separately, as one unit. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184577 | COOLING SYSTEM AND OPERATION METHOD OF ELECTRIC OIL PUMP IN COOLING SYSTEM - A cooling system | 2015-07-02 |
20150184578 | PRECOMBUSTION CHAMBER GAS ENGINE - An object is to provide a precombustion-chamber gas engine in which occurrence of knocking is restricted. The precombustion-chamber gas engine includes: a cylinder; a cylinder head; a piston delimiting a main combustion chamber with the cylinder head; a precombustion-chamber cap delimiting a precombustion chamber inside thereof and including a plurality of nozzle holes through which the precombustion chamber is in communication with the main combustion chamber; an intake valve for opening and closing an intake port that opens on the cylinder head; and an exhaust valve for opening and closing an exhaust port that opens on the cylinder head. In a planar view where the cylinder head is seen from below, there are at least one intake-side nozzle hole and at least one exhaust-side nozzle hole, and a total nozzle-hole area of the at least one intake-side nozzle hole is larger than that of the at least one exhaust-side nozzle hole. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184579 | TWO-STROKE ENGINE WITH VARIABLE SCAVENGING PORT - Provided is a two stroke engine that can vary the timing of opening and closing the scavenging port ( | 2015-07-02 |
20150184580 | DIVERTER VALVE FOR CHARGE AIR SYSTEM - A diverter valve is disclosed for use with a charge air system. The diverter valve may have a plurality of first inlets configured to receive a flow of warmed air, a plurality of second inlets configured to receive a flow of cooled air, and a single outlet. The diverter valve may also have a single valve element movable to any position between a first position at which the plurality of first inlets are fluidly connected to the single outlet and the plurality of second inlets are blocked from the single outlet, and a second position at which the plurality of second inlets are fluidly connected to the single outlet and the plurality of first inlets are blocked from the single outlet. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184581 | INTAKE SYSTEM FOR ENGINE - An intake system for an engine is provided. The system includes a chamber room formed in an intermediate section of an intake passage, an intercooler disposed inside the chamber room, an intake air inlet chamber formed in a part of the chamber room upstream of the intercooler, an introducing portion for introducing intake air into the intake air inlet chamber, and a baffle plate dividing the intake air inlet chamber into an upstream space communicating with the introducing portion and a downstream space communicating to the introducing portion via the upstream space. When the engine is in a low engine load operation, the intake air mainly flows through the upstream space to an intercooler side via the baffle plate, and when the engine is in a high engine load operation, the intake air flows through the upstream and downstream spaces to the intercooler side via the baffle plate. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184582 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine includes a turbocharger, a variable valve gear, an A/F sensor in an exhaust passage, A/F feedback control means, and scavenge A/F control means. The variable valve gear drives intake and exhaust valves, and can drive with a valve open characteristic with valve overlap. The A/F feedback control means performs feedback correction of a fuel injection amount based on an A/F sensor output, and acquires a learning value of information relating to A/F control from a feedback correction amount. The scavenge A/F control means carries out A/F control by a value learned during an operation of the engine with non-scavenge valve open characteristic, when the variable valve gear is operated with the scavenge valve open characteristic. The scavenge valve open characteristic has a valve overlap amount of such a degree that blow-by of intake air occurs in an intake stroke during a turbocharger operation. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184583 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR INFERRING THROTTLE INLET PRESSURE - Embodiments for controlling boost pressure in a turbocharged engine are provided. In one embodiment, a method for an engine having a throttle comprises, if an inferred throttle inlet pressure (TIP) value is different than a measured TIP value, adjusting a wastegate of a turbocharger based on the inferred TIP value and not based on the measured TIP value, the inferred TIP value based on air flow through the throttle, throttle angle, and manifold absolute pressure (MAP). In this way, boost pressure control may be provided by the inferred TIP value under some conditions. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184584 | ROTATIONAL DRIVE APPARATUS - A first internal gear of a speed reducer includes an internally-toothed portion and a bearing portion and is formed as a one-piece member that is formed separately from a first housing. The internally-toothed portion forms internal teeth, which are meshed with external teeth of a first planetary gear. The bearing portion includes an eleventh cylindrical surface, which supports a motor shaft. The internal teeth of the first internal gear are arranged coaxial with the eleventh cylindrical surface. The internal teeth of the first internal gear and the bearing portion are formed as portions of the one-piece member. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184585 | SUPERCHARGER EQUIPPED ENGINE - A supercharger-equipped combustion engine includes a crankcase supporting a crankshaft extending in a widthwise direction of a vehicle, and a cylinder block disposed above the crankcase. A supercharger is disposed above the crankcase and rearward of the cylinder block and driven by power of the crankshaft. The power of the crankshaft is transmitted to the supercharger through a counter shaft which rotatably supports a counter gear. The counter shaft extends parallel with the crankshaft, and a starter gear is arranged on the counter shaft so as to be aligned in the widthwise direction. The counter shaft is disposed rearward of the crankshaft, and the supercharger is disposed rearward of the counter shaft. A starter motor meshing with the starter gear is disposed frontward of the supercharger. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184586 | ENGINE WITH SUPERCHARGER - A supercharger-equipped combustion engine includes a crankshaft extending in a widthwise direction of a vehicle supported by a crankcase and a supercharger disposed above the crankcase. Power from the crankshaft is transmitted through a supercharger transmission to the supercharger. A crankcase body has an opening formed to be opened at the right side in the widthwise direction, and at least a part of the opening is covered with a holder detachably mounted on the crankcase body. The supercharger transmission includes input and output shafts extending in the widthwise direction of the vehicle, and the input and output shafts are rotatably supported at first end portions thereof at the right side by first bearing portions formed in the holder and are rotatably supported at second end portions thereof at the left side by second bearing portions formed in a side wall of the crankcase body. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184587 | CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In a case where EGR is started in a supercharging region, an opening degree of a waste gate valve ( | 2015-07-02 |
20150184588 | THERMAL INSULATION COATING COMPOSITION AND THERMAL INSULATION COATING LAYER - Disclosed is a thermal insulation coating composition including: a polymer resin; an aerogel; and an amphiphilic compound including specific functional groups and having a weight average molecular weight of about 200 to about 5000. A thermal insulation coating layer obtained from the thermal insulation coating composition is also provided. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184590 | LIQUID AIR POWER AND STORAGE - Apparatus, systems, and methods store energy by liquefying a gas such as air, for example, and then recover the energy by regasifying the liquid and combusting or otherwise reacting the gas with a fuel to drive a heat engine. The process of liquefying the gas may be powered with electric power from the grid, for example, and the heat engine may be used to generate electricity. Hence, in effect these apparatus, systems, and methods may provide for storing electric power from the grid and then subsequently delivering it back to the grid. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184591 | MODULAR GAS TURBINE PLANT WITH A HEAVY DUTY GAS TURBINE - A transportable gas turbine module including a baseplate supporting at least a gas turbine and a load drivingly connected to the gas turbine. The module further comprises a structure surrounding the gas turbine and the load and connected to the baseplate. The baseplate is designed such that it can support a heavy duty as turbine having a rated power of not less than 80 MW. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184592 | DRAINAGE METHOD AND PURGE COLLECTOR OF A CARBURATION SYSTEM OF A HELICOPTER - A helicopter engine collector includes an external longitudinal wall and two closed end walls, a longitudinal symmetry axis inclined ascendingly, couplings configured to be connected to purge drains, and a connection connected to a gas ejection pipe and connected to the bottom end wall. The collector also includes, in its internal space, a chamber with its symmetry axis substantially parallel to the axis of the collector. The chamber includes a longitudinal wall and two transverse end walls. The chamber is connected to the purge coupling of the injection wheel via a radial connection emerging on its longitudinal wall, the symmetry axis of the chamber being inclined, with respect to the horizontal reference ground when the helicopter is in a ground position, by a reference angle such that this axis is situated parallel to the reference ground when the helicopter is in an acceleration phase. The collector prevents formation of fumes. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184593 | Gas Turbine Energy Storage and Energy Supplementing Systems And Methods of Making and Using the Same - The current invention provides several options, depending on specific plant needs, to improve the efficiency and power output of a plant at low loads, reduce the lower limit of power output capability of a gas turbine while at the same time increasing the upper limit of the power output of the gas turbine, thus increasing the capacity and regulation capability Of a new or existing gas turbine system. One aspect of the present invention relates to an energy storage and retrieval system for obtaining useful work from an existing source of a Gas Turbine (GT) power plant while preferably providing an efficient heated air inlet charger. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184594 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO MAINTAIN STABILITY OF FUEL FLOW IN GAS TURBINE ENGINES - A system includes a gas turbine comprising a compressor section, combustor section, and a turbine section. The system further includes a first fuel line and a second fuel line coupled to the gas turbine. The system also includes a feed compressor disposed along the first fuel line upstream of the gas turbine. The feed compressor is configured to pressurize the first fuel provided to the gas turbine. Further, the system includes fuel flow maintenance system configured to provide a pressurized fuel to the first fuel line upstream of the feed compressor in response to an interruption in a flow of the first fuel along the first fuel line to the gas turbine that triggers a transition from the first fuel in the first fuel line to the second fuel in the second fuel line. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184595 | ENGINE-POWERED WORK TOOL PROVIDED WITH WIND GOVERNOR THAT PERFORMS IGNITION CONTROL - An engine-powered work tool includes an engine having a crank shaft, an ignition system, an output controller having a throttle valve shaft for controlling output of the engine, a wind governor connected to the throttle valve shaft, a rotation speed detector and an ignition control unit. The wind governor includes a governor plate movable upon receipt of cooling air generated by a cooling fan to control an angular rotation of the throttle valve shaft. The rotation speed detector detects a rotation speed of the crank shaft. The ignition control unit controls the ignition system based on the rotation speed of the crank shaft detected by the rotation speed detector to reduce the output of the engine when the rotation speed detector determines that the governor plate exceeds a predetermined position. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184596 | ENGINE-POWERED WORK TOOL PROVIDED WITH WIND GOVERNOR AND MECHANISM FOR INCREASING ENGINE OUTPUT - An engine-powered work tool includes an air-cooled engine having a crank shaft, an engine output controller, a wind governor including a governor plate, and a throttle-opening assisting mechanism. The engine output controller includes a throttle valve shaft angularly rotatable about its axis for controlling a rotation speed of the crank shaft based on the angular rotation of the throttle valve shaft. The governor plate is connected to the throttle valve shaft for receiving cooling air generated by a cooling fan connected to the crank shaft. The wind governor controls angular rotation of the throttle valve shaft based on an amount of the received cooling air. The throttle-operation assisting mechanism causes the throttle valve shaft to angularly rotate in a direction to increase the output of the engine within a prescribed rotation speed range, the operation by the throttle-operation assisting mechanism being predominant over the control by the wind governor. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184597 | VARIABLE COMPRESSION RATIO ENGINE - A variable compression ratio engine may include a variable chamber housing communicated with a combustion chamber of the engine, a variable chamber piston slidably disposed within the variable chamber housing, forming a variable chamber communicated with the combustion chamber within the variable chamber housing, forming a hydraulic pressure chamber between the variable chamber piston and the variable chamber housing, and having a leaking line for flowing oil leaked from the hydraulic pressure chamber, a connecting shaft connected to the variable chamber piston, and having an oil drain line for exhausting the oil in the leaking line is formed thereto, an oil supplier supplying oil to the hydraulic pressure chamber, and a compression ratio controller connected to the connecting shaft and controlling a relative position of the variable chamber piston. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184598 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME - An internal combustion engine and a method for maximizing fuel efficiency of an internal combustion engine. The internal combustion engine includes an engine block assembly having an electromagnet coupled thereto and an engine component movable relative to the engine block assembly. The engine component includes a permanent magnet coupled thereto. A control system is provided to selectively provide an electrical current to the electromagnet to produce a desired magnetic field, wherein the magnetic field of the electromagnet cooperates with a magnetic field of the permanent magnet to affect a motion of the engine component in respect of the engine block assembly. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184599 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE FOR CONTROLLING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE DURING|TRANSMISSION GEAR SHIFTING - A control system for a vehicle performs torque down control to reduce torque of an engine by cutting off supply of fuel to at least one of the cylinders of the engine during an inertia phase of a power-on upshift. During the torque down control, the throttle opening is reduced to smaller than a throttle opening including an amount by which the throttle opening is increased so as to compensate for a part of the amount of torque reduction, by means of one or more cylinders to which the fuel continues to be supplied. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184600 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING ENGINE SPEED AND/OR ENGINE LOAD TO IMPROVE FUEL ECONOMY WITHOUT CAUSING VEHICLE VIBRATION THAT IS PERCEIVABLE BY A VEHICLE OCCUPANT - A system according to the principles of the present disclosure includes a vibration level module and an engine operation control module. The vibration level module estimates a first level of vibration in a vehicle due to contact between tires of the vehicle and a road surface as the vehicle travels over the road surface. The vibration level module estimates a second level of vibration in the vehicle due to an engine in the vehicle. The engine operation control module selectively adjusts at least one of a speed of the engine and a load on the engine when the second vibration level is less than the first vibration level. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184601 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control system for an internal combustion engine having a throttle valve disposed in an intake passage of the engine. A target intake air amount of the engine is calculated, and an intake pressure of the engine is estimated. A wide-open intake air amount is calculated according to the engine rotational speed, and a theoretical intake air amount is calculated according to the wide-open intake air amount and the intake pressure. The wide-open intake air amount is an intake air amount corresponding to a state where the throttle valve is fully opened, and the theoretical intake air amount is an intake air amount corresponding to a state where no exhaust gas of the engine is recirculated to a combustion chamber of the engine. further, an exhaust gas recirculation ratio is calculated using the theoretical intake air amount and the target intake air amount, and a target output torque of the engine is calculated using the target intake air amount and the exhaust gas recirculation ratio. The engine is controlled using the target output torque. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184602 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A control system for an internal combustion engine having a throttle valve disposed in an intake passage of the engine. A target intake air amount of the engine is calculated, and an intake pressure of the engine is estimated. A wide-open intake air amount is calculated according to the engine rotational speed, and a theoretical intake air amount is calculated according to the wide-open intake air amount and the intake pressure. The wide-open intake air amount is an intake air amount corresponding to a state where the throttle valve is fully opened, and the theoretical intake air amount is an intake air amount corresponding to a state where no exhaust gas of the engine is recirculated to a combustion chamber of the engine. further, an exhaust gas recirculation ratio is calculated using the theoretical intake air amount and the target intake air amount, and a target output torque of the engine is calculated using the target intake air amount and the exhaust gas recirculation ratio. The engine is controlled using the target output torque. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184603 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR ENGINE HAVING TURBOCHARGER AND METHOD THEREOF - An control apparatus and method for an engine having a turbocharger may include determining a load condition of the engine by a controller, and opening and closing an intake valve, a throttle valve, and a wastegate valve by the controller according to the load condition of the engine, where a combustion chamber generates power by combusting a fuel, an intake valve adjusts an air/fuel mixed gas flowed into the combustion chamber, a continuously variable valve timing apparatus advances or retards an opening/closing timing of the intake valve, a turbocharger having a turbine and a compressor compressing air flowed into the combustion chamber, a throttle valve adjusting air supplied to the combustion chamber, a wastegate valve adjusting the exhaust gas flowed into the turbine, and a controller controlling the intake valve, the throttle valve, and the wastegate valve according to a load region of the engine. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184604 | DIESEL FUEL ENGINE INJECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR - Disclosed is a method of injecting natural gas into a diesel fuel engine for combustion with diesel fuel therein. One aspect includes injecting natural gas into an air-stream of an engine air intake or manifold, measuring the percentage of natural gas injected into the airstream or other efficiency gauge, varying the rate of injection of natural gas into the airstream in response to the measured percentage of natural gas therein and injecting the natural gas at a pre-determined rate so as to maintain an natural gas concentration in the air intake stream in the range of 0.6% to 3.0% by volume of natural gas. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184605 | FUEL INJECTION CONTROL APPARATUS FOR ENGINE - A fuel injection control apparatus for an engine, which makes an appropriate increasing correction to a fuel amount at fete time of restart after the stop period of the engine, thereby making it possible to cut down on the amounts of NOx emissions, is provided. The fuel injection control apparatus comprises an injection volume control unit for controlling a fuel injection volume a supplied oxygen amount detection unit for detecting a supplied oxygen amount, an activity determination unit for determining whether or not an exhaust purification catalyst is in an active state, and an amount increasing correction unit for making an increasing correction to the fuel injection volume in accordance with the detection results of the supplied oxygen amount detection unit and the determination results of the activity determination unit. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184606 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR SUPERCHARGED ENGINE - It is an object of the invention to enhance the possibility of realizing a required torque in a supercharging region where scavenging occurs in a control apparatus for a supercharged engine. In order to achieve this object, the control apparatus for the supercharged engine according to the invention determines an operation amount of an intake valve driving device from a target in-cylinder air amount that is calculated from a required torque, and determines an operation amount of a throttle from a target intake valve passing air amount that is obtained by adding an amount of air blowing through an interior of a cylinder to the target in-cylinder air amount. | 2015-07-02 |
20150184607 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SAMPLING INTAKE MANIFOLD PRESSURE - An engine system and method for improving sampling of a port throttle pressure sensor. In one example, the port throttle pressure sensor is sampled a plurality of times during a cylinder cycle and different engine operating conditions are determined from selected samples. The system and method may improve engine air-fuel control as well as engine diagnostics. | 2015-07-02 |