Power plants inventions 09/06

20060207239 - Compact mixer with trimmable open centerbody: Compact exhaust mixer assemblies comprising a compact mixer and a trimmable open centerbody are provided. The trimmable center body allows for adjustments of the open centerbody after manufacturing and during production testing. The trimmable open centerbody may be used to compensate for production tolerances making it possible to obtain the...

20060207240 - Control apparatus for internal combustion engine: An engine ECU executes a program including the step of performing an operation for rapid catalyst warm-up, under the conditions that an engine is started and rapid catalyst warm-up is necessary, by setting the ratio of fuel injection by an in-cylinder injector to be equal to or higher than that...

20060207241 - Control apparatus for internal combustion engine: An engine ECU executes a program including the step of detecting engine start, the step of detecting, when rapid catalyst warm-up is necessary, the temperature of the engine coolant THW, the step of estimating, when the THW is lower than a predetermined threshold value, the amount of fuel sticking to...

20060207243 - Emission control system: A method and apparatus to reduce the emissions of an exhaust stream is provided. One feature of the present invention includes a control unit for metering a reagent into the exhaust strean. The control unit adjusts a quantity of the reagent to be metered into the exhaust stream. One embodiment...

20060207242 - Lightweight engine: Weight saving of industrial engines. Making pollution-causing material harmless. Improvement in thermal efficiency and reduction of operating cost. Arrangement To produce compressed air, air is pressurized by a turbo charger or a super turbo charger and stored in an air tank. The air is fed, at an optimum temperature and...

20060207244 - Method for operating an internal combustion engine and device for implementing the method: A method for operating an internal combustion engine, in whose exhaust region, in the direction of flow of the exhaust gas, there are situated a first broadband lambda sensor which makes available a first lambda signal, an NOx adsorption catalyst and a second broadband lambda sensor which makes available a...

20060207245 - Exhaust gas heat exchanger: A heat exchange core has a plurality of flat tubes laminated in a thickness direction, each flat tube defining an exhaust gas passage in which the exhaust gas flows. A plurality of coolant flow pass holes are formed in each of the flat tubes, wherein each of the coolant flow...

20060207247 - Actuator: An actuator comprises a driving section driven and rotated by a supplied current, a pump mechanism driven by a driving force supplied from the driving section to suck and discharge pressure oil, and a cylinder mechanism having a piston displaceable by the pressure oil supplied from the pump mechanism. When...

20060207246 - Hydraulic cylinder with integrated accumulator: A hydraulic cylinder assembly includes a hydraulic cylinder and an integral concentric accumulator. The hydraulic cylinder has a first piston surface for extending the cylinder, a second piston surface for retracting the cylinder and a third piston surface in dedicated communication with the accumulator....

20060207248 - Hydraulic circuit of construction machinery: To keep one of three hydraulic pumps unaffected by variations in torque of the remaining hydraulic pumps when the three hydraulic pumps are used, displacements of the first and second hydraulic pumps are controlled based on their own delivery pressures P1,P2 and a pressure P3′ obtained by reducing through a...

20060207249 - Stirling engine and hybrid system with the same: The present invention provides a stirling engine, which is capable of reducing a frictional loss and eliminating possibility of deterioration of a heat exchanger due to lubricant oil applied to piston rings and the like. The stirling engine includes cylinders (22,32), pistons (21,31) reciprocating inside the cylinder while keeping an...

20060207250 - Drive device: The driving device includes a bendable shape memory alloy member, a resilient member for applying a tension to the shape memory alloy member in a longitudinal direction thereof, a bending member for bending the shape memory alloy member, and a movable body moved by a displacement of the shape memory...

20060207251 - Method and device for pressure amplification in cylinders, in particular hydraulic rams: A method and corresponding cylinder for pressure amplification in cylinders are disclosed. A second pressurizing piston with a small piston rod is arranged within the cylinder, in other words, within the cylinder housing, by means of which the piston surface cavity in the vicinity of the piston or the pressure...

20060207252 - Controller for internal combustion engine with supercharger: A torque base control unit calculates target torque on the basis of accelerator position and engine speed and, on the basis of the target torque, further executes calculation of a fuel injection amount and calculation of target boost pressure. An assist control unit calculates target compressor power on the basis...

20060207253 - Method for operating a supercharged internal combustion engine: In a method for operating a supercharged internal combustion engine, the exhaust gas turbine of which is equipped with a variable turbine geometry, if the pressure upstream of the compressor is higher than the pressure downstream of the compressor in the lower load/speed of the internal combustion engine, the variable...

20060207254 - Compact lightweight turbine: A turbine combustion chamber is provided with deflectors on the cold side generating vortices in a secondary gas flow into the chamber, thereby confining the flame front under variable operating conditions and cooling the chamber walls. The high-speed cantilever shaft has a longitudinal duct and an array of fine orifices...

20060207255 - Method and device for carrying out a thermodynamic cycle: The invention relates to a liquid working substance flow, the pressure of said flow being increased and the flow itself being subdivided into a first partial flow and a second partial flow. The first partial flow is partially evaporated with heat from a heat source, and the second partial flow...

20060207256 - Supply pump actuating turbine: A supply pump actuating turbine, in particular for a power plant, that includes at least two jet sectors for introducing a working gas into the turbine, a line system for connecting the at least two jet sectors to at least two different sources of working gas, and a valve arrangement...

20060207257 - Engine with a plurality of operating modes including operation by compressed air: The present invention relates (with reference to FIG. 1) to an internal combustion engine in which a combustion chamber (12) can be connected to a reservoir (16) for storing compressed air. Gas flow control valve means (15) controls flow between the chamber (12) and reservoir (16) so that air pressurised...

20060207258 - Fuel injector bearing plate assembly and swirler assembly: A bearing plate assembly for a turbine engine fuel injector includes a bearing plate 30, with an opening 80 bordered by a race 82. A swivel ball 90 nests inside the race and is rotatable relative thereto. A lock, which may be a tip bushing 108 resists disengagement of the...

20060207259 - Acoustic damper: A combustor wall of a gas turbine engine is provided with an acoustic damper component. The component has a first metering passage, a first damping chamber, a first damping passage, a second damping chamber and a second damping passage. Air flows through the damper to be ejected into the combustion...

20060207260 - Gas-turbine power generating installation and method of operating the same: A gas-turbine power generating installation capable of effectively utilizing gases produced in overage gas fields, etc. and a method of operating the installation are provided. The gas-turbine power generating installation is installed in the vicinity of an outrage gas field or an oil field. In the installation, air compressed by...

20060207261 - Rotary pulse detonation system with aerodynamic detonation passages for use in a gas turbine engine: A pulse detonation system for a gas turbine engine having a longitudinal centerline axis extending therethrough. The pulse detonation system includes a rotatable cylindrical member having a forward surface, an aft surface, and an outer circumferential surface, where at least one stage of circumferentially spaced detonation passages are disposed therethrough....

20060207262 - Coal fired gas turbine for district heating: A district heating system is described, for heating several homes and businesses in a district. The hot exhaust gas, of a gas turbine engine, is saturated with water vapor, and then passed through each home heater, where condensation of the water vapor provides heat to each home. With low cost...

20060207263 - Combustion chamber: A combustion chamber (4) for a gas turbine (1), the combustion chamber wall (24) of which is furnished on the inside with a lining formed of a number of heat shield elements (26), is to be designed for a particularly high level of operating safety. To this end, one or...

20060201132 - Gas turbine control system: A gas turbine control system is disclosed which operates to stabilize the system frequency in a case of transitional variations of the system frequency without making the strength of hot gas path parts of the gas turbine below a maximum stress value of the hot gas path parts. When a...

20060201131 - Turbine exhaust water recovery system: The exhaust gas of a turbine engine can include water vapor. Aspects of the invention relate to various systems for recovering water from the exhaust gas of a gas turbine engine. In one system, a portion of the exhaust gas can be routed to an absorption chiller. In another system,...

20060201134 - Pulsed detonation engines for reaction control systems: Pulsed detonation engines (PDEs) are adapted for use in reaction control systems (RCS), such as thrusters for orbital correction and control (e.g., for earth-orbiting satellites), divert thrust generation and control for space-based interceptor devices, and for missile trajectory correction and motion control. According to one aspect of the invention, PDEs...

20060201133 - Pulsed detonation engines manufactured from materials having low thermal stability: Pulsed detonation engines (PDEs), or various components thereof, such as the detonation chamber and/or nozzle, can be economically constructed from materials having low thermal stability, such as plastics, composites, and light metals. During operation, the intermittent injection and detonation of reactants produces a motive force (e.g., thrust) over relatively short...

20060201135 - Composite containment case for turbine engines: A composite fan casing for a gas turbine engine includes, in an exemplary embodiment, a core having a plurality of core layers of reinforcing fiber bonded together with a thermosetting polymeric resin. Each core layer includes a plurality of braided reinforcing fiber tows. The braids of reinforcing fiber tows are...

20060201137 - Engine control equipment: An engine control equipment capable of activating a catalyst and preventing exhaust gas from deteriorating in order to early perform combustion by compressive self-ignition is disclosed. The engine control equipment is an engine control equipment including a catalyst for burning a mixed gas in a combustion chamber by compressive self-ignition...

20060201136 - Engine load control for reduced cold start emissions: A control system for an engine that drives an alternator includes a first module that reduces an alternator load when the engine is cranked. A second module determines a desired exhaust energy rate (EER) of the engine. The first module regulates the alternator load based on the EER during an...

20060201138 - Catalyst condition monitor based on differential area under the oxygen sensors curve algorithm: A control system and method of monitoring a condition of a catalyst in a catalytic converter includes commanding a first air/fuel ratio. A first signal is monitored from a first oxygen sensor and a second signal from a second oxygen sensor. A second air/fuel ratio is commanded. A first time...

20060201139 - Emission abatement systems and methods: An emission abatement assembly includes a fuel reformer which supplies reformate gas to a catalyst. Exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine is advanced through the catalyst and into a downstream SCR catalyst....

20060201140 - Aid system for regeneration of a particle filter for an exhaust line:

20060201141 - Control strategy for reducing fuel consumption penality due to nox adsorber regeneration: A method for enabling initiation of regeneration of a NOx adsorber catalyst. While the engine is operating to propel the vehicle, data indicative of NOx adsorption efficiency of the NOx adsorber catalyst, data indicative of temperature of exhaust gas passing through the NOx adsorber catalyst, data indicative of speed of...

20060201143 - Method for using partial homogeneous charge compression ignition in a diesel internal combustion engine for nox trap regeneration: A method for operating a diesel IC-engine being able to run in a conventional mode and in a partial Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (pHCCI) mode. The method comprises the features of switching the pHCCI mode from lean pHCCI to rich pHCCI as a response to a control signal indicating that...

20060201142 - Optimization of hydrocarbon injection during diesel particulate filter (dpf) regeneration: A diesel engine system having an exhaust system with a catalyst and a diesel particulate filter includes a first module that determines a light-off temperature of the catalyst based on an exhaust flow rate (EFR) through the exhaust system and a second module that selectively generates an enable signal based...

20060201144 - Exhaust gas cleaning system: An exhaust gas purifying system causes less torque fluctuation and is capable of preventing the occurrence of white smoke in a regeneration control operation for regenerating a continuous regeneration DPF 3. When the continuous regeneration DPF 3 with an oxidation catalyst 3Aa on the upstream side of a filter 3Ab...

20060201145 - Low emissions diesel system and method: The invention is embodied in a diesel system for reducing diesel particulate matter (DPM) emissions particularly in underground diesel engine operations, comprising, in combination, a supply of synthetic paraffinic diesel fuel having substantially no sulfur, aromatics and nitrogen content and formulated to greatly reduce DPM levels in the engine exhaust...

20060201146 - Hydraulic control system with cross function regeneration: A system operates a hydraulic actuator, such as a cylinder, in one of several modes that include powered extension and retraction, self-powering regeneration modes in which fluid exhausting from one cylinder chamber is routed into the other cylinder chamber, and cross function regeneration modes wherein the fluid exhausted from one...

20060201147 - Traveling hydraulic working machine: A modification torque computing unit 83 computes a modification torque ΔT and a torque converter speed ratio e is computed from input and output revolution speeds of a torque converter 31. A first determination coefficient α corresponding to the speed ratio e, and a second determination coefficient β corresponding to...

20060201148 - Hydraulic-compression power cogeneration system and method: A system and method for converting kinetic energy into useable thermal energy by means of a gas compression based cogeneration. Kinetic forces applied, that are coupled to kinetic components of electro-mechanic thrusters 3, 49-input side, and upper small area pistons 7, 53-receiving side transmitted by shafts 4 and 50 get...

20060201149 - Thin, flexible actuator array to produce complex shapes and force distributions: An actuator includes a bistable mechanism having a tension beam and a compression beam defined by a relief slit in a flexible substrate; and a first shape memory element that upon heating actuates the actuator from a first position to a second position. A heat source can be thermally coupled...

20060201150 - Front structure of a motor vehicle: The front structure of a motor vehicle has a brake device with a brake cylinder extending substantially in the direction of travel of the vehicle. To reduce the risk of injury for a vehicle driver in the event of a crash in the case of a front structure in which...

20060201151 - Method for braking with an internal combustion engine having a variable turbo unit: Method for controlling the braking effect during engine braking in an internal combustion engine (10) having an exhaust turbocharger unit (16) with adjustable guide blades for controlling the turbine speed and gas flow. The method includes detection of the engine speed, detection of the adjustment position of the guide blades,...

20060201152 - Engine: An engine includes an in-cylinder injector injecting fuel into a cylinder, a port injector injecting fuel into an intake manifold, and a valve-opening-characteristic changing mechanism changing at least lift or opening duration of an intake valve. When the engine is in a predetermined operating region and the valve-opening-characteristic changing mechanism...

20060201153 - Rankine cycle system: A Rankine cycle system includes an evaporator for heating water with thermal energy of exhaust gas of an engine so as to generate steam, an expander for converting the thermal energy of the steam generated by the evaporator into mechanical energy and a temperature controller for making the temperature of...

20060201154 - Rankine cycle system: A Rankine cycle system includes: an evaporator for heating water with thermal energy of exhaust gas of an engine so as to generate steam; an expander for converting the thermal energy of the steam generated by the evaporator into mechanical energy; and a distribution device for manipulating the amount of...

20060201155 - Steam turbine: In a steam turbine plant in which a turbine casing containing a turbine is constituted of an upper-half casing and a lower-half casing, nozzles are provided to the upper-half casing and a steam supplied through main steam piping lines are delivered into the upper-half casing. Main steam pipes for supplying...

20060201156 - Plasma-vortex engine and method of operation therefor: A plasma-vortex engine (20) is provided. The engine (20) consists of a plasmatic fluid (22) circulating in a closed loop (44) encompassing a fluid heater (26), an expansion chamber (30), and a condenser (42). The expansion chamber (30) is fabricated of magnetic material, and encompasses a rotor (72), fabricated of...

20060201157 - Arc-hydrolysis steam generator apparatus and method: An arc-hydrolysis steam generator apparatus and method of use thereof, the steam generator comprising of an arc-plasma hydrolysis using a high pressure vessel and electrodes exposed to high frequency, high amperage pulses and an inductor placed around an arc-hydrolysis unit, wherein the inductor recovers magnetic energy generated by the electric...

20060201158 - Method and apparatus for monitoring the performance of a gas turbine system: A method for monitoring performance of a gas turbine system comprises providing a plurality of combustor cans; placing a plurality of temperature sensors circumferentially around an exhaust plane of the plurality of combustor cans; operating the plurality of combustor cans while varying a plurality of gas turbine operating parameters, where...

20060201159 - Method and system for supplying an air separation unit by means of a gas turbine: According to the inventive method, incoming air enters (via 16) the separation unit (14); at least one fraction of said incoming air is supplied from the gas turbine (2), and at least one gas flow (via 20,24), which is enriched with nitrogen, is extracted from the separation unit (16); heat...

20060201160 - Multi-shaft arrangement for a turbine engine: Elimination of a previous intermediate inter-shaft locating bearing allows smaller core sizes to be achieved and avoids relatively sophisticated design complications in order to provide that bearing. Thus, an inner shaft is supported at one end by a mounting bearing and at its other end by a spaced bearing combination...

20060196164 - Dual mode turbo engine: A dual mode gas turbine engine includes a dual mode fan and low pressure compressor section upstream of radially inner and outer gas generators which include radially inner and outer combustors disposed in radially inner and outer working fluid flowpaths, respectively, in fluid flow communication with the dual mode fan...

20060196165 - Exhaust purifying apparatus and exhaust purifying method for internal combustion engine: In an exhaust purifying apparatus, a fuel adding valve (31) supplies unburned fuel to an exhaust passage (14) of a diesel engine (10) so that particulate matter collected in a catalytic converter (33) is burned and removed. The supply of unburned fuel from the fuel adding valve (31) is executed...

20060196166 - Warm-up method and warm-up system for internal combustion engine: A warm-up system is provided for an internal combustion engine equipped with a CO2 absorbing and releasing agent that absorbs CO2 at a temperature in a first temperature range and releases the CO2 at a temperature in a second temperature range that is higher than the first temperature range. The...

20060196167 - Exhaust gas purifying apparatus for internal combustion engine: An exhaust gas purifying apparatus for an internal combustion engine including a first filter and a second filter. The first filter traps particulates in exhaust gases from said engine. The second filter is provided for failure detection and disposed downstream of the first filter. The trapping state of the second...

20060196168 - Air supply system control: Controlling one or more component of a vehicle air supply system, such as an air compressor or an air dryer, based on an engine control signal. Examples of engine control signals include emission control signals, turbocharger status signals, coolant temperature signals, and ambient temperature signals....

20060196169 - Exhaust gas purification system of an internal combustion engine and method for purifying the exhaust gases thereof: An exhaust gas purification system for purifying the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine, especially an internal combustion engine featuring auto-ignition and/or direct fuel injection, is provided. The system includes at least one oxidation catalytic converter disposed in an exhaust gas duct of the internal combustion engine, at least...

20060196172 - Injection device for the treatment of exhaust fumes from motor vehicles: A device for injecting at intermittent periods a dispersion of a liquid at controlled pulsing periods into exhaust fumes of a combustion engine, said liquid contains a component which reacts with a component of the exhaust fumes at a catalytic converter, said device comprises a housing containing a first chamber...

20060196171 - Injection nozzle assembly and fuel cell system having the same: An injection nozzle assembly for a fuel cell system, the injection nozzle assembly including a housing defining a fuel chamber to accommodate hydrogen-containing fuel therein and coated with a reforming catalytic layer. An inlet is provided in a first side of the housing to introduce the hydrogen-containing fuel in the...

20060196170 - Method for operating an internal combustion engine and device for executing the method: A method for operating an internal combustion engine, in whose exhaust gas system an exhaust gas treatment device is positioned, a reagent, which is possibly mixed with compressed air, being introduced into the exhaust gas system upstream from the exhaust gas treatment device, and a device for performing the method....

20060196173 - Method and device for estimation of combustion chamber pressure: It is claimed that statements regarding cylinder pressure are obtained for optimization of the combustion process in internal combustion engines. The internal combustion engine is modeled with a plurality of model parameters (1 to 5) for this purpose. Once it has been acquired, a model alternating torque (MW) is compared...

20060196174 - Catalytic fuel deoxygenation system: A fuel system for an energy conversion device includes a deoxygenator system with a reducing system and an active metal catalyst system downstream thereof. The reducing system injects a reducing agent such as hydrogen into the liquid hydrocarbon fuel which contains the dissolved oxygen. The liquid hydrocarbon fuel with the...

20060196175 - Nox adsorber and method of regenerating same: New technologies, such as NOx adsorber catalytic converters, are being used to meet increasingly stringent regulations on undesirable emissions, including NOx emissions. NOx adsorbers must be periodically regenerated, which requires an increased fuel consumption. The present disclosure includes a method of regenerating a NOx adsorber within a NOx adsorber catalytic...

20060196176 - Apparatus for adjusting the temperature of exhaust gases: Apparatus for adjusting the temperature of exhaust gases passing through an exhaust system of a vehicle having an internal combustion engine. The exhaust system is provided with an active regeneration filter for collecting particles from the exhaust gas stream. The apparatus includes a heat exchanger that has a first flow...

20060196177 - Outboard engine system: In an outboard engine system, an exhaust manifold fixed to a cylinder head of a vertical engine by a bolt includes single pipe portions and a collecting portion through which an exhaust gas flow. A water jacket, through which cooling water flows, is formed to surround a periphery of the...

20060196178 - Internal combustion engine having cylinder disablement: A multi-cylinder internal combustion engine having an exhaust system with an exhaust emission after-treatment device for exhaust gases from the cylinders, an air supply system for supplying fresh air to the cylinders, a fuel supply system for supplying fuel to each cylinder, and a controller to cut off the fuel...

20060196179 - Load-sensing integrated brake and fan hydraulic system: A hydraulic system for a work machine having a power source is disclosed. The hydraulic system has a tank configured to hold a supply of fluid and a source configured to pressurize the fluid. The hydraulic system also has a brake mechanism in fluid communication with the source to receive...

20060196180 - A method of creating feedback control in a closed hydrostatic circuit and a control system therefore: An improved rotary spool control system for a closed hydrostatic circuit and method to use the same. The control spool utilizes metering of the spool notches and specifically the metering of the servo drain notch wherein the drain notch is of irregular cross sectional shape. Because of the metering and...

20060196181 - Nelson flywheel power plant: A power plant and a process of using the power plant are disclosed. The power plant is composed of a housing rotatably fixed around a stationary shaft. The shaft is ported to allow fluid flow and has projections to serve as walls of chambers holding the motive incompressible fluid in...

20060196182 - Controller for internal combustion engine with supercharger: A torque base control unit calculates target torque based on an accelerator position and engine speed. The control unit further executes calculation of target airflow rate, calculation of target intake pressure, and calculation of target boost pressure based on the target torque. Target throttle position is calculated based on the...

20060196183 - Supercharging assist control system and method: In an engine system having a motor-assisted supercharger, first and second supercharge-assist controls are performed. The first supercharge-assist control performs the supercharge-assist by an assist motor based upon a supercharge-assist amount for improving the follow-up characteristics of the actual supercharging pressure and the acceleration responsiveness to the rapid acceleration request...

20060196184 - Helical screw expander for power production from solar, geothermal, and industrial processes: The current design relates back to a twin-screw supercharger invented in the 1930's by Mr. Alf Lysholm who was then Chief Engineer of SRM (Svenska Rotor Maskiner AB) and the design of an expander with specific application objectives that resulted in two patents (U.S. Pat. No. 3,751,673 issued Aug. 7,...

20060196185 - Method of generating power from naturally occurring heat without fuels and motors using the same: A method of generating power is disclosed wherein a liquid having a boiling point near the ambient temperature when it is under atmospheric or moderately higher pressures, preferably propane, isobutane, Freons or ammonia, is placed in a pressure vessel, heat energy is gathered from a naturally occurring heat sources, such...

20060196186 - Method and device for converting heat energy into mechanical energy: The invention relates to a method for converting heat energy into mechanical energy by modifying the volume, pressure and temperature of a working medium, wherein the working medium in the first stage (1) is suctioned and the volume of said first stage (1) is increased, whereupon it is converted into...

20060196187 - Organic working fluids: The present invention provides an improved, commercially available organic working fluid, which is operable under a broad range of temperatures, is thermally stable, has a high auto-ignition temperature, low freezing point and high critical temperature and is benign to the environment, and safe for human use. Such an organic working...

20060196188 - Combustor cooling hole pattern: A combustor assembly includes an inner and outer liner defining a combustion chamber. The inner and outer liners include a plurality of cooling holes spaced a specified distance apart. The cooling holes include first, second and third groups. The first group of cooling holes is the most densely spaced, followed...

20060196189 - Rabbat engine: An electric generator is made to produce Direct Current which is used to separate water by electrolysis into its component gases. These are fed into the turbine driving this Generator. Starting and/or acceleration use a fuel or a combination of fuels which are injected into the combustion chamber. Using off-the-shelf...

20060196190 - Method and apparatus for gas turbine dry low nox combustor corrected parameter control: A method for controlling a combustor of an engine, the combustor having a fuel to oxidant ratio, the fuel to oxidant ratio being defined as a ratio of an amount of fuel supplied to the combustor divided by an amount of oxygen in an oxidant stream supplied to the combustor...

20060196191 - Gas turbine engine: A gas turbine engine uses a carburetor or a fuel injector and spark ignition devices to fuel and fire it. A gear pump compresses the air/fuel mixture into a compressor discharge passage connected to ignition holes. The spark ignition devices thread into the ignition holes and ignite the combustible mixture...

20060196192 - Turbine engine and a method of operating a turbine engine: A Turbine Engine and Method of Operating a Turbine Engine Disparities between optimum engine thrust for aircraft operation and power necessary to drive an ancillary machine such an electrical power generator can cause problems within a turbine engine. Clearly, it is necessary to continue developing sufficient electrical power for control...

20060196164 - Dual mode turbo engine: A dual mode gas turbine engine includes a dual mode fan and low pressure compressor section upstream of radially inner and outer gas generators which include radially inner and outer combustors disposed in radially inner and outer working fluid flowpaths, respectively, in fluid flow communication with the dual mode fan...

20060196165 - Exhaust purifying apparatus and exhaust purifying method for internal combustion engine: In an exhaust purifying apparatus, a fuel adding valve (31) supplies unburned fuel to an exhaust passage (14) of a diesel engine (10) so that particulate matter collected in a catalytic converter (33) is burned and removed. The supply of unburned fuel from the fuel adding valve (31) is executed...

20060196166 - Warm-up method and warm-up system for internal combustion engine: A warm-up system is provided for an internal combustion engine equipped with a CO2 absorbing and releasing agent that absorbs CO2 at a temperature in a first temperature range and releases the CO2 at a temperature in a second temperature range that is higher than the first temperature range. The...

20060196167 - Exhaust gas purifying apparatus for internal combustion engine: An exhaust gas purifying apparatus for an internal combustion engine including a first filter and a second filter. The first filter traps particulates in exhaust gases from said engine. The second filter is provided for failure detection and disposed downstream of the first filter. The trapping state of the second...

20060196168 - Air supply system control: Controlling one or more component of a vehicle air supply system, such as an air compressor or an air dryer, based on an engine control signal. Examples of engine control signals include emission control signals, turbocharger status signals, coolant temperature signals, and ambient temperature signals....

20060196169 - Exhaust gas purification system of an internal combustion engine and method for purifying the exhaust gases thereof: An exhaust gas purification system for purifying the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine, especially an internal combustion engine featuring auto-ignition and/or direct fuel injection, is provided. The system includes at least one oxidation catalytic converter disposed in an exhaust gas duct of the internal combustion engine, at least...

20060196172 - Injection device for the treatment of exhaust fumes from motor vehicles: A device for injecting at intermittent periods a dispersion of a liquid at controlled pulsing periods into exhaust fumes of a combustion engine, said liquid contains a component which reacts with a component of the exhaust fumes at a catalytic converter, said device comprises a housing containing a first chamber...

20060196171 - Injection nozzle assembly and fuel cell system having the same: An injection nozzle assembly for a fuel cell system, the injection nozzle assembly including a housing defining a fuel chamber to accommodate hydrogen-containing fuel therein and coated with a reforming catalytic layer. An inlet is provided in a first side of the housing to introduce the hydrogen-containing fuel in the...

20060196170 - Method for operating an internal combustion engine and device for executing the method: A method for operating an internal combustion engine, in whose exhaust gas system an exhaust gas treatment device is positioned, a reagent, which is possibly mixed with compressed air, being introduced into the exhaust gas system upstream from the exhaust gas treatment device, and a device for performing the method....

20060196173 - Method and device for estimation of combustion chamber pressure: It is claimed that statements regarding cylinder pressure are obtained for optimization of the combustion process in internal combustion engines. The internal combustion engine is modeled with a plurality of model parameters (1 to 5) for this purpose. Once it has been acquired, a model alternating torque (MW) is compared...

20060196174 - Catalytic fuel deoxygenation system: A fuel system for an energy conversion device includes a deoxygenator system with a reducing system and an active metal catalyst system downstream thereof. The reducing system injects a reducing agent such as hydrogen into the liquid hydrocarbon fuel which contains the dissolved oxygen. The liquid hydrocarbon fuel with the...

20060196175 - Nox adsorber and method of regenerating same: New technologies, such as NOx adsorber catalytic converters, are being used to meet increasingly stringent regulations on undesirable emissions, including NOx emissions. NOx adsorbers must be periodically regenerated, which requires an increased fuel consumption. The present disclosure includes a method of regenerating a NOx adsorber within a NOx adsorber catalytic...

20060196176 - Apparatus for adjusting the temperature of exhaust gases: Apparatus for adjusting the temperature of exhaust gases passing through an exhaust system of a vehicle having an internal combustion engine. The exhaust system is provided with an active regeneration filter for collecting particles from the exhaust gas stream. The apparatus includes a heat exchanger that has a first flow...

20060196177 - Outboard engine system: In an outboard engine system, an exhaust manifold fixed to a cylinder head of a vertical engine by a bolt includes single pipe portions and a collecting portion through which an exhaust gas flow. A water jacket, through which cooling water flows, is formed to surround a periphery of the...

20060196178 - Internal combustion engine having cylinder disablement: A multi-cylinder internal combustion engine having an exhaust system with an exhaust emission after-treatment device for exhaust gases from the cylinders, an air supply system for supplying fresh air to the cylinders, a fuel supply system for supplying fuel to each cylinder, and a controller to cut off the fuel...

20060196179 - Load-sensing integrated brake and fan hydraulic system: A hydraulic system for a work machine having a power source is disclosed. The hydraulic system has a tank configured to hold a supply of fluid and a source configured to pressurize the fluid. The hydraulic system also has a brake mechanism in fluid communication with the source to receive...

20060196180 - A method of creating feedback control in a closed hydrostatic circuit and a control system therefore: An improved rotary spool control system for a closed hydrostatic circuit and method to use the same. The control spool utilizes metering of the spool notches and specifically the metering of the servo drain notch wherein the drain notch is of irregular cross sectional shape. Because of the metering and...

20060196181 - Nelson flywheel power plant: A power plant and a process of using the power plant are disclosed. The power plant is composed of a housing rotatably fixed around a stationary shaft. The shaft is ported to allow fluid flow and has projections to serve as walls of chambers holding the motive incompressible fluid in...

20060196182 - Controller for internal combustion engine with supercharger: A torque base control unit calculates target torque based on an accelerator position and engine speed. The control unit further executes calculation of target airflow rate, calculation of target intake pressure, and calculation of target boost pressure based on the target torque. Target throttle position is calculated based on the...

20060196183 - Supercharging assist control system and method: In an engine system having a motor-assisted supercharger, first and second supercharge-assist controls are performed. The first supercharge-assist control performs the supercharge-assist by an assist motor based upon a supercharge-assist amount for improving the follow-up characteristics of the actual supercharging pressure and the acceleration responsiveness to the rapid acceleration request...

20060196184 - Helical screw expander for power production from solar, geothermal, and industrial processes: The current design relates back to a twin-screw supercharger invented in the 1930's by Mr. Alf Lysholm who was then Chief Engineer of SRM (Svenska Rotor Maskiner AB) and the design of an expander with specific application objectives that resulted in two patents (U.S. Pat. No. 3,751,673 issued Aug. 7,...

20060196185 - Method of generating power from naturally occurring heat without fuels and motors using the same: A method of generating power is disclosed wherein a liquid having a boiling point near the ambient temperature when it is under atmospheric or moderately higher pressures, preferably propane, isobutane, Freons or ammonia, is placed in a pressure vessel, heat energy is gathered from a naturally occurring heat sources, such...

20060196186 - Method and device for converting heat energy into mechanical energy: The invention relates to a method for converting heat energy into mechanical energy by modifying the volume, pressure and temperature of a working medium, wherein the working medium in the first stage (1) is suctioned and the volume of said first stage (1) is increased, whereupon it is converted into...

20060196187 - Organic working fluids: The present invention provides an improved, commercially available organic working fluid, which is operable under a broad range of temperatures, is thermally stable, has a high auto-ignition temperature, low freezing point and high critical temperature and is benign to the environment, and safe for human use. Such an organic working...

20060196188 - Combustor cooling hole pattern: A combustor assembly includes an inner and outer liner defining a combustion chamber. The inner and outer liners include a plurality of cooling holes spaced a specified distance apart. The cooling holes include first, second and third groups. The first group of cooling holes is the most densely spaced, followed...

20060196189 - Rabbat engine: An electric generator is made to produce Direct Current which is used to separate water by electrolysis into its component gases. These are fed into the turbine driving this Generator. Starting and/or acceleration use a fuel or a combination of fuels which are injected into the combustion chamber. Using off-the-shelf...

20060196190 - Method and apparatus for gas turbine dry low nox combustor corrected parameter control: A method for controlling a combustor of an engine, the combustor having a fuel to oxidant ratio, the fuel to oxidant ratio being defined as a ratio of an amount of fuel supplied to the combustor divided by an amount of oxygen in an oxidant stream supplied to the combustor...

20060196191 - Gas turbine engine: A gas turbine engine uses a carburetor or a fuel injector and spark ignition devices to fuel and fire it. A gear pump compresses the air/fuel mixture into a compressor discharge passage connected to ignition holes. The spark ignition devices thread into the ignition holes and ignite the combustible mixture...

20060196192 - Turbine engine and a method of operating a turbine engine: A Turbine Engine and Method of Operating a Turbine Engine Disparities between optimum engine thrust for aircraft operation and power necessary to drive an ancillary machine such an electrical power generator can cause problems within a turbine engine. Clearly, it is necessary to continue developing sufficient electrical power for control...