25th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 48 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140169955 | TILTING-SEGMENT RADIAL BEARING FOR A SINGLE-SHAFT TURBOMACHINE - A tilting-segment radial bearing for a single-shaft turbomachine is provided, having a support ring, a tilting-segment mounting and a tilting segment, which in the installed state of the tilting-segment radial bearing is supported on the support ring such as to be seated on top and be radially displaceable by the tilting-segment mounting. The mounting has a preload device, by means of which the tilting segment is preloaded in the direction toward the shaft of the single-shaft turbomachine when the operating rotational speed of the single-shaft turbomachine is above a predetermined tilting-segment preload rotational speed, such that the tilting segment can be radially moved without preload when the operating rotational speed of the single-shaft turbomachine is below the tilting-segment preload rotational speed. | 2014-06-19 |
20140169956 | OVERMOLDED VANE PLATFORM - A vane includes a platform with a fixture overmolded by a sheath. | 2014-06-19 |
20140169957 | TURBINE NOZZLES WITH SLIP JOINTS AND METHODS FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - Embodiments of a turbine nozzle are provided, as are embodiments of methods for the manufacture of turbine nozzles. In one embodiment, the turbine nozzle includes a support ring and a slip joint ring, which is substantially concentric with the support ring and radially spaced apart therefrom. The slip joint ring has a plurality of slots therein. A plurality of vanes is fixedly coupled to the support ring and extends radially therefrom into the plurality of slots. A plurality of radial slip joints is formed between the plurality of vanes and the plurality slots. Each slip joint extends around a different one of the plurality of vanes to permit relative radial movement between the plurality of vanes and the slip joint ring during operation of the turbine nozzle. | 2014-06-19 |
20140169958 | RADIAL COMPRESSOR FOR AN EXHAUST GAS TURBOCHARGER - The invention relates to a radial compressor ( | 2014-06-19 |
20140169959 | SEALING SYSTEM FOR FLANGED JOINT - A sealing system is provided for a flanged joint. The sealing system includes a split seal and a spring. The split seal includes a radial outer surface, an axial outer surface, and a chamfered surface inclined with respect to the radial outer surface and the axial outer surface. The spring is disposed in urging contact with the chamfered surface and configured to apply an axial force, and a radial force on the axial outer surface, and the radial outer surface respectively. | 2014-06-19 |
20140169960 | FUEL PUMP - There is provided a fuel pump ( | 2014-06-19 |
20140169961 | PROPELLER ROTOR BALANCING SYSTEM - A propeller rotor has a hub mounting a plurality of blades and a drive shaft for driving the hub and the blades about a central axis. A motor to change its position is operably connected to drive at least one counterweight. A sensor senses vibration on the propeller rotor and communicates with a controller. The controller controls the motor to change a position of the counterweight in response to a sensed imbalance. A method of operating a propeller rotor is also disclosed. | 2014-06-19 |
20140169962 | TURBINE BLADE WITH INTEGRATED SERPENTINE AND AXIAL TIP COOLING CIRCUITS - An air cooled turbine blade including leading and trailing edges, and pressure and suction side walls extending between the leading and trailing edges. Leading and trailing edge cooling circuits extend spanwise adjacent to the leading and trailing edges, respectively. A forward flow mid-section serpentine cooling circuit extends spanwise and is located between the leading and trailing edge cooling circuits. An axial tip cooling circuit extends in the chordal direction and is located between a tip cap of the blade and the serpentine cooling circuit at an outer end of the serpentine cooling circuit. The axial tip cooling circuit has a forward end receiving cooling air from a final channel of the serpentine cooling circuit and discharges the cooling air adjacent to the trailing edge. | 2014-06-19 |
20140169963 | DIRECT ORIENTATION VECTOR ROTOR - A direct orientation vector rotor (DOVER) for use on rotary wing aircraft includes a gear set for multidirectional rotor orientation based on the spherical coordinate system; an inclination mechanism, wherein the rotor is moved from the 0° horizontal position to an inclined position; a rotational turret, wherein the rotor is moved along the azimuth and wherein the inclination mechanism is housed; and a motion-adapted gear lubrication housing. | 2014-06-19 |
20140169964 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MITIGATING LOADS DURING YAW ERROR ON A WIND TURBINE - A control system for mitigating loads on a wind turbine comprising a plurality of blades in yaw error events includes a yaw error calculation unit for calculating a yaw error of the wind turbine, a pitch angle reference command calculation unit for calculating a plurality of pitch angle reference commands respectively corresponding to the plurality of blades at least based on the calculated yaw error, and a controller for producing a plurality of pitch commands at least based on the plurality of pitch angle reference commands, to respectively regulate the pitch angles of the plurality of blades. | 2014-06-19 |
20140169965 | WIND TURBINE AND THE OPERATION METHOD OF THE SAME - An operating method for a two-bladed wind turbine which comprises a rotor including two blades and a hub to which the two blades are coupled, the operating method includes a pitch-angle adjusting step of adjusting pitch angles of the two blades such that chords of the two blades are substantially parallel to a perpendicular direction to a rotational plane of the rotor during violent wind and a rotor holding step of holding the rotor at an azimuth angle such that the two blades are substantially parallel to a horizontal direction during the violent wind. | 2014-06-19 |
20140169966 | MAGNET CASE AND ROTOR INCORPORATING THE SAME - A magnet case for a rotor includes a hollow cylindrical supporting body for accommodating two magnetic bands, an annular flange extending outwardly from a top end of the supporting body, and a positioning plate extending inwardly from a bottom end of the supporting body. The annular flange of the magnet case has two spaced notches defined in an outer periphery thereof, and the two spaced notches are configured to reduce vibration of a cooling fan associated with the rotor during operation of the cooling fan. A rotor incorporating the magnet case is also provided. | 2014-06-19 |
20140169967 | HELICOPTER WITH ROTOR BLADE LOAD CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE - Methods and devices are described for reducing the torque and the level of vibration on a helicopter rotor blade by maintaining a constant lift and constant (low) drag on each section of the blade throughout the entire revolution. A rotor system includes a trackway defining a continuous travel circuit, truck members operatively coupled with the trackway wherein the truck members are selectively translatable along the travel circuit, prime movers operatively coupled with the truck member for selectively moving the truck members along the travel circuit, elongate rotor blades having proximal ends operatively coupled with the truck members and opposite free distal ends wherein the rotor blades are carried with the truck members along the travel circuit thereby generating an upward force for lifting associated load-carrying vehicles. The methods and apparatus allow the rotor blades and the transmission to be significantly lighter and easier to manufacture. | 2014-06-19 |
20140169968 | COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM FOR A WIND TURBINE - A collision avoidance system and a wind turbine includes a tower, a rotor coupled to the tower and a nacelle coupled to the rotor such that at least one of the tower, the rotor and the nacelle include one or more acoustic retroreflectors. Particularly, the acoustic retroreflectors are designed to reflect acoustic waves corresponding to a designated frequency range back to a source of the acoustic waves. | 2014-06-19 |
20140169969 | AXIAL FLOW FAN - The present invention provides an axial flow fan having conductive pins, each of which is configured to electrically connect a coil of a stator and a circuit board, and to hold a film conductor of the coil. In the conductive pin, one end is fixed to an electrical insulator covering a core stack of the stator, and the other end is electrically connected to the circuit board. The conductive pin is a quadrangular prism pin as a basic configuration and has, in at least a part of a portion exposed from the electrical insulator, a reduced diameter portion having no corners. | 2014-06-19 |
20140169970 | ATTACHED DUCT PROPELLER SYSTEM - An attached duct propeller system may include at least one propeller blade having at least one blade tip. A duct having an inner wall may surround the at least one propeller blade. The at least one propeller blade may attach to the inner wall of the duct. In certain embodiments, the attached duct propeller system may include a propeller shaft attached to a bore of the at least one propeller blade. In certain embodiments, the at least one blade tip may be trimmed to allow alignment within the duct and allow for the attachment of the at least one blade to the inner wall of the duct. The attached duct propeller system may be used for vehicles that use at least one propeller for propulsion. | 2014-06-19 |
20140169971 | ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED IMPELLER - An impeller including a blade section, a shroud section, and a hub is made of a monolithic structure. The impeller is made by loading a 3D image file into an additive manufacturing device, using it to generate 2D files which correspond to a plurality of cross-sectional layers of the impeller, and solidifying corresponding portions of pulverant material layers to create the impeller. | 2014-06-19 |
20140169972 | FAN WITH INTEGRAL SHROUD - An integrally bladed rotor for use in a gas turbine engine includes a central hub; a plurality of airfoils extending from the central hub, each airfoil with a tip, a leading edge and a trailing edge; and a shroud with a metallic portion connecting to the tip of each airfoil to rotate with the airfoils. | 2014-06-19 |
20140169973 | Ni-Based Heat Resistant Alloy, Gas Turbine Component and Gas Turbine - A Ni-based heat resistant alloy has a composition of, by mass percent, carbon: 0.001 to 0.1%, chromium: 16 to 22%, aluminum: 0.5 to 1.5%, molybdenum: 0.1 to 2.0%, tungsten: 0.1 to 6.0%, niobium: 3.5 to 5.5%, titanium: 0.8 to 3.0%, iron: 16 to 20%, and the balance being nickel and inevitable impurities. A parameter Ps indicating a segregation tendency is in a range of Ps≧−3.5. The parameter Ps is represented by Formula (1). | 2014-06-19 |
20140169974 | TAPERED PART-SPAN SHROUD - A rotatable blade for use in a turbomachine includes an airfoil portion having a leading edge, a trailing edge a radially-inner end and a radially-outer end; a root section at to the radially-inner end of the airfoil portion, and a part-span shroud located on the airfoil portion between the root section and the radially-outer end. The part-span shroud decreases in width and thickness from decreasing in width and thickness from the airfoil portion to a contact surface adapted to engage a mating contact surface on a part-span shroud of an adjacent blade. | 2014-06-19 |
20140169975 | ROTOR BLADE ROOT SPACER WITH A FRACTURE FEATURE - A rotor assembly is provided that includes a rotor disk, a rotor blade and a root spacer. The rotor disk includes a slot. The rotor blade includes a blade root that is arranged within the slot. The root spacer is arranged within the slot between the rotor disk and the blade root. The root spacer includes a base segment, a side segment and a fracture feature. The base segment radially engages the rotor disk. The side segment is radially separated from the rotor disk by a gap. The fracture feature may radially fracture the root spacer at an intersection between the base segment and the side segment. | 2014-06-19 |
20140169976 | ROTOR BLADE ROOT SPACER FOR ARRANGING BETWEEN A ROTOR DISK AND A ROOT OF A ROTOR BLADE - A rotor assembly is provided that includes a rotor blade, a root spacer, and a rotor disk with a slot. The rotor blade includes a blade root arranged within the slot. The blade root includes a root base segment and a pair of root side segments. The root base segment is laterally separated from the rotor disk by the root side segments. The root spacer is arranged within the slot, and includes a side surface that extends radially between an inner surface and an outer surface. The side surface is approximately laterally aligned with an intersection between the root base segment and a first of the root side segments. The outer surface engages the root base segment. | 2014-06-19 |
20140169977 | BLADE CASCADE AND TURBOMACHINE - A blade cascade of a turbomachine having at least one shape variation of a blade situated on the blade side in the proximity of a side wall and extending downstream, and at least one side wall contouring of the side wall or at least one second shape variation of an adjacent blade near the side wall, as well as a turbomachine, are disclosed. | 2014-06-19 |
20140169978 | ROTOR BLADE ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS FOR ASSEMBLING THE SAME - Methods of assembling rotor blades include providing a first blade segment comprising a first shell portion and at least two first spar cap segments and providing a second blade segment comprising a second shell portion and at least two second spar cap segments. An access region is defined in at least one of the first shell portion and the second shell portion. The second blade segment is then inserted into the first blade segment, such that a spar cap cavity is formed between each set of corresponding first and second spar cap segments, and wherein an access window is defined by the access region at an interface between the first blade segment and the second blade segment, the access window providing access to the spar cap cavities. The method further includes sealing the spar cap cavities and injecting an adhesive into the spar cap cavities to bond the blade segments together, wherein a scarf joint is formed between each set of corresponding first and second spar cap segments. | 2014-06-19 |
20140169979 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE FAN BLADE PLATFORM SEAL - A fan section for a gas turbine engine includes a fan blade having an airfoil with an exterior surface. A platform seal is adhered to the airfoil. A fan section for a gas turbine engine includes a fan hub having a slot. A fan blade includes an airfoil extending from a root to a tip. The root is received in the slot. A platform is secured to the fan hub and is arranged between adjacent fan blades. A seal has a base secured to opposing sides of the fan blade and a flap integral with and extending from the base portion and canted toward the root and engaging the platform to provide a sealed inner flow path. | 2014-06-19 |
20140169980 | ROOT ASSEMBLIES WITH EXTERNAL STRUCTURAL CONNECTION SUPPORTS FOR ROTOR BLADES - Root assemblies for rotor blades include a root portion having an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the root portion is configured to extend from an airfoil portion of the rotor blade. The root assemblies further include at least one external structural connection support connected to at least the inner surface or the outer surface of the root portion, wherein the at least one external structural connection support connects to a hub of a wind turbine to facilitate the connection of the rotor blade. | 2014-06-19 |
20140169981 | UBER-COOLED TURBINE SECTION COMPONENT MADE BY ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING - A gas turbine airfoil having internal cooling passages is formed by additive manufacturing. Layers of superalloy powder are fused by an energy beam using a two-dimensional pattern providing unmelted areas forming passageways therein. Layers of the powder are added and fused using sufficient two-dimensional patterns to form the entire airfoil with the desired pattern of internal cooling passages. After completion of the formation of the airfoil, it may be hot isostatic pressed, directionally recrystallized, bond coated, and covered with a thermal barrier layer. | 2014-06-19 |
20140169982 | HEAT DISSIPATION SYSTEM, ROTATION SPEED CONTROL CIRCUIT AND METHOD THEREOF - A rotation speed control circuit is disclosed. The rotation speed control circuit includes a temperature-controlled voltage duty generator, a pulse-width signal duty generator, a multiplier and a rotation speed signal generator. The temperature-controlled voltage duty generator converts temperature-controlled voltage to digital temperature-controlled voltage and executes linear interpolation operation according to a first setting data so as to output temperature-controlled voltage duty signal. The pulse-width signal duty generator coverts pulse-width input signal to a digital pulse-width input signal and executes linear interpolation operation according to a second setting data so as to output a pulse-width duty signal. The temperature-controlled voltage duty signal and the pulse-width duty signal are executed for multiplication by the multiplier so as to output mixing-duty signal. The rotation speed generator receives the mixing-duty signal and a third setting data, and executes a minimum output duty operation so as to output a pulse-width output signal. | 2014-06-19 |
20140169983 | COMPRESSOR DEVICE - Compressor including a housing containing a compressor element that is powered by a variable speed motor with a control box with a set maximum number of revolutions (Nmax) for the compressor element, an air cooling blower which sucks air from the environment via an inlet and blows it back to the environment through the housing via an exhaust and a cooling circuit for the cooling of the gas which has been compressed by the compressor element, further wherein the control box is equipped with an algorithm that reduces the maximum allowed set number of revolutions (Nmax) to a defined level as soon as the monitored environmental temperature (T | 2014-06-19 |
20140169984 | SENSORLESS CONTROL METHOD FOR A MULTIPUMP SYSTEM - The invention relates to a control method implemented in a processing unit (UC) used in the control of a multipump system, said multipump system comprising an inlet passage (IN) intended to receive a fluid, two pumps (P | 2014-06-19 |
20140169985 | DIAPHRAGM PUMP FOR DOSING A FLUID AND AN ACCORDING METHOD - A diaphragm pump ( | 2014-06-19 |
20140169986 | IONIZING PUMP STAGE - The invention relates to an ionizing pump stage, in particular for a vacuum pump, comprising an inlet for gas entering into the pump stage; an ionizing section communicating with the inlet in a gas-conductive manner and an ionizing device for ionizing the gas entered into the ionizing section; an acceleration device for accelerating the ionized gas present in the ionizing section in the conveying direction; and a neutralizing section following the ionizing section in the conveying direction and communicating with the ionizing section in a gas-conductive manner and a neutralizing device for the electrical neutralizing of the ionized gas entering into the neutralizing section. | 2014-06-19 |
20140169987 | Dielectric Sensor Arrangement and Method for Swashplate Angular Position Detection - Swashplate angle sensing arrangement for a variable displacement pump a nonrotating swashplate and a rotating pump barrel includes a dielectric sensor in a swashplate angle sensing arrangement. The arrangement includes a sensing probe coupled to the casing, a sensor target coupled to the swashplate, and a controller configured to direct an alternating current through the sensing probe to establish an impedance between the probe and the target, and to determine voltage across the probe. The controller is further adapted to determine the angle of the swashplate relative to the casing based on the determined voltage. | 2014-06-19 |
20140169988 | Rotating Flexible Joint for Use in Submersible Pumping Systems - An electrical submersible pumping system (ESP) for pumping fluids from a wellbore is made of segments, which include a motor, a seal section, a pump, and a shaft assembly connected to an output of the motor drives the pump. The motor, seal section, and pump are elongate members and coupled end to end to one another by housing connectors and shaft connectors. At least one of the housing connectors and shaft connectors have portions that are pivotable with other portions, so that adjacent segments of the ESP system can pivot with respect to one another. The housing connector can be a ball and socket assembly, where the ball fits within a spherically shaped chamber in the socket assembly. Opposing ends of the housing connector can mount to respective segments by threads or bolt flanges. The pivotal shaft connector may be a universal joint. | 2014-06-19 |
20140169989 | BUBBLE LIFT SYSTEM AND BUBBLE LIFT METHOD - In a bubble lift system | 2014-06-19 |
20140169990 | DENSE PHASE PUMP FOR DRY PARTICULATE MATERIAL - A dense phase pump for particulate material includes a pump chamber wherein material flows into the pump chamber under negative pressure and flows out of the pump chamber under positive pressure. A plurality of pinch valves are provided to control flow of material into and out of the pump chamber. The pinch valves are operated independent of each other and of the pump cycle rate. A modular design of the pump is provided. | 2014-06-19 |
20140169991 | STRUCTURE FOR CONTROLLING HYDRAULIC PUMP FOR DRIVING ENGINE COOLING FAN OF HYBRID VEHICLE - A system for controlling a hydraulic pump for operating an engine cooling fan of a hybrid vehicle, which allows a hydraulic pump for driving an engine cooling fan of a hybrid vehicle to be driven by power provided from a transmission PTO of a hybrid vehicle while an engine is idling. Furthermore, the hydraulic pump to be driven may be driven by power supplied from an electric motor when the engine is stopped. As a result, an engine coolant temperature may be properly managed by operating the engine cooling fan of a hybrid vehicle even when the engine is stopped. | 2014-06-19 |
20140169992 | PUMP - A pump includes a pump chamber in which a rotor with gates is supported so that it can rotate, an electric motor for driving the rotor, an outlet, and an inlet port that is fastened to a mounting plate and is in active connection with an inlet channel. The pump should be improved so that its service life and reliability are improved with minimal installation complexity in a vehicle, wherein intense cleaning of lines and devices connected on the suction side can be eliminated. This is achieved in that a filter is arranged in the area of the inlet channel between the mounting plate and the pump chamber. | 2014-06-19 |
20140169993 | CRYOGEN PUMP - A cryogen pump, including: a pump section that includes: a bellow with an inlet opening at a first end and an exit opening, the inlet opening in direct fluid communication with a volume of a cryogen, the exit opening at least in fluid communication with a second end of the bellow opposing the first end, a pair of plugs configured to sealingly close the opposing ends of the bellow, the pair of plugs cooperating so that when one plug sealingly closes one of the ends, the other end of the bellow is open; and a drive section configured to drive the pump section in a reciprocating manner so as to move the plugs. | 2014-06-19 |
20140169994 | DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION - A dual clutch transmission, especially of a motor vehicle, includes a hydraulic circuit with a pump for delivering a hydraulic flow, a cooler for cooling the hydraulic flow, and a volume control valve for adjusting the hydraulic flow for a cooling system associated with two clutches of the dual clutch transmission. The volume control valve is constructed as a switching valve with at least two switching position ranges, supplying the hydraulic flow to a first cooling system associated with a first clutch in a first switching position range with a constant flow cross-section, and supplying the hydraulic flow to a second cooling system associated with a second clutch in a second switching position range with a constant flow cross-section, wherein the entire switching position range of the volume control valve is substantially formed by the first and second switching position ranges and only a narrow transition range therebetween. | 2014-06-19 |
20140169995 | ELECTRIC OIL PUMP - An electric oil pump includes an electric motor and an oil pump that is driven by the motive power from an electric motor, wherein; the oil pump has an introducing channel that guides a drain oil that has leaked from an interior of the oil pump to an interior of the electric motor; and the electric motor has a discharging channel that discharges the drain oil that has been guided to the interior of the electric motor to a tank. | 2014-06-19 |
20140169996 | PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR - A piezoelectric fan includes a vibration sheet, piezoelectric elements, a reinforcing sheet having one principal surface bonded to the vibration sheet and the other principal surface bonded to the piezoelectric element, and a fixing sheet. The vibration sheet is fixed to the inside of an electronic device by the fixing sheet which is disposed at one end of the vibration sheet. The total thickness of the reinforcing sheet and a region of the vibration sheet in which the piezoelectric elements are disposed is greater than the average thickness of a region of the vibration sheet in which the piezoelectric elements are not disposed. The coefficient of linear expansion of the vibration sheet is higher than that of the first and second piezoelectric elements. The reinforcing sheet is formed of a material having a coefficient of linear expansion and a modulus of elasticity identical to the vibration sheet. | 2014-06-19 |
20140169997 | POWER UNIT TO MOVE AT LEAST A HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR - Power unit ( | 2014-06-19 |
20140169998 | SEALED COMPRESSOR - A sealed compressor of the present invention comprises an electric component ( | 2014-06-19 |
20140169999 | SHAFT SUPPORTING MODULE AND OUTER ROTOR TYPE FAN MOTOR HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a shaft supporting module, including: a bearing rotatably supporting a shaft of a fan motor; and a supporting body supporting the bearing, wherein the bearing is formed of a single bearing extended in an axial direction. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170000 | SIDE CHANNEL BLOWER HAVING A PLURALITY OF FEED CHANNELS DISTRIBUTED OVER THE CIRCUMFERENCE - A side channel blower for an internal combustion engine includes a housing comprising an inlet, an outlet, a first housing part, and a second housing part. The inlet and the outlet are fluidically connected via an inlet region, via at least one feed channel which extends at least partially in an annular shape in at least one of the first housing part and the second housing part, and via an outlet region. An impeller is rotatably mounted in the housing and is driven via a drive unit. The impeller comprises conveying blades which interact with a feed channel arranged opposite thereto. At least one interruption region is arranged between the inlet region and the outlet region. The at least one interruption region is configured to interrupt the at least one feed channel in a circumferential direction. The at least one feed channel comprises a circumferential angle of <300°. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170001 | VACUUM SYSTEM - A vacuum system includes at least one recipient having a housing and at least one outlet opening for evacuating the recipient, a vacuum pump connected with the at least one outlet opening of the at least one recipient for evacuating same, an attachment provided between the vacuum pump and the recipient housing and formed as an intermediate piece, with the attachment being fixedly and vacuum-tightly secured on the recipient, and the vacuum pump being fixedly and releasably secured to the attachment at an end of the attachment opposite the recipient, and at least one O-ring sealing provided between the attachment end opposite the recipient and the vacuum pump for sealing the vacuum pump, with the O-ring sealing being formed as an elastomeric O-ring. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170002 | FUEL PUMP - A fuel pump is provided for pressurising fuel in a high-pressure fuel injection system. The fuel pump comprises a pump head, a pumping element, a frame and a casing. The pump head has a pumping chamber that is arranged to receive fuel to be pressurised. The pumping element is arranged to reciprocate responsive to movement of a driving element, the pumping element defining, in part, the pumping chamber so that, in use, as the pumping element reciprocates, a force, transferred from the driving element, is applied to the fuel within the pumping chamber to pressurise the fuel. The frame is arranged to support the driving element and the pump head. The casing defines an internal volume for containing fluid, wherein at least a part of the frame, at least a part of the drive element, and at least a part of the pumping element are received in the casing. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170003 | RECIPROCATING COMPRESSOR WITH VAPOR INJECTION SYSTEM - A compressor assembly is provided and may include a first compression cylinder, a first compression piston disposed within the first compression cylinder that compresses a vapor disposed within the first compression cylinder, and a crankshaft that cycles the first compression piston within the first compression cylinder. The compressor assembly may additionally include a first control piston moveable between a first state restricting passage of intermediate-pressure fluid into the first compression cylinder and a second state permitting passage of intermediate-pressure fluid into the first compression cylinder. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170004 | System and Method for Holding Tubing for a Perstaltic Pump - A “load and go” peristaltic pump tubing arrangement without a special configuration, such as the “Double-Y” tubing connectors used by the Watson Marlow 505L pump head. One of the critical components in the peristaltic pump system is the pump tubing which now can be monitored so that the health of the peristaltic pump is known. The result is a “smart” peristaltic pump using a notch or other part in a second spring-clamp or tubing holder. Located on two ⅛ 316 inch shoulder screws are two roller clutches and two spacers to complete the assembly of the pump. The distance between the two rollers allows the tubing to elongate but not move backward toward the peristaltic rollers. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170005 | LIQUID SUPPLY APPARATUS - In a liquid supply apparatus, plungers which respectively expand and contract pump chambers are reciprocated linearly in an axial direction with their phases shifted to each other, thereby continuously discharging liquid. In a pump block, drive rods are mounted so as to be reciprocatable in an axial direction. At a center in an axial direction of shafts attached to the drive rods, drive rollers are mounted, and rollers are mounted at both ends of the shafts. Guide grooves which support the guide rollers are formed in guide blocks. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170006 | RECIPROCATING COMPRESSOR WITH VAPOR INJECTION SYSTEM - A compressor assembly is provided and may include a compression cylinder and a compression piston disposed within the compression cylinder that compresses a vapor disposed within the compression cylinder from a suction pressure to a discharge pressure. The compressor assembly may additionally include a crankshaft that cycles the compression piston within the compression cylinder and an injection port in fluid communication with the compression cylinder that selectively communicates intermediate-pressure vapor at a pressure between the suction pressure vapor and the discharge pressure vapor to the compression cylinder. The injection port may communicate the intermediate-pressure vapor to the compression cylinder when the compression piston exposes the injection port and may be prevented from communicating the intermediate-pressure vapor to the compression cylinder when the compression piston blocks the injection port. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170007 | Scroll Compressor Assembly Having Oil Distribution and Support Feature - A horizontal scroll compressor assembly for compressing a working fluid and lubricated with an oil, including a housing having an axis, an interior surface, and a suction sump for collected oil located in the suction plenum, and a compression mechanism including an orbital scroll member having a thrust surface, the thrust surface and the housing interior surface axially superposed. The thrust surface is provided with an oil distribution channel extending at least partially about an axis. Oil from the suction sump received into the distribution channel urged along the distribution channel and delivered to locations between the superposed surfaces during movement of the orbital scroll member about the axis relative to the housing. Also, a method for distributing oil in a scroll compressor assembly including: receiving oil from a suction sump into an oil distribution channel located in the thrust surface of an orbital scroll member; pumping oil along the oil distribution channel to locations between the thrust surface and a superposed housing surface; and lubricating a thrust surface interface with oil pumped to locations between the thrust surface and the superposed housing surface. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170008 | VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT PUMP - Variable displacement oil pump for supplying oil to an internal combustion engine. Included is a cam ring having an inner peripheral section for accommodating the pump element thereinside, and an outer peripheral section having a swinging movement fulcrum. A control device for changeover controlling supply of a discharge pressure to first and second pressure chambers so the cam ring is swingingly movable to change an eccentricity amount of the cam ring relative to an axis of the rotor, wherein the first pressure receiving surface is set larger in pressure receiving area than the second pressure receiving surface, wherein a part of each of the first and second pressure chambers is disposed overlapping with the discharge region in a radial direction of the rotor, and wherein the first and second pressure chambers are disposed nearer to the swinging movement fulcrum than to the axis of the cam ring. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170009 | Scroll Liquid Pump - An orbiting scroll having three sets of wraps is combined on a fixed scroll having three sets of wraps integral to a frame facing each other. The orbiting scroll is adhered on the fixed scroll by the discharge pressure acted to a part of the backside of the orbiting scroll. The orbiting scroll is finely movable to the radial direction and the wraps of the both scrolls contact each other. Thereby it provides a scroll liquid pump that increases the pressure and carries the liquid refrigerant or oil. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170010 | VANE ROTARY COMPRESSOR - The present invention relates to a vane rotary compressor in which, while a rotor is rotating, the volume of a compressing chamber is reduced and a fluid such as a refrigerant is compressed. The vane rotary compressor according to one embodiment of the present invention is provided with the compressing chamber, the inner circumferential surface of which is formed in the shape of an involute curve, wherein the rotor is hinge-coupled with a plurality of cantilever vanes such that compression efficiency is high and noise is prevented from occurring during the operation of the compressor. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170011 | Bearing/Gearing Section For A PDM Rotor/Stator - A moving or progressive cavity motor or pump is disclosed, the motor including a rotor and a stator, the stator having one or more inserts or gearing sections to limit a lateral movement of the rotor relative to the stator. In some embodiments, the motor or pump may include a rotor and a stator, the stator including: a first, helicoidal, section comprising a compliant material having a first compressibility; a second section, helicoidal, non-helicoidal, or combination thereof, having a second compressibility, wherein the second compressibility is less than the first compressibility. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170012 | Additive manufacturing using partially sintered layers - The invention relates to an additive manufacturing apparatus and method. According to the invention, an additive manufacturing apparatus includes a material supply system. The material supply system delivers layers of partially sintered pulverant material to an additive manufacturing device. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170013 | IN-SITU COMBUSTION SYNTHESIS OF TITANIUM CARBIDE (TiC) REINFORCED ALUMINUM MATRIX COMPOSITE - An in-situ process for making aluminum titanium carbide composite materials include the steps of mixing powdered aluminum, titanium and calcium carbonate, compacting the mixture and heating by a high frequency induction heater up to a temperature at which titanium carbide is formed at about 800° C.-1,000° C. The compact are then introduced into a tube furnace under an inert atmosphere such as argon, nitrogen, helium etc. at 1200° C. to 1350° C. for 4 to 7 hours to complete the reaction and optimize the TiC particles. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170014 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING MAGNETIC POWDER AND MAGNET - Disclosed is a method for producing a magnetic powder comprising: a first step of producing a R—Fe—B-based rare earth isotropic magnetic powder using a scrap rare earth magnet through a HDDR process; and a second step of mixing the R—Fe—B-based rare earth isotropic magnetic powder with an anisotropic magnetic powder, and a method for producing a magnet using the magnetic powder. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170015 | CORROSION RESISTANT STEEL COMPOSITION - A steel composition resistant to sulfidic corrosion has been discovered. The newly discovered steel composition comprises the elements Fe, C, Si, Cu, and Mn wherein the composition comprises from about 96.80 to about 99.00 percent by weight iron, from about 0.10 to about 0.30 percent by weight carbon, from about 0.20 to about 1.40 percent by weight silicon, from about 0.50 to about 1.50 percent by weight copper, and from about 0.20 to about 1.00 percent by weight manganese, wherein the composition is substantially free of chromium, and wherein the composition contains less than 0.1 percent by weight nickel, molybdenum, or tungsten. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170016 | USE OF A COPPER ALLOY - The invention relates to the use of a copper alloy, composed of (in wt %): 51.8 to 84.0% Cu, 15.5 to 36.0% Zn, 0.35 to 3.0% Sn, 0.12 to 1.5% Fe, 0.02 to 1.0% P, optionally also 0.1 to 2.0% Al, optionally also 0.05 to 0.7% Si, optionally also 0.05 to 2.0% Ni, optionally also respectively 0.1 to 1.0% Mn, Co, optionally also respectively 0.01 to 1.0% As, Sb, and unavoidable contaminants, wherein more than 95% of the structure consist of α-mixed crystal, in which at least iron phosphides and/or iron are embedded as deposition particles, for metallic articles in breeding organisms living in seawater. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170017 | HIGH ELASTIC ALUMINUM ALLOY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Disclosed is an aluminum alloy, including: about 14˜20 wt % of Si; about 2˜7.5 wt % of Ti; about 1˜3 wt % of B; and a balance of Al as a main component, wherein wt % are based on the total weight of the aluminum alloy and wherein a ratio of Ti/B is about 2˜2.5:1. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170018 | ALUMINUM ALLOY INCLUDING IRON-MANGANESE COMPLETE SOLID SOLUTION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided are an aluminum alloy including an iron-manganese complete solid solution and a method of manufacturing the same. According to an embodiment of the present invention, iron-manganese alloy powder is provided. The iron-manganese alloy powder is introduced into an aluminum melt. An aluminum alloy including an iron-manganese complete solid solution is manufactured by die casting the aluminum melt. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170019 | Foot/Footwear Sterilization System - A foot/shoe sanitizing system includes a housing having at least one opening and at least one ultraviolet emitting device supported within the housing. The ultraviolet emitting devices direct ultraviolet light around and/or through the set of foot/shoe support bars towards the foot or shoe placed on the foot/shoe support bars. The ultraviolet emitting devices are controllably powered to emit ultraviolet light and/or ozone onto the foot/shoe. In a preferred embodiment, the ultraviolet emitting device emits light that includes short wavelength ultraviolet light, causing the formation of ozone in the area of the shoe, thereby killing pathogens that are not easily killed with ultraviolet light alone. The system includes a sheet of activated carbon for catalyzing the ozone into harmless concentrations of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170020 | STERILIZATION APPARATUS, STERILIZATION METHOD - There is provided a sterilization apparatus capable of delaying degradation of sterilant in a cartridge or a tank in which an extraction tube is inserted. A sterilization apparatus extracting sterilant from a cartridge containing the sterilant and sterilizing a sterilization target includes an extraction tube configured to extract the sterilant from the cartridge, and a movement unit configured to move the extraction tube so that a position of the extraction tube with respect to the cartridge in a case of extracting the sterilant in the cartridge by the extraction tube and a position of the extraction tube with respect to the cartridge in a case of waiting for extraction of the sterilant from the cartridge by the extraction tube to perform following sterilization processing with the same cartridge may differ from each other. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170021 | METHODS FOR DEGRADING NUCLEIC ACID - Methods for degrading contaminant nucleic acid. The methods use combinations of metal ions and peroxide ions to produce a variety of oxidative species that degrade nucleic acid. Methods of the invention are useful for decontaminating laboratory equipment or solutions. After the equipment or solutions have been decontaminated, the metal ion and peroxide ion solution can be deactivated by raising the temperature to dissociate the peroxide or by binding the metal ions, e.g., with a chelating agent. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170022 | SAMPLE DISPENSING APPARATUS AND AUTOMATIC ANALYZER INCLUDING THE SAME - The invention provides a small-sized automatic analyzer being compact, enabling a large number of analysis items to be carried out, and having a high processing speed. The automatic analyzer is particularly suitably applied to a medical analyzer used for qualitative/quantitative analysis of living body samples, such as urine and blood. A plurality of sample dispensing mechanism s capable of being operated independently of each other are provided to suck a sample from any one of a plurality of sample suction positions and to discharge the sucked sample to any one of a plurality of positions on a reaction disk. The automatic analyzer having a high processing capability can be thus realized without increasing the system size. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170023 | AUTOMATIC ANALYZER - In determining whether a rack inputted to the automatic analyzer by the user is to be transferred to an analysis section or not, samples existing in a route from a buffer to a sample dispensing position in the analysis section are identified, and the number of items in which suction by a nozzle has not been completed in analysis items requested for the samples is managed. When the number of items is reduced to be smaller than a given number, the conveyance of a next rack from the buffer to the analysis section is controlled, thereby limiting the number of analysis items requested for samples in a waiting state for analysis in the analysis section constantly to be smaller than a fixed number. As a result, a period of time until a measurement result of emergency samples is outputted can be reduced even when emergency samples are newly inputted. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170024 | TARGET SUBSTANCE DETECTION CHIP, TARGET SUBSTANCE DETECTION PLATE, TARGET SUBSTANCE DETECTION DEVICE AND TARGET SUBSTANCE DETECTION METHOD - [Problem] To provide a target substance detection chip, a target substance detection device, and a target substance detection method, that can be manufactured easily in a small size at low costs with reduction of the number of parts involved in the detection chip constituted by an optical prism and a detection plate used for a SPR sensor and an optical waveguide mode sensor, that can detect a target substance quickly with high sensitivity, and in which an analyte liquid is easily delivered. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170025 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION RESERVOIR AND WELL MANAGEMENT USING CONTINUOUS CHEMICAL MEASUREMENT - A sensing transducer apparatus measures specific chemicals or classes of chemicals. The apparatus includes an electromagnetic transducer comprising at least two electrodes wherein at least one of the electrodes is on an electrically and mechanically stable substrate, and a chemically sensitive material having an affinity for a dispersed chemical or class of chemicals in a single or multiphase analyte, the chemically sensitive material disposed on or adjacent to the electromagnetic transducer. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170026 | DISPENSING APPARATUS, ANALYZER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPENSING APPARATUS - There is provided a dispensing apparatus including a dispensing unit; and a drive mechanism. The dispensing unit is configured to support a dispensing nozzle, provide the dispensing nozzle with a material to be dispensed, and allow the dispensing nozzle to discharge the material. The drive mechanism is configured to change relative position between a stage and the dispensing nozzle in a second direction and a third direction, where the second direction is a horizontal direction when a first direction is substantially vertical direction, and the third direction is substantially perpendicular to the first direction and to the second direction. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170027 | AUTOMATIC ANALYZER - A control unit outputs measurement status information including the time up to the completion of creation of the calibration curve for each of the desired measurement items to a display unit. The output/display of the calibration curve data measurement status for each of the items enables the operator to be aware of information about a failure to set a standard solution or to request the setting of the standard solution and to recognize how long he or she will need to wait until the creation of the calibration curve begins. The operator can therefore know what can be done while waiting, thereby improving job efficiency. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170028 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR RECOVERING PRODUCT - A process and apparatus are disclosed for recovering a product stream by fractionation perhaps with compression of a C | 2014-06-19 |
20140170029 | COMBINED SYNTHESIS GAS GENERATOR - In various systems and processes, synthesis gas generation may be combined. A partial oxidation reactor (POX) and a gas convectively heated steam/hydrocarbon catalytic reformer (GHR) may be combined to produce synthesis gas. In some implementations, a partial oxidation reactor, a gas convectively heated steam/catalytic reformer, and a waste hat boiler may be combined to produce synthesis gas. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170030 | Aftertreatment System Using LNT and SCR - A multiple catalyst system for the treatment of exhaust gases generated by a combustion engine in an after treatment system. The system includes a substrate and a plurality of catalysts. The plurality of catalysts may provide a plurality of catalyst sections. A variety of different catalysts, as well as a variety of different combinations of catalysts, may be employed. Catalysts may include both catalysts that assist in the removal of nitrogen oxides from the exhaust gas during cold start operation of the engine, as well as catalysts that are generally more effective in removing nitrogen oxides after the temperature of the after treatment system and/or exhaust gas is elevated to normal operating temperatures. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170031 | Exhaust Aftertreatment System - An exhaust gas treatment system for the purpose of reducing the harmful substances present in the exhaust gas of combustion engines, particularly diesel engines, has a gas- and liquid-tight housing with at least one inlet and at least one outlet. Gas guide elements are arranged in the housing, and the housing encloses at least one chamber in which is contained a catalyst material and/or a particle filter material. The gas guide elements have spark-catching and/or spark-extinguishing elements. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170032 | METAL FILTER FOR PURIFYING EXHAUST GAS FROM SHIP, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a metal filter for purifying the exhaust gas from a ship, and a preparation method thereof. The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a metal filter for purifying the exhaust gas from a ship, capable of reducing nitrogen oxide by 85% or more at 250-300° C.; and a preparation method thereof. The metal filter for removing nitrogen oxide contained in the exhaust gas from a ship of the present invention comprises an integrated catalyst, wherein a metal substrate comprising irregularities is coated with a low temperature active catalyst in which vanadium (V), tungsten (W) and alumina sol are supported in a Ti-pillared clay (Ti-PILC) powdered support. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170033 | METHOD FOR COATING A CATALYSED PARTICULATE FILTER AND A PARTICULATE FILTER - Method for the preparation of a wall flow particulate filter catalysed at its inlet side with a first catalyst having activity in the removal of residual hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide and catalysing at rich burn engine operation conditions the reaction of nitrogen oxides with hydrogen and/or carbon monoxide to ammonia and catalysed at its outlet side with a second catalyst having activity in the selective reduction of NOx by reaction with ammonia being formed in the inlet side. The method involves the provision of a first catalyst having a particle size smaller than the filter wall mean pore size, and a second catalyst having a particle size larger than the filter wall mean pore size, and mixing the first and second catalyst into one suspension, which is used for wash-coating from the outlet end. The first catalyst thereby diffuses into the partition wall. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170034 | HYDROGEN GENERATING REACTOR, AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING HYDROGEN - A reactor for reacting a solid material in a solution to generate a gas including a vessel having a solution-containing portion and an air-containing portion; and a gas outlet through which the gas generated by the reaction of the solid material in the solution can be extracted, a solution disposed in the solution-containing portion, a solution permeable-container disposed in the air-containing portion of the vessel; the container holding the solid material, and means for displacing the container such that the solid material within the container is brought into contact with the solution. The solid material is typically aluminum bars and the solution is a sodium hydroxide solution. In one alternative, the means for displacing the container is replaced with a means for displacing the solution to be brought into contact with a stationary container. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170035 | GASIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING A PIPING ARRANGEMENT OF A GASIFICATION SYSTEM - A gasification system includes a reaction chamber having an inlet for receiving a feedstock for conversion to a gas. Also included is a quench chamber configured to cool the gas. Further included is a quench ring operably coupled to a water supply pipe for receiving water therein, the quench ring configured to provide a water flow to the quench chamber. Yet further included is a sealing component disposed at a coupling interface between the quench ring and the water supply pipe. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170036 | Dispenser for Water Treating Agents - A dispenser for dispensing solid or liquid water-conditioning/treating agents into a body of water (such as a pool, hot tub, or the like) comprises a hollow body adapted to receive water treating agent which can be solid (tablet form), granular, powder or liquid. The dispenser has an overall specific gravity such that, when the dispenser is substantially empty of water-conditioning/treating agent(s), the dispenser will float, but when the dispenser contains water-conditioning/treating agents, the dispenser will sink. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170037 | DYE ENTRAPPED SOL-GEL FILM BASED TEST STRIP SENSOR FOR NITRITE AND A PROCESS OF PREPARING SAID STRIP SENSOR - The present invention relates to test strips that are photo and thermally stable, optically transparent and offer virtually specific absorptiometric sensing of nitrite in natural waters. The process of which is as follows: 1) The entrapment of xanthene dye specifically rhodamine 6G in sol-gel glass. This entrapment is done by delicate balance of coulombic interactions, hydrogen bonding and molecular imprinting effect. 2) In particular, rhodamine 6G entrapped sol-gel layers are formed by first preparing a sol by sonicating a mixture of tetraethoxsilane, water and ethanol for 30 minutes and hydrolysed to form gel by drop wise addition of hydrochloric acid. 3) This gel is further sonicated for 30 minutes after addition of dye and then aged for 15-20 h to obtain dye entrapped sol-gel glass and 4) This is then manually cast as sol-gel films on glass substrates to obtain test strips. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170038 | FUEL REFORMER WITH THERMAL MANAGEMENT - A fuel reformer includes a feedstream delivery unit and a catalytic reactor. The feedstream delivery unit is configured to receive reactants and to provide the reactants to the catalytic reactor. The reformer further includes a flame arrestor disposed between the feedstream delivery unit and the catalytic reactor, and at least one spacer disposed between the feedstream delivery unit and the catalytic reactor, wherein the spacer is configured to allow the reactants to flow therethrough while inhibiting thermal radiation therethrough. In a further aspect, the surfaces of the feedstream delivery unit that come into contact with the reactants in use include coatings that eliminate catalytic reactions of the feedstream within the feedstream delivery unit. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170039 | PROCESS OF SEPARATING AND PURIFYING THORIUM - The present invention relates to a process of separating and purifying thorium by solvent extraction, comprising: 1) mixing a thorium enrichment with an inorganic acid to produce a feed; 2) mixing a neutral phosphorus extractant with an organic solvent to obtain an organic phase; 3) extracting from the feed with the organic phase to obtain a loaded organic phase; 4) scrubbing the loaded organic phase with a scrubbing solution and then back-extracting thorium with a stripping solution to obtain a thorium solution; 5) mixing the thorium solution with an oxalate to obtain a precipitate, which is then sintered to obtain thorium oxide. The present process allows to increase the purity of thorium from 80%-99% to 99.99% or more with a yield of more than 98%. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170040 | NICKEL RECOVERY LOSS REDUCTION METHOD, HYDROMETALLURGICAL METHOD FOR NICKEL OXIDIZED ORE, AND SULFURATION TREATMENT SYSTEM - A nickel recovery loss reduction method that makes it possible to reduce nickel recovery loss by lowering the concentration of fine floating solid components in overflow liquid in precipitating and separating treatments, and consequently to further reduce a nickel recovery loss, a hydrometallurgical method for nickel oxidized ore to which the nickel recovery loss reduction method is applied, and a sulfurizing treatment system. The present invention is a nickel recovery loss reduction method in a sulfurizing step for blowing hydrogen sulfide gas into a nickel containing sulfuric acid aqueous solution to generate nickel-containing sulfides and a barren liquid, and the nickel-containing sulfides with the average particle size adjusted to a predetermined size or larger are added as seed crystals to the sulfuric acid aqueous solution. It is more preferable to adjust the average particle size of the nickel sulfides to be added as seed crystals to 55 μm or more. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170041 | Methods for Removing Potassium, Rubidium, and Cesium, Selectively or in Combination, From Brines and Resulting Compositions Thereof - The invention generally relates to methods of removing potassium, rubidium, and/or cesium, selectively or in combination, from brines using tetrafluoroborates. Also disclosed are methods of producing potassium, rubidium, and/or cesium chlorides using ionic liquids and exchange media. This invention also generally relates to treated geothermal brine compositions containing reduced concentrations of silica, iron, and potassium compared to the untreated brines. Exemplary compositions of the treated brine contain a concentration of silica ranging from about 0 mg/kg to about 15 mg/kg, a concentration of iron ranging from about 0 mg/kg to about 10 mg/kg, and a concentration of potassium ranging from about 300 mg/kg to about 8500 mg/kg. Other exemplary compositions of the treated brines also contain reduced concentrations of elements like rubidium, cesium, and lithium. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170042 | LNT CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE - An LNT (Lean NOx Trap) control method for vehicles increases a purification rate of NOx while preventing an increase in the amount of slip of separated NOx at a relatively low LNT temperature. The method includes a recycle necessity determining step that determines whether to recycle NOx of a LNT in accordance with an amount of adsorbed NOx, a LNT temperature determining step that determines whether a temperature of the LNT is below a predetermined reference temperature, a rich performing step that performs a rich mode when the temperature of the LNT is equal to the reference temperature or above and a pre-rich step that ejects fuel in a rich state when the temperature of the LNT is below the reference temperature. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170043 | Catalyst Compositions, Catalytic Articles, Systems And Processes Using Large Particle Molecular Sieves - Described are catalyst compositions, catalytic articles, methods of manufacturing catalytic articles and exhaust gas treatment systems and methods that utilize the catalytic articles. The catalytic articles include a washcoat of platinum group metal on refractory oxide support particles, and further including a molecular sieve wherein greater than 90% of the molecular sieve particles have a particle size greater than 1 μm. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170044 | Catalyst Compositions, Catalytic Articles, Systems And Processes Using Protected Molecular Sieves - Described are catalyst compositions, catalytic articles, methods of manufacturing catalytic articles and exhaust gas treatment systems and methods that utilize the catalytic articles. The catalyst composition comprises an oxidation catalyst comprising a washcoat layer including a platinum group metal supported on a refractory metal oxide support and porous molecular sieve particles having internal pores, the molecular sieve particles protected by a protecting material selected from an organic wax encapsulating the molecular sieve particles, a polymer encapsulating the molecular sieve particles, an inorganic oxide deposited on the surface of the molecular sieve particles, or an organic compound filling the internal pores of the molecular sieve particles, wherein the protecting material prevents interaction of the molecular sieve particles with the platinum group metal. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170045 | PLATINUM GROUP METAL (PGM) CATALYST FOR TREATING EXHAUST GAS - Provided are catalysts comprising a small pore molecular sieve embedded with platinum group metal (PGM) and methods for treating lean burn exhaust gas using the same. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170046 | POLLUTION CONTROL SYSTEM FOR KILN EXHAUST - Disclosed is a method and apparatus for the reduction of organic compounds and other emissions from an industrial plant utilizing a cement or minerals kiln that has a high level of organic compound emissions. The invention consists of a filter for the control of particulate emissions which has been treated with a catalyst to provide catalytic destruction of gaseous emissions as process gases are passed through the porous medium of the filter. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170047 | METHOD FOR REMOVING IMPURITIES FROM FLUE GAS CONDENSATE - The present invention relates to a method for treating flue gas and/or condensates thereof suitable for removal of sulphur-containing compounds. The invention also relates to the purified flue gas and to a system for conducting the method according to the invention. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170048 | Use of Triammonium Salt of Aurin Tricarboxylic Acid as Risk Mitigant for Aluminum Hydride - A process and a resulting product by process of an aluminum hydride which is modified with by physically combining in a ball milling process an aluminum hydride with a triammonium salt of aurin tricarboxylic acid. The resulting product is an aluminum hydride which is resistant to air, ambient moisture, and liquid water while maintaining useful hydrogen storage and release kinetics. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170049 | Low Refractive Index Material By Sputtering Deposition Method - A method for forming boron oxide films formed using reactive sputtering. The boron oxide films are candidates as an anti-reflection coating. Boron oxide films with a refractive index of about 1.38 can be formed. The boron oxide films can be formed using power densities between 2 W/cm | 2014-06-19 |
20140170050 | PROCESS FOR CONVERTING SILICON TETRACHLORIDE TO TRICHLOROSILANE - The invention relates to a process for converting silicon tetrachloride (STC) to trichlorosilane (TCS), by introducing reactant gas containing STC and hydrogen into a reaction zone of a reactor in which the temperature is 1000-1600° C., wherein the reaction zone is heated by a heater located outside the reaction zone and the product gas containing TCS which forms is then cooled, with the proviso that it is cooled to a temperature of 700-900° C. within 0.1-35 ms, wherein the reactant gas is heated by the product gas by means of a heat exchanger working in countercurrent, wherein reactor and heat exchanger form a single, gas-tight component, wherein the component includes one or more ceramic materials selected from the group consisting of silicon carbide, silicon nitride, graphite, SiC-coated graphite and quartz glass. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170051 | TiAgN COATING LAYER, TiAgN COATING METHOD AND TiAgN COATING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a TiAgN coating layer, formed by subjecting a substrate having a surface roughness of about 0.05˜0.1 μm to plasma coating by periodically turning on/off an Ag source while a Ti source is continuously turned on in a nitrogen gas atmosphere, a TiAgN coating method, and a TiAgN coating apparatus. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170052 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AMMONIA AND UREA - Disclosed is a process for the production of ammonia comprising a step wherein synthesis gas is formed by catalytic partial oxidation. Also disclosed is a process of producing urea, wherein ammonia is formed in a process involving a step of catalytic partial oxidation, and carbon dioxide formed in the same process is reacted with said ammonia so as to form urea. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170053 | LOW FRICTION COATING LAYER, LOW FRICTION COATING METHOD AND LOW FRICTION COATING APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a low friction coating layer wherein the uniform concentration of a low friction metal in the coating layer is increased by increasing a turning-on power of a low friction metal source to be higher than a turning-off power thereof, decreasing a turning-on power of a Ti source to be lower than a turning-off power thereof. Alternatively the concentration is increased by increasing a flow rate or temperature of a nitrogen atmosphere gas upon introduction to be higher than upon termination of the introduction thereof. | 2014-06-19 |
20140170054 | Carbon Dioxide Scrubbing Using Ionic Materials - One aspect of the present invention relates to amine-functionalized task-specific ionic liquids (TSILs). In certain embodiments, the ionic liquids of the invention comprise beta-hydroxy amines, aryl amines or tertiary amines. The TSILs may be used for gas capture, capitalizing on their non-volatile nature. In certain embodiments, the captured gas is selected from the group consisting of CO | 2014-06-19 |