Abstract:
The present invention concerns an oscillating foil propulsion system (1) comprising at least one movable foil (2,3), at least one pitch mechanism connected to the at least one movable foil (2,3) and configured to control a pitch motion of the at least one movable foil (2,3), at least one heave mechanism connected to the at least one movable foil (2,3) and configured to control a downstroke heave motion and an upstroke heave motion of the at least one movable foil (2,3), and wherein the at least one pitch mechanism is configured to control a pitch angle of the at least one foil (2,3) such that a thrust force and a drag force are obtained during a downstroke heave motion, and the at least one pitch mechanism is configured to control a pitch angle of the at least one foil (2,3) such that an induced drag force during an upstroke heave motion is substantially smaller than the drag force during the downstroke heave motion. The invention further concerns a method for oscillating at least one movable foil (2,3).
Abstract:
A support strut (21) has an upper end (21A) rotatable supported at a bottom of a vessel and a lower end (21 B) supporting a casing (22). A first electric motor (30) within the casing (22) drives a propeller (50) via a first shaft (31). An annular nozzle (60) surrounds an outer perimeter of the propeller (50) and is fixedly supported on the casing (22) with a support construction (70) comprising at least three vanes (71, 72) extending in the radial direction between the outer perimeter of the casing (22) and the inner perimeter of the nozzle (60). A duct (65) for water flow is formed through the interior of the annular nozzle (60). The propeller (50) pulls the vessel in a driving direction (S1). The vanes (71, 72) are positioned after the propeller (50) in the driving direction (S1) of the vessel, whereby the vanes (71, 72) are optimized for redirecting rotational flow components of the flow produced by the propeller (50) into axial thrust.
Abstract:
A method and arrangement for reducing current stress in an intermediate circuit of a three-level inverter comprising a first capacitance and a second capacitance, the arrangement comprising means (10) for modifying a voltage reference U 1 of the inverter by adding a third harmonic U 3 to the voltage reference, means (20) for pulse width modulation controlling the inverter according to the modified voltage reference, and means (30) for adjusting the amplitude and/or the phase difference of the third harmonic added to the voltage reference of the inverter such that a quantity indicating a magnitude of a current stress on the first capacitance and the second capacitance at a frequency of the third harmonic is reduced substantially to a minimum or below a predetermined level.
Abstract:
A circuit with short circuit protection comprising two or more series connections of normally-on switches, each series connection comprising a high-side and a low-side normally-on switch, wherein the source electrodes of the low-side normally-on switches (J L1 , J L2 , J L3 ) being connected to a same potential, and gate drivers (GDJ) for controlling the normally-on switches. The circuit further comprises a diode (d c1 , d c2 , d c3 ) for each of the low-side normally-on switch, the anodes of the diodes being connected to the gate electrodes of the respective low-side normally-on switches and the cathodes of the diodes are connected to a common point, and a controllable semi-conductor switch (M) connected between the potential of source electrodes of the low-side normally-on switches (J L1 , J L2 , J L3 ) and the common point to which the cathodes of the diodes (d c1 , d c2 , d c3 ) are connected.
Abstract:
A mounting box assembly comprising a box case (2) defining a mounting space, the box case (2) having a box opening (22) providing an access into the mounting space. The mounting box assembly further comprises an extension part (4) defining an extension space, the extension part (4) has a first extension part opening and a second extension part opening, the surface-area of the first extension part opening being larger than the surface-area of the box opening (22), and the surface-area of the second extension part opening being smaller than the surface-area of the first extension part opening, the extension part (4) being adapted to be attached to the box case (2) such that the second extension part opening is located adjacent the box opening (22), and the first extension part opening provides an access into the mounting space through the extension part (4).
Abstract:
A method and a control arrangement configured to measure a total flow rate through a pump before a pump pressure or rotational speed change; change at least one of the following: the pump pressure by a predetermined pressure step or the pump rotational speed by a predetermined rotational speed step; measure a total flow rate through the pump after the pump pressure or rotational speed change; and determine a need for a further pump pressure or rotational speed change step on the basis of the total flow rate measurement carried out before and after the pump pressure change.
Abstract:
There is provided a manual for a frequency converter and a method, apparatus and a computer program product for configuring a frequency converter. The manual comprises a data storage storing operational configuration information of the frequency converter; wherein the configuration information is encoded to the data storage to be wirelessly readable from the data storage. The configuration information is obtained from the manual by wireless reading means, and installed to the frequency converter by transmitting the obtained configuration information over a wireless connection.