Power plants inventions 10/06

20060236675 - Jet engine with compact arrangement of fan: A jet engine includes a fan arranged upstream of a core engine having a low pressure compressor, a high pressure compressor, a combustion chamber, a high pressure turbine, and a low pressure turbine. The high pressure turbine is drive-connected to the high pressure compressor. The low pressure turbine is drive-connected...

20060236676 - Swivelling exhaust nozzle for an aircraft engine: Swivelling nozzle for an aircraft engine, the nozzle 10 being pivotally mounted about a transverse yaw axis by means of two elastically deformable one-piece articulations 24 mounted on two external pivots 22 of the nozzle and housed in engine case elements, the nozzle being caused to pivot by an actuator...

20060236677 - Sensor control device: A sensor control device is connected with a plurality of exhaust sensors including an NOx sensor to be disposed around a catalyst, and is constructed such that a plurality of drive control circuits to be connected in a one-to-one relationship with the individual gas sensors are disposed in one casing....

20060236678 - Degradation estimating apparatus for unburned component adsorption catalyst: The present invention relates to a degradation estimating apparatus for an unburned fuel component adsorption catalyst, which is connected with an internal combustion engine and has an unburned fuel component adsorbent and an oxygen storage component. The apparatus includes a degradation estimating unit for making estimation for a degradation of...

20060236681 - Exhaust emission purifying apparatus for engine: In order to suppress deposition of constituent of a reducing agent (dissolved matter) in an exhaust passage of an engine enhancing an elimination rate of NOx even when temperature of an exhaust emission from the engine is low, an exhaust emission purifying apparatus is provided with an electro-generative-heat carrier provided...

20060236679 - Exhaust gas aftertreatment device for diesel engines of vehicles, preferably passenger cars: An exhaust gas after treatment device for a diesel engine of a vehicle has at least one injection valve with an injection nozzle through which an exhaust gas treatment medium is injected into an exhaust pipe. At least one pump is provided that conveys the exhaust gas treatment medium to...

20060236680 - Method for regenerating a diesel particulate filter: A method is disclosed for regenerating a diesel particulate filter without excessively increasing NO2 emissions. The system includes a fuel delivery device, an oxidation catalyst, and a diesel particulate filter. During a first operational mode, the fuel injection device injects a relatively smaller amount of fuel into the exhaust stream...

20060236682 - Exhaust system and control method for an internal combustion engine: An exhaust system for an internal-combustion engine comprises an exhaust bypass in parallel with an upstream portion of a main exhaust path having a main catalytic converter in a downstream portion thereof, an exhaust bypass catalytic converter provided in the exhaust bypass; and a flow path switching valve for blocking...

20060236683 - Exhaust purifying apparatus and exhaust purifying method for internal combustion engine: An exhaust purifying apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes execution means, wherein, when an accumulation amount of particulate matter about a catalyst becomes less than a first determination value after a PM elimination control is started, the execution means executes burn-up control. Stopping means stops the PM elimination control...

20060236684 - Diesel particulate matter reduction system: A diesel exhaust treatment system is disclosed that includes first and second diesel particulate reduction devices. The first diesel particulate reduction device is located upstream in the exhaust flow and contains an oxidation catalyst coating. The second particulate reduction device is located downstream from the first particulate reduction device and...

20060236685 - Exhaust system of engine of motorcycle: An exhaust system of an engine of a motorcycle, including an exhaust pipe configured to extend in one of an upward direction and a downward direction from an exhaust port formed at a front portion of a cylinder head of the engine and to then be bent to extend in...

20060236686 - Process for the removal of particulates from the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine: The process includes the operations of: arranging a particular filter (PT) in the exhaust duct (EP), generating, by indicator devices (S1-S5), electrical signals indicative of the values of parameters (NQ) of the operation of the engine (ICE); performing filter regeneration phases of the filter (PT) by controlling the injectors (I1-I4)...

20060236687 - Deflector style exhaust manifold: An exhaust manifold is provided with deflector members positioned between downstream gas inlets and a main gas passage. The deflector members redirect the flow of exhaust gas from the inlets into the general direction of the gas flowing in the main passage as the exhaust gas enters the main passage....

20060236688 - Hydraulic circuit: To provide a hydraulic circuit with a compact and simple structure while securing the amount of a hydraulic oil necessary for right and left running motors so as to prevent the limitation of a running speed. A first system has a changing valve for a right side running motor and...

20060236689 - Apparatus and method for controlling a pump flow of heavy construction equipment: Disclosed is an apparatus for controlling a pump flow of heavy construction equipment having a variable displacement pump, connected to an engine, for driving an operation device according to a manipulation amount of an operation lever, and a cooling control device for cooling hydraulic fluid by detecting a temperature of...

20060236690 - Thermally driven piston assembly and position control therefor: A thermally driven piston assembly's housing has (i) a first material slidingly fitted therein, and (ii) at least one plug of a second material slidingly fitted therein and abutting the first material. The first material is one (e.g., a liquid crystal elastomer) that undergoes a stiffness change and/or a dimensional...

20060236691 - Crankcase lower part: A crankcase lower part for a supercharged internal combustion engine, wherein the crankcase lower part extends about a space below the crankshaft. The crankshaft lower part comprises an intercooler, which is cooled by coolant, and/or a charge air intermediate cooler, which is cooled by a coolant. The intercooler and/or the...

20060236692 - Control of exhaust temperature for after-treatment process in an e-turbo system: A method for operating a turbocharged internal combustion engine having an after-treatment device for treating exhaust gas discharged from the turbocharger, wherein exhaust gas from the engine is passed through a variable-geometry mechanism for regulating power produced by the turbine. The method comprises the steps of measuring a boost pressure...

20060236694 - Bore and shaft assembly: An exemplary system for a turbomachine includes a bore extending from an inner end to an outer end with an inner seat proximate to the inner end and an outer seat proximate to the outer end, a rotatable shaft with an inner slot and an outer slot, an outer seal...

20060236695 - Bore and shaft assembly: An exemplary method includes positioning a plurality of seal rings on a shaft operably coupled to a turbine wheel and inserting the shaft into a bore via axial inward movement wherein during insertion, an outer seal ring contracts and then expands along a chamfer to reach an outer seal seat....

20060236693 - Engine valve system and method: An engine system (100) has a valve system (137). An inlet of a turbine (109) is fluidly connected to a first inlet (119) of the valve system (137). An outlet of the turbine (123) is fluidly connected to a second inlet (113) of the valve system (137). An outlet of...

20060236696 - Apparatus and method for producing energy at a pulp mill: A spent liquor recovery boiler in the pulp and paper industry including a water/steam circulation system having superheaters, the circulation system connected to a steam turbine comprising a high-pressure part, and a furnace for burning spent liquor to produce flue gases, and including an upper portion through which the flue...

20060236697 - Configuration and process for shift conversion: The inventors discovered that a significant portion of steam in hydrogen production from syngas (and other gases with relatively high CO to H2 ratio) is utilized for temperature control in the shift reactors. Therefore, it is contemplated that the overall steam demand can be significantly lowered by splitting the feed...

20060236698 - Waste heat recovery generator: A low grade waste heat recovery generator system is presented. The system comprises an expander generator set having a compressor rotatably coupled to a generator. The compressor rotates in a reverse direction to operate as an expander. The system also comprises a condenser fluidly coupled to the expander generator set,...

20060236699 - Lng-based power and regasification system: The present invention provides a power and regasification system based on liquefied natural gas (LNG), comprising a vaporizer by which liquid working fluid is vaporized, said liquid working fluid being LNG or a working fluid liquefied by means of LNG; a turbine for expanding the vaporized working fluid and producing...

20060236700 - Combustor of gas turbine: A combustor of a gas turbine, which is composed of an inner tube and a transition pipe connected together, comprising: an internal swirler composed of a cylindrical inward swirler ring disposed concentrically with respect to a central axis of the inner tube, and a plurality of inward swirler vanes provided...

20060236701 - Method of using a combustion chamber for a gas turbine: A combustion chamber 10 for a gas turbine that operates in a highly diluted mode of combustion has a substantially toroidal plenum 30. At least one combustion fluid injector is located at the periphery of the plenum. The shape of the plenum and the disposition of the combustion fuel injectors...

20060236702 - Mixed fuel coal burner for gas turbine engines: As shown schematically in FIG. 1, hot gases, containing oxygen, from generator elements, (14) and (19), pass through a bed of coal chunks in an ODD reactor, (2). The oxygen content of these hot gases is less than stoichiometric, relative to the coal volatile matter content, so that partial oxidation...

20060230742 - Micro reaction turbine with integrated combustion chamber and rotor: A small scale apparatus for generating heat and power is presented which comprises a small rotary turbomachine, in such a manner that compression, heating and expansion of the working medium take place in a connected rotating component, with a diameter of less than 200 mm and which then has a...

20060230743 - Combustion wave ignition for combustors: A system, such as a turbine power production system, including a plurality of combustion chambers. The combustion chamber may be provided with an ignition system that allows for substantially simultaneous ignition of each of the plurality of the combustors. Generally, a detonation wave may be provided to each of the...

20060230744 - Exhaust nozzle for an engine of a flying craft: Exhaust nozzle 14 for an engine of a flying craft, comprising a tubular body with two outlet ducts 16, 18 and boxes 26, 28 for injecting gas into the outlet ducts for the purpose of thrust vectoring, these boxes having windows 38 aligned with slots 39 formed in the outlet...

20060230745 - Pintle injector: To provide a simple structured and low cost pintle injector capable of uniformly atomizing and mixing fuel and oxidizer, and further improving the combustion efficiency of the combustion reaction in the combustion chamber. A pintle injector part having a first propellant channel forms a first injector flow path as a...

20060230746 - Turbineless jet engine: A turbineless jet engine includes no internal moving components, yet operates using a continuous combustion principle. The present engine is self-starting, i.e., no auxiliary source of pressurized airflow or unconventional fuels is required for its starting and operation. The present engine also requires no electrical energy after the combustion process...

20060230747 - Exhaust system: An exhaust system is disclosed that has pipes and a housing, through which exhaust fumes of an internal combustion engine flow. The exhaust fumes generate a condensate, at least in part and/or in certain areas. To prevent the corrosion of sheet metal by the condensate, a sacrificial anode, which can...

20060230748 - System and methods for improved emission control of internal combustion engines using pulsed fuel flow: The present invention provides systems and methods to improve the performance and emission control of internal combustion engines equipped with nitrogen oxides storage-reduction (“NSR”) emission control systems. The system generally includes a NSR catalyst, a fuel processor located upstream of the NSR catalyst, and at least one fuel injection port....

20060230749 - Exhaust gas control apparatus for internal combustion engine: There are provided a NOx storage reduction catalyst which is provided in an exhaust passage for an internal combustion engine, and concentration detection means whose detection state can be changed between a first detection state in which a total concentration of sulfur oxide and hydrogen sulfide in exhaust gas that...

20060230750 - Buoyancy pump power system: A system and method generating electricity includes converting wave motion into mechanical power. A fluid matter is driven as a function of the mechanical power to a reservoir. The fluid matter is flowed from the reservoir. At least a portion of a kinetic energy of the flowing fluid matter is...

20060230751 - Electro-hydraulic system for fan driving and brake charging: An electro-hydraulic system for a machine may include a brake charging system including at least one accumulator. A fan drive system may include a fan and a fan motor. A fluid source may be in communication with the brake charging system and the fan drive system. The fluid source may...

20060230752 - Hydraulic drive control device: A hydraulic drive control device which is capable of translating the effect of oil pressure loss reduction into the effect of fuel consumption reduction that is very real to the user. The hydraulic drive control device has (i) a driving hydraulic circuit for driving a hydraulic actuator by supplying pressure...

20060230753 - Method and arrangement for controlling at least two hydraulic consumers: Disclosed are a control arrangement for actuation of at least two hydraulic consumers, and a method for actuation of these consumers. The latter are supplied with pressure medium through the intermediary of a pump, wherein a respective meter-in orifice and a pressure compensator arranged downstream from the latter are provided...

20060230754 - Velocity control of agricultural machinery: The apparatus is an automatic velocity control system for an agricultural machine. Three feedback circuits are used to increase reliability and repeatability of the apparatus despite variations in load and ground conditions and non-linear responses of control components. A solenoid current sensor supplies a feedback signal to control a current...

20060230755 - Electronically controllable and testable turbine trip system: A tripping control system for use with, for example, turbines, includes a block circuit having two or more redundant blocking valves disposed or connected in series within a pressure supply line to block the supply of hydraulic fluid within the pressure supply line and a bleed circuit having two or...

20060230756 - Equipment utilizing see waves motion for drive of pumps, or drive of other energy producing tools: This invention—equipment utilizing see waves for drive of pumps, or drive of other energy producing tools is based on a principle of utilization of different hydrostatic pressures on the body during wave movement. These pressures in cooperation with self weight of the body cause repeated vertical motion of the part...

20060230757 - Fluid pressure booster: A fluid pressure booster includes: a control piston in which brake operation input acts in an advancing direction, and reaction based on fluid pressure of a booster fluid pressure generation chamber that generates fluid pressure for actuating a master piston acts in a retracting direction; a pressure increasing valve provided...

20060230758 - Vehicle braking device: There is provided a vehicle braking device in which a front outer periphery of a backup piston that can directly press a master piston from behind when output fluid pressure from a fluid pressure generation source is reduced is fluid-tightly and slidably fitted to a short cylindrical separator, a sleeve...

20060230759 - Variable geometry turbocharger: A turbine comprising a housing, a turbine wheel and at least one movable member. The housing has an interior, an inlet for allowing fluid to enter the interior and an outlet for allowing the fluid to exit the housing. The turbine wheel has turbine blades located in the housing. The...

20060230760 - Self-sustaining on-site production of electricity utilizing oil shale and/or oil sands deposits: Oil shale and/or oil sands are utilized to generate electricity at the site of the oil shale/sands deposit. Bulk shale/sands material is removed from the deposit and provided to a burn container. Hydrocarbons contained in the bulk material are combusted in the burn container to generate thermal energy. The thermal...

20060230761 - Integral turning gear for turbine rotors: An integral turning gear is machined onto one-half of a turbine rotor shaft coupling or on a pedestal of a rotor shaft for engagement with a motorized pinion for rotating the shaft of the turbine, for example during shutdown. The gear teeth are integrally formed on the coupling or shaft...

20060230762 - Control of a gas turbine with hot-air reactor: A method for producing, on an SiC substrate, SiC homoepitaxial layers of the same polytype as the substrate. The layers are grown on a surface of the SiC substrate, wherein the surface is inclined relative to the (0001) basal plane at an angle higher than 0.1 degree but less than...

20060230763 - Combustor and cap assemblies for combustors in a gas turbine: The cap assembly of a turbine combustor includes a plurality of burner tubes sealed against fuel nozzles extending in the tubes. These piston seals are coated with a high velocity oxygen fuel coating to extend their service life. The outer cap body assembly includes concentric seal rings each with cantilevered...

20060230764 - Compact swirl augmented afterburners for gas turbine engines: An afterburner apparatus that utilizes a novel swirl generator for rapidly and efficiently atomizing, vaporizing, as necessary, and mixing a fuel and an oxidant. The swirl generator converts an oxidant flow into a turbulent, three-dimensional flowfield into which the fuel is introduced. The swirl generator effects a toroidal outer recirculation...

20060225403 - Control system for a gas turbine engine: In a control system for a gas turbine engine, a degradation level of the gas turbine engine is estimated according to a deviation of an output of an internal temperature sensor when the engine is producing a target output at a target rotational speed from a prescribed reference temperature, and...

20060225402 - Mobile power system emissions control: An emissions control system efficiently reduces combustion waste products emitted from a trailer-mounted mobile electrical power generation system. The invention also reduces noise levels associated with power generation. The invention includes several road-transportable duct modules that can be connected together. One module directs the flow of combustion gases from the...

20060225404 - Vertical or short take off and landing vehicle: A vehicle with a body, an engine, and an engine driven fan. The engine is connected to the body. The engine driven fan is mounted to the body for providing thrust capable of effecting controlled motion of the vehicle in at least one direction. The fan has a fan section...

20060225405 - Cooling scheme for scramjet variable geometry hardware: A cooling system for use in an engine having an element to be cooled includes at least one cooling channel on a first side of the element, at least one cooling channel on a second side of the element, and the at least one cooling channel on the first side...

20060225407 - Exhaust gas purifier for internal combustion engine: The exhaust gas purifier includes a fuel addition valve, an NOx catalytic converter, and a catalyst loaded PM filter. The catalyst temperature of catalyst loaded PM filter is increased to a target temperature by adding fuel to the exhaust gas from fuel addition valve, whereby PM trapped on the filter...

20060225406 - Exhaust gas purifying apparatus and method thereof: An exhaust gas purifying apparatus provided in an exhaust passage connected with an engine includes an upstream catalyst that is provided in the exhaust passage, and that removes NOx; a downstream catalyst that is provided downstream of the upstream catalyst in the exhaust passage; and a supply device that supplies...

20060225408 - Exhaust system for an internal combustion engine: An exhaust system for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The exhaust system includes at least one main exhaust path connected to at least one cylinder, an exhaust recirculation path that is branched out from the main exhaust path so that part of exhaust gas is recirculated to an inlet...

20060225409 - Exhaust gas purification device of internal combustion engine: A diesel particulate filter (DPF) for trapping exhaust particulates is located in an exhaust passage of a diesel engine. Deposit amounts of a soluble organic fraction (SOF) as an organic solvent soluble component and soot as a solid carbon component of exhaust particulate components deposited in the DPF are estimated...

20060225410 - Device for detecting state of thermal degradation of exhaust purifying catalyst: An electronic controller integrates a rate of progress dK of thermal degradation of exhaust purifying catalyst at every predetermined time period, to calculate degree of thermal degradation K of the exhaust purifying catalyst, when the state of thermal degradation of the exhaust purifying catalyst is to be detected. By comparing...

20060225411 - Exhaust gas purifier for internal combustion engine: Whether discharge of high-concentration, unburned fuel is indicated or not is determined based on air-fuel ratio AF, calculated air-fuel ratio AFc and exhaust temperature thco (S110, S112, S114). If it is determined that high-concentration, unburned fuel would be discharged (“no” in any of S110, S112, S114), amount of fuel addition...

20060225412 - Hydrodynamic machine, for example, hydrodynamic coupling or hydrodynamic brake: the driveshaft supports a dynamic pressure pump, which projects into the retaining space and which can be placed in rotation around the driveshaft (20); the dynamic pressure pump has an inlet in its radial outer region and is connected to the outlet by its radial inner region; a connection that...

20060225413 - Anti-condensation control system for device driven by compressed air: An anti-condensation control system for devices driven by or utilizing decompressing air is provided. The system includes a supply of compressed air connected to a compressed air-utilizing device. A source of heated fluid is provided and is connected to a heat exchanger that transfers heat from the heated fluid to...

20060225414 - Pneumatic generator cycle system: A pneumatic generator cycle system includes a table, a plurality of cylinders, a carried, and a pneumatic generator. The cylinders exhaust air from the air outlet of the cylinders by weight of the carrier and the carried object, and cause the tablet to slope towards location of the carried object...

20060225415 - Hydraulic device for elevating/lowering chair: In order to solve a problem in a conventional device in which an operation lever is stepped on by a foot to supply oil to an elevating/lowering cylinder, in that since oil supply to the elevating/lowering cylinder is stopped every time the operation lever is stepped on, a seat part...

20060225416 - Underwater wave/energy transducer: An energy transducer device for positioning at the ocean floor for converting wave action at an ocean surface above the transducer to electrical current, the device comprising a mounting base 38, 91, 106, 112, 123, 133, 143, 153, 163, and 179 configured for positioning at the ocean floor below a...

20060225417 - Circuit for cooling charge air, and method for operating such a circuit: The invention relates to a circuit (NK) for cooling charge air (LL) in a motor vehicle comprising a turbocharger that is provided with a circulating pump (5) for the circuit (NK). Said pump (5) is coupled to a turbine (2) and forms a turbine/pump combination (1) along with the turbine...

20060225418 - Defect determining device for turbo charger: An ECU (electronic control unit) determines whether a turbo charger is defective or not based on degree of deviation between a target boost pressure Pimtrg and an actual boost pressure Pim of the turbo charger. Further, ECU estimates exhaust gas pressure of an exhaust passage from the internal combustion engine...

20060225419 - Turbocharger: An electrically controlled turbocharger having a substantially vertically oriented shaft interconnecting a turbine and a compressor. The vertical orientation serves to eliminate the effects of gravity on the rotating components. Placing the turbine vertically above the motor and compressor and provides additional cooling through convection of heat produced by hot...

20060225422 - Combustion methods and fuels for the production of energy: Apparatus and processes are provided for combusting hydrocarbon-containing waste fuel with an oxidizer, preferably liquid oxygen, and producing a substantially clean exhaust gas and a separate high purity steam product (e.g., superheated steam) that can be used to generate electrical power. The apparatus includes a plurality of combustion chambers in...

20060225421 - Device for utilizing waste heat from heat engine: A device for utilizing waste heat from a heat engine comprises a Rankine cycle including a pump, a heating device, an expansion device, and a condenser device, and a controller for controlling an operation of the Rankine cycle. The controller calculates an optimum heat collection amount (Qho) as a heat...

20060225420 - Osmotic energy: A process for driving a prime mover, said process comprising a) positioning a selective membrane between a liquid and a solution having a higher osmotic potential than the liquid, such that the solution becomes pressurised by the influx of liquid across the membrane, b) using the pressure generated in the...

20060225423 - Process to convert low grade heat source into power using dense fluid expander: A process to convert heat into power is set forth wherein, to make the cycle more suitable to low grade heat, the working fluid remains substantially in the liquid state after being heat exchanged against the heat source and a dense fluid expander is used in place of a conventional...

20060225424 - Integrated biomass energy system: A cyclonic combustor comprising a combustion liner forming a combustion chamber having a generally cylindrical shape, a biomass feed inlet for receiving biomass particles under pressure, wherein the biomass feed inlet is formed so that the biomass particles are introduced into the ignition zone of the combustion chamber with a...

20060225425 - Gas turbine plant: A gas turbine plant comprises an air compressor, gas turbine including at least one high temperature section, a driven equipment, which are operatively connected in series, a gas turbine combustor arranged between the air compressor and the gas turbine, a fuel system disposed for supplying a fuel to the gas...

20060225427 - Jet engine with a variable section nozzle of which at least one flap pivots about a pin, pins for flaps: The jet engine of the invention comprises an exhaust nozzle of variable section, comprising at least one flap pivot mounted about a pin, the pin being joined to the fixed structure of the jet engine via two braces each comprising a bore for housing the pin, the flap being pivot...

20060225426 - Turobjet axisymmetric nozzle controlled hot flap shutter: A controlled hot flap shutter for a turbojet nozzle includes a friction surface made of metal, and including straight lateral flanks to reduce the gap between each controlled hot flap shutter and the tracking flap shutters adjacent thereto....

20060225428 - Dual fuel combined cycle power plant: A power plant that includes two combustors in which a particulate containing fuel like coal is burned in one combustor and a non-particulate or clean fuel is burned in the other combustor, and where a heat exchanger is sued to transfer heat from the particulate combustion process to compressed air...

20060225429 - Catalytic oxidation module for a gas turbine engine: A catalytic oxidation module (28) for a gas turbine engine (10) includes a bundle (50) of tubular elements (30) separating a first fluid flow of a combustion mixture (24) from a second fluid flow (e.g., 26). Each of the tubular elements has an inlet end (42) and an outlet end...

20060225430 - System for actively controlling compressor clearances: Aspects of the invention relate to a system and method for actively controlling compressor clearances in a turbine engine by passing a thermal fluid in heat exchanging relation through a compressor vane carrier. During some operational conditions, such as hot restart or spin cool, it may be desirable to heat...

20060225431 - Electrically coupled supercharger for a gas turbine engine: A gas turbine engine, in particular a turboshaft engine, includes a spool having a turbine and a gas generator compressor mounted thereto, a source of heat positioned between the turbine and the compressor, a first shaft and a free turbine mounted to the first shaft, and a control system for...

20060225432 - Supercharged open cycle gas turbine engine: The present invention provides a supercharged open cycle gas turbine engine comprising a core engine for generating shaft power output; a supercharger for increasing the density and pressure of intake air of the core engine, said supercharger includes a rotary ram-in compressor; a receiver; and a turbine having variable-area nozzle...

20060218891 - Electric propulsion device for high power applications: An electric propulsion device is disclosed having an anode and a cathode. The propulsion device includes a discharge annulus having the anode adjacent an end region thereof. At least one inlet aperture is adjacent the anode, the aperture(s) having propellant gas flow therethrough into the discharge annulus. The propellant gas...

20060218892 - Device for inclusion in systems for converting the force of gravity to electricity by using the potential and kinetic energy of weights of land vehicles, descending from higher elevations: A renewable energy capturing device is described. The three variations of this device and with aggregations thereof, make available to electric power generation components of known means, the force of gravity on weights at heights, including altitude. The devices with attachments working together, make available for conversion to electricity, large...

20060218893 - Process for determining the lambda value upstream from the exhaust catalytic converter of an internal combustion engine: A process is proposed for determining the lambda value upstream from the exhaust catalytic converter in which variation in the lambda value (Δλ) from the stoichiometric value is determined on the basis of variation in the charging (ΔOSC) of the oxygen reservoir (7) of the exhaust catalytic converter (6) and...

20060218895 - Method for operating an internal combustion engine and device for executing the method: A method for operating an internal combustion engine and a device for executing the method provide for diagnostics of the exhaust system in which an exhaust-gas treatment device for converting at least one undesirable exhaust gas component is situated. A measure for the conversion is determined from the exhaust gas...

20060218896 - Motor vehicle and control method of motor vehicle: In a hybrid vehicle of the invention, in the event of specification that an exhaust treatment catalyst is in a preset adequate state at step S112, combustion control of an engine starts after a decrease of an intake pipe pressure P to a preset reference negative pressure Pref and reduction...

20060218894 - Vehicular control device: An engine ECU executes a program including the steps of: if it is necessary to take an anti catalytic odor approach and the engine should be warmed up, resetting an engine warm up request flag to cut fuel for the approach; cutting the fuel and determining whether the approach has...

20060218897 - Method and system for controlling temperatures of exhaust gases emitted from an internal combustion engine to facilitate regeneration of a particulate filter: Method, system, and controller for increasing exhaust gas temperatures through controlled operation of a radiator fan in order to facilitate regeneration of a particulate filter. The method, system, and controller being applicable in systems having an engine which emits exhaust gases having particulates which are captured by the particulate filter....

20060218899 - Exhaust gas purifying apparatus for internal combustion engine: A main control computer commands a second sub-control computer to perform a reduced-cylinder operation when the coolant temperature detected by a coolant temperature sensor is greater than or equal to a reference temperature, and the exhaust temperature detected by a temperature sensor is less than a reference exhaust temperature and...

20060218898 - Internal combustion engine controller: An internal combustion engine controller for automobiles which realizes torque increasing performance and exhaust gas purifying performance in a well-balanced manner even when a high-response torque increase is demanded in uniform charge stoichiometric combustion which is operated at a value close to the theoretical air-fuel ratio in torque base type...

20060218900 - Motor vehicle with a cryotank: A motor vehicle, which has a cryotank for supplying an internal combustion engine, includes an exhaust gas system including an exhaust gas catalyzer, a device for the combustion of boil-off gas from the cryotank, a gas duct, and a nozzle. The nozzle is configured to introduce the boil-off gas in...

20060218901 - Diagnosis apparatus for secondary air supply apparatus: A secondary air supply system includes a supply passage, a valve, and a detecting unit. Secondary air is supplied to the upstream of a purification apparatus in an exhaust passage of an engine through the supply passage. The valve communicates and blocks the supply passage to be in open and...

20060218902 - Burner assembly for particulate trap regeneration: An exhaust treatment system is provided. The system may include a particulate trap configured to remove one or more types of particulate matter from an exhaust flow, the exhaust flow including at least a portion of a totality of exhaust gases produced by an engine. The system may further include...

20060218903 - Motor control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle: A motor control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle in which a diesel engine is used is disclosed by which the compulsory regeneration time period of the hybrid vehicle is reduced to achieve enhancement of the fuel cost. The motor control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle includes a filter for collecting...

20060218904 - Diesel emissions control system and method: The invention is embodied in a diesel system for reducing particulate matter emissions in off-road vehicles, coal mining and metal/non-metal mining operations, comprising, in combination, a supply of highly paraffinic diesel fuel having a high Cetane rating and substantially no sulfur, aromatics and nitrogen content and being formulated to greatly...

20060218905 - Method and system for obtaining exhaust gas for use in augmenting crude oil production: A method and system of providing compressed low NOx exhaust gas for industrial purposes including for use in augmenting crude oil production including the steps of extracting exhaust gas from an engine consuming a controllable mixture of hydrocarbon fuel and air, compressing and cooling the exhaust gas to condense water...

20060218907 - Component scavanged by exhaust gases, notably engine set component, and method for coating such a component: The present invention relates to a component scavenged by exhaust gases, notably a component of an internal-combustion engine (12) and/or of at least an exhaust gas circulation circuit (14, 16, 18, 20) belonging to an engine set (10). According to the invention, the surfaces in contact with the exhaust gases...

20060218906 - Internal combustion engine header/tubing fiber composite exhaust system or carbon fiber composite exhaust (cmx): This invention is a light weight, high heat resistant composite exhaust, header/tubing system for an internal combustion system constructed out of fiber and resin. The carbon fiber composite exhaust, CMX invention employs fibers and resin, but is not limited to carbon fiber and alumina-silicate resin. To accomplish the objectives of...

20060218908 - Hydraulic compressor: The subject of this invention is a hydraulic compressor that uses the clean and renewable energy of any flow of any waterway having a difference in height between the water intake and the water discharge, in order to admit and compress air in the said hydraulic compressor without doing any...

20060218909 - Electro-hydraulic steering control system: An electro-hydraulic steering control system for directing fluid to steering actuators on a work machine may include a main valve configured to control fluid flow to the steering actuators. Left and right primary steering valves may be in communication with and configured to affect the main valve to control fluid...

20060218910 - Hydraulic system for an air cart: A hydraulic system is provided for an air cart towed by a tow vehicle across a field. The hydraulic system includes a first selector valve configured to selectively communicate a first flow rate regulated by a first control valve to drive a hydraulic-driven auger mechanism at the air cart. The...

20060218911 - Pressure regulator: A pressure regulator comprises a housing, a metering spool movable within the housing to control the degree of opening of a metering orifice of the regulator, a first inlet through which hydraulic fluid at high pressure is supplied to said metering orifice, a first pressure chamber within the housing and...

20060218912 - Hydraulic system having variable back pressure control: A hydraulic system for a work machine having a linkage system is disclosed. The hydraulic system has a tank configured to hold a supply of fluid and at least one hydraulic actuator associated with the linkage system to affect movement of the linkage system. The at least one hydraulic actuator...

20060218913 - Hydraulic system for linear drives controlled by a displacer element: The invention concerns a hydraulic system for linear drives with a differential cylinder, in particular for mobile machines which through the use of displacement-control of the drives avoids the many and diverse disadvantages of the state of the art and renders possible a precise and energy-efficient control of linear drives...

20060218914 - Hydraulic control arrangment: A hydraulic control arrangement is disclosed for the control of a consumer, comprising at least one mechanically operated continuously adjustable distribution valve with a subsequent LUDV pressure compensator down the line. In order to lock the consumer the control arrangement is provided with a spring holding the pressure compensator piston...

20060218915 - Hydraulic cylinder cushioning: A system for damping the extension and retraction of a hydraulic cylinder of a work vehicle at the ends of the cylinder's stroke....

20060218916 - Driving motor controlling device of construction machine: Provided is a driving motor controlling device of a construction machine, including a driving motor which is included in the construction machine having a swivel joint interposed between an upper body and a lower body, and is connected to a pump and a tank through the swivel joint, and a...

20060218917 - Hydroelectric power plant: This invention relates to the construction of power plants of the type described in the Canadian patent no 2328580. Each of these plants is placed in a shallow pressurised pool. A number of these plants are connected together with the same pneumatic circuit, in order to use the same flow...

20060218918 - Pyrotechnic actuator: The present invention provides a pyrotechnic actuator comprising a cylindrical housing, both ends of which are open, an electric ignition device disposed to block an opening portion at one end of the cylindrical housing, and a piston and piston rod inserted into the cylindrical housing to be capable of an...

20060218919 - Heat energy recovery apparatus: A heat energy recovery apparatus includes a compressor; a heat exchanger; an expander; a working gas exhaust pipe which leads the working gas compressed by the compressor to the heat exchanger; a working gas exhaust path generally parallel to a direction of the thermal expansion of the heat exchanger; an...

20060218920 - System and method for operating a compression-ignition engine: A method of operating a compression-ignition engine includes adjusting timing of fuel injection if a sensed parameter indicative of a maximum pressure within a combustion chamber varies relative to a selected pressure and if fuel injection timing is greater than a preselected timing....

20060218921 - Compressor in the induction tract of an internal combustion engine: In a compressor in the induction tract of an internal combustion engine with a compressor by which combustion air can be compressed to an increased boost pressure and which includes a compressor wheel rotatably mounted in a compressor housing with a main inlet duct in the flow path to the...

20060218922 - System and method for influencing the induction gas temperature in the combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine: The invention relates to a system and method for use in a homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) combustion engine that is preferably equipped with an exhaust gas recirculation device. This system and method enable an improved adjustment of the temperature level inside the combustion chamber. In addition to adjusting the...

20060218923 - Turbocharger system: A system for controlling intake pressure of a combustion engine operably coupled to a power generation system includes a sensor configured to output a signal indicative of a pressure in an intake system of the combustion engine and a sensor configured to output a signal indicative of a load on...

20060218924 - Heat energy recovery apparatus: A heat energy recovery apparatus include a compressor which has a piston for compressing sucked-in working gas; a heat exchanger which makes the working gas compressed by the compressor absorb heat of high temperature fluid; an expander which has a piston to be moved under pressure by expansion of the...

20060218926 - Fuel conveying member with heat pipe: A fuel conveying member in a gas turbine engine includes a heat pipe disposed in heat transfer communication with a fuel flow passage thereof, such that heat is transferred by the heat pipe from a high temperature region to a lower temperature region of the fuel flow passage....

20060218925 - Internal fuel manifold with airblast nozzles: A gas turbine engine internal fuel manifold has a plurality of airblast fuel nozzles in communication with an air source such that nozzle core air does not pass through the manifold....

20060218927 - Telemetry system: A method for predicting bearing failure of a differential bearing including an inner race, an outer race, and a plurality of rolling elements positioned between the inner and outer race, the method includes coupling a measuring apparatus comprising at least one of a strain gage and an accelerometer to the...

20060218929 - Gas turbine engine control system: In a gas turbine engine control system having a first valve for regulating the flow rate of fuel in premixed combustion and a second valve for regulating that in diffusion combustion, when the combustion mode is switched from one mode to the other mode, whichever of the first and second...

20060218928 - Stepper motor driven proportional fuel metering valve: A low energy stepper motor driven fuel metering valve (FMV) that eliminates the need for a position sensor is provided. The stepper motor rotates a cam that replaces the flapper valve used in conventional systems. The cam rotation increases the gap between the cam and nozzle on one side of...

20060218931 - Method for injecting a liquid mist into an intake duct: A system for the atomization of liquid is arranged on the intake duct of a gas turbo set. This atomization system comprises a number of nozzle tubes with atomizer nozzles, switching valves for selective action upon the nozzle tubes by liquid and a pump for conveying the liquid to be...

20060218930 - Temperature measuring device and regulation of the temperature of hot gas of a gas turbine: The invention relates to a regulation of the temperature of a hot gas of a gas turbine, particularly of a stationary gas turbine used for generating electricity, which comprises an injecting device for injecting a liquid into an airflow, which can be drawn into a compressor and with the aid...

20060218932 - Fuel injector: A method of creating a swirling flow of fuel-lean premixed fuel and air without passage of the flow through swirler vanes is taught. A supply of fuel is mixed with a sufficient quantity of air to form a fuel-lean mixture. The mixture is passed tangentially into an annular flow passage...

20060218933 - Method for producing a model-based control device: Relating to a model-based active control system for a gas turbine, a method for obtaining the data that are used for deriving an active closed loop controller for the gas turbine includes splitting the combustion system into a number of submodels. The measurement of some submodels is achieved by system...

20060218934 - Auxiliary power unit with integral firebox: An auxiliary power unit with integral firebox provides an integral unit for aircraft to utilize an APU without the use of a separate firebox. The present invention comprises a turbomachine intake air duct secured to an enclosure, and said enclosure having a bleed air port extending from the combustor to...

20060218935 - Bearing assembly and method of monitoring same: A method for predicting bearing failure of a differential bearing including an inner race, an outer race, and a plurality of rolling elements positioned between the inner and outer race. The method includes coupling a strain gage to the differential bearing, generating a bearing performance model, receiving a signal from...