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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20090249766 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STORING AN ADDITIVE AND INJECTING IT INTO THE EXHAUST GASES OF AN ENGINE A method for storing an additive and injecting the additive into exhaust gases of an engine supplied with fuel from a fuel tank and returning unused excess hot fuel to the tank via a return line. The method heats the additive using a section of the return line when the ... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090249767 | Exhaust Purification Device of Compression Ignition Type Internal Combustion Engine An internal combustion engine wherein an SOX trap catalyst (11) able to trap SOX contained in exhaust gas is arranged in an engine exhaust passage upstream of an NOX storing catalyst (12). When the air-fuel ratio of the exh... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090249768 | Exhaust Purification System of Internal Combustion Engine HC feed control for feeding HC into exhaust gas upstream of an SOx trap 11 when a predetermined condition stands is executed. When an SOx trap amount is smaller than a predetermined amount, as HC feed control, first HC feed control feeding HC into the exhaust gas... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090249769 | THERMAL CONVERTER DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND CONTROL METHODS A system is provided for reducing exhaust emissions. The system can comprise a series of chambers, an injector head, and a controller. The controller can maintain desired temperature zones and chemical environments inside the series of chambers, and the chambers and str... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090249770 | Exhaust Gas Purifying Apparatus for Internal Combustion Engine An exhaust gas purifying apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes plural exhaust gas purifying units which are provided on exhaust gas passages connected to plural cylinder groups in the internal combustion engine and purify exhaust gas flowing in the exhaus... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090249771 | Exhaust Gas Purification System for a V Type 8-Cylinder Internal Combustion Engine A technique that suppresses adhesion of fuel added from fuel addition valves to exhaust passages and suppresses fuel from slipping through exhaust gas purification devices is provided. Timing of the addition of fuel is switched into a period in which instantaneous exhau... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090249772 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION DEVICE An exhaust gas purification device is provided. The device includes: in an exhaust gas passage for a combustion exhaust gas containing a nitrogen oxide, a hydrocarbon, and an oxygen in a larger amount than a theoretical reaction amount with respect to the hydrocarbon to... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090249773 | Diesel Turbine SCR Catalyst A system for treating exhaust gases from an engine is described. The system includes, the exhaust gases routed from the engine to atmosphere through an exhaust passage, the system comprising: an injector directing a spray of reductant into the exhaust gases routed from ... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090249774 | Exhaust Manifolds Including Heat Shield Assemblies An exhaust manifold including a manifold body made of a first material and at least one heat shield insert provided inside the manifold body and made of a second material. The first material is a low cost material and the second material is a higher grade, temperature-r... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090249775 | Drive device using charged air pressure In a drive device, two cylinders filled with air pressure are interconnected, and the pistons of the cylinders are pressed under the same pressure by compressed air supplied to the cylinders. The drive device has an external input device for applying an external input t... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090249776 | LOCK VALVE WITH GROOVED PORTING IN BORE A lock valve includes a lock valve body having a bore with a valve spool reciprocatingly received therein. There is a check valve adjacent each end of the bore. Each of the check valves has a check valve member facing the bore and resiliently biased towards a valve seat... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090249777 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE WITH AT LEAST ONE FORM-FIT SHIFTING ELEMENT BEING HYDRAULICALLY ACTUATED VIA A HYDRAULIC SYSTEM A transmission device (10) having at least one form-fitting shifting element (12) which is hydraulically actuated via a hydraulic system (11) with hydraulic pressure (p—12), in the area of a piston chamber, via a feed line (20... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090249778 | Energy Recovery Method for Plastic Pipe Manufacturing Systems An energy recovery system for a pipe manufacturing process is shown. A compression or injection molding operation is used to form a sealing gasket which is used in the subsequent pipe manufacturing operation. A Stirling engine cycle is used to recover heat during the ga... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090249779 | EFFICIENT VAPOR (STEAM) ENGINE/PUMP IN A CLOSED SYSTEM USED AT LOW TEMPERATURES AS A BETTER STIRLING HEAT ENGINE/REFRIGERATOR A high efficiency vapor (steam) engine/pump process in a closed system can use either water or liquefied gases for its working fluid to extract thermal energy from the ambient or non-ambient heat sources to increase its heat transfer rate and obtain power generation eff... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090249780 | CONVERSION OF HEAT INTO MECHANICAL ENERGY BY MEANS OF A JET COMPRESSOR The invention relates to a plant and a method for the conversion of heat energy into mechanical, electrical and/or thermal energy, the method comprising at least two circuits which are connected by means of at least one common subsection, the first circuit having at lea... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090249781 | System and method of increasing the output energy of a motor by transferring the output energy through a plurality of hydraulic networks Today, the world is faced with many problems such as the Greenhouse Effect, global warming, ozone layer depletion and increased pollution. One direct cause of these problems has been linked to the emission from internal combustion engines. ... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090249782 | MODULAR EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION COOLING FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES An EGR system compensates for differing EGR flows and/or exhaust temperatures and can maintain the cooler exit temperature above the critical temperature, thereby reducing the possibility of EGR cooler fouling. A plurality of exhaust gas recirculation cooler modules is ... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090249783 | Locomotive Engine Exhaust Gas Recirculation System and Method A system, in certain embodiments, includes a low pressure exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system configure to route exhaust gas upstream of a compressor coupled to an intake of an engine in a low temperature environment. The system also includes a high pressure EGR syst... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090249784 | VARIABLE TURBINE GEOMETRY OF AN EXHAUST GAS TURBOCHARGER OF A MOTOR VEHICLE The invention relates to a variable turbine geometry (28) of an exhaust gas turbocharger (2) of a motor vehicle, with a fixed guide blade ring (20) and an axially moveable control blade ring (15), wherein an axial relative position of guide b... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090249785 | VARIABLE-NOZZLE ASSEMBLY FOR A TURBOCHARGER A variable-nozzle turbocharger includes a turbine housing and a center housing, and a generally annular nozzle ring and an array of vanes rotatably mounted to the nozzle ring such that the vanes are rotatably adjustable for regulating exhaust gas flow to the turbine whe... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090249786 | Turbomachine system and turbine therefor A turbomachine system comprises a first turbocharger comprising an exhaust gas flow first turbine for location in an exhaust path and a first compressor driven by said first turbine; a turbomachine for location in the exhaust path upstream or downstream of said first tu... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090249787 | Method for controlling the alignment of a heliostat with respect to a receiver, heliostat device and solar power plant A method is provided for controlling the alignment of a heliostat with respect to a receiver, wherein an image sensor device is arranged on a mirror device of the heliostat, wherein the heliostat is aligned by the image sensor device using image recognition in such a wa... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090249788 | Method for Warming-Up a Steam Turbine The invention relates to a method for heating a steam turbine comprising a high-pressure turbine section and a medium-pressure turbine section and/or a low-pressure turbine section. Said method is characterized by the essential aspect that the high-pressure turbine sect... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090249789 | BURNER TUBE PREMIXER AND METHOD FOR MIXING AIR AND GAS IN A GAS TURBINE ENGINE A burner for use in a gas turbine engine includes a burner tube having an inlet end and an outlet end; a plurality of slots formed in the burner tube and configured to introduce air flows tangentially into the burner tube and impart swirl to the air flows; a plurality o... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090249790 | GAS TURBINE COMBUSTION CHAMBER HAVING INNER AND OUTER WALLS SUBDIVIDED INTO SECTORS An annular combustion chamber has an inner wall and an outer wall of ceramic matrix composite material, together with a chamber end wall that is connected to the inner and outer walls. Elastically-deformable link elements connect the inner wall and the outer chamber wal... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090249791 | TRANSITION PIECE IMPINGEMENT SLEEVE AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY Disclosed herein is an impingement sleeve for a gas turbine combustion transition piece. The impingement sleeve includes, a housing positionable proximate a first portion of a transition piece body having at least two flanges integrally formed thereon, and a cover posit... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090249792 | OPERATION OF A GAS TURBINE Provided is a control method for a gas turbine plant having a first and a second combustors in series, such that combustion gases produced in the first combustor flows into the second combustor. The second combustor having a fuel lance with internal partitions, for inje... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090249793 | Apparatus for Modifying the Content of a Gaseous Fuel There is described an apparatus for modifying the content of a gaseous fuel comprising: a supply of the gaseous fuel; a supply of an oxidant; and a combustion device for utilising the oxidant to partially combust a first proportion of the fuel thereby to produce product... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090249794 | Systems and Methods for Augmenting Power Output of a Turbine During a Transient Event Systems and methods for augmenting power output of a turbine during a transient event are provided. A cooling substance may be provided and at least a portion of the cooling substance may be directed to a compressor inlet of the turbine for a predefined time in order to... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090249795 | Thermo-electric defrosting system A refrigeration unit (40) having a defroster (30) has a refrigeration compartment (44), an evaporator coil (26) having an amount of crystallized water being aggregated thereon from air and a thermo-electric module (32, 46, 48, 50) havi... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090249796 | Thermally-Balanced Solid State Cooling Apparatus, systems, and methods provide for the cooling of a system on an aircraft or other platform. According to embodiments described herein, a first coolant is routed through a heat-producing system to absorb heat and maintain the system at a desired temperature. Th... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090249797 | Thermoacoustic Refrigerators and Engines Comprising Cascading Stirling Thermodynamic Units The present invention includes a thermoacoustic assembly and method for improved efficiency. The assembly has a first stage Stirling thermal unit comprising a main ambient heat exchanger, a regenerator and at least one additional heat exchanger. The first stage Stirling... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090249798 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INCREASING EFFICIENCY OF A GAS TURBINE AND A MARINE STRUCTURE HAVING THE SAME An apparatus and method for increasing efficiency of a gas turbine and a marine structure having the gas turbine are disclosed. The marine structure includes an ambient LNG vaporizer for regasifying cryogenic LNG via heat exchange with air and the gas turbine for genera... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090249799 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INCREASING EFFICIENCY OF A GAS TURBINE AND A MARINE STRUCTURE HAVING THE SAME An apparatus and method for increasing efficiency of a gas turbine and a marine structure having the gas turbine are disclosed. The marine structure has a cargo tank for storing cryogenic liquefied natural gas (LNG) and a gas turbine for generating electric power. The m... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090249800 | LOW-TEMPERATURE-SLUSH-FLUID PRODUCING APPARATUS A low-temperature-slush-fluid producing apparatus capable of achieving an increased weight solidification rate of slush fluid is provided. A low-temperature-slush-fluid producing apparatus includes a slush-fluid producing unit that includes a heat exchanger having a hea... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090249801 | COLD TRAP TO INCREASE GAS RESIDENCE TIME TO INCREASE CONDENSATION OF VAPOR MOLECULES A cold trap is disclosed with a chamber having partitions or surfaces that direct the incoming wet vapor to substantially all of the cold inner surfaces of the cold trap. Typically, the cold inner surfaces are the inner walls of the chamber. The interaction of the wet v... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090249802 | Vehicle HVAC and Battery Thermal Management An HVAC system for a vehicle having a battery pack, and a method of operation, is disclosed. The HVAC system may comprise a refrigerant loop having a first leg and a second leg, and a refrigerant compressor in the refrigerant loop. In the first leg, an evaporator provid... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090249803 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COOLING ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT An HV_ECU executes a program, which includes a step of receiving route information; a step of acquiring a duty command value of a battery cooling blower; a step of calculating a cooling airflow; steps for acquiring a battery temperature and an intake temperature; a step... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090249804 | ICE HARVESTING MECHANISM An ice harvester has an ice cube tray having at least two compartments for holding ice cubes; a rotating member used to remove ice cubes from the ice cube tray; at least two arms extending from the rotary member for removing ice cubes from the ice cube tray; a motor cou... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090249805 | Ice Cube Tray and Method for Releasing a Single Cube from Tray An ice tray in accordance with the present disclosure has an ice cavity formed on a first side for receiving water and creating an ice cube and a water cavity formed on a second side, the water cavity adjacent the ice cavity such that when warm water is poured in the wa... | 10/08/2009 |
