Abstract:
Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to manipulating pressure-related hysteresis in a pressurized flow system by setting the pressure of the system to a predetermined location in the hysteresis band to advantageously minimize an effect of the pressure related hysteresis on the pressure of the system or to advantageously benefit from the effects of the hysteresis on the pressure of the system.
Abstract:
An underwater assembly includes a flow control device and an actuator coupled to the flow control device, where the actuator is configured to actuate the flow control device. The underwater assembly further includes an insulated housing surrounding the flow control device and the actuator, where the insulated housing is configured to retain heat. The underwater assembly also includes a thermal control system comprising a heat exchanger configured to control a temperature of the actuator.
Abstract:
A downhole pumping system in production tubing having a seal between the intake and discharge of a through tubing downhole pump that automatically deploys when the pump initiates operation. The seal automatically disengages when the pump suspends operating and redeploys when the pump starts operating again. The pumping system can be set at a different depth before restarting the pump. The seal can include a bladder like member that has an opening facing towards the pump discharge, so that discharged fluid expands the bladder radially outward into sealing contact with the tubing.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a monitoring station, in particular for pipelines, comprising a number of electrically operated modules (1). The monitoring station comprises a plurality of energy supply components (2, 3, 4, 5), comprising one or more electrical energy supply components (2) for electrically operating the module or modules (1) and one or more thermal energy supply components (3, 4, 5) for absorbing and delivering thermal energy. According to the invention, the one or more electrical and thermal energy supply component can be controlled such that predetermined operating conditions of the monitoring station are maintained.
Abstract:
Die Erfindung betrifft eine Überwachungsstation, insbesondere für Pipelines, mit einer Anzahl von elektrisch betriebenen Modulen (1). Die Überwachungsstation umfasst eine Mehrzahl von Energieversorgungskomponenten (2, 3, 4, 5), umfassend eine oder mehrere elektrische Energieversorgungskomponenten (2) zum elektrischen Betrieb des oder der Module (1) und eine oder mehrere thermische Energieversorgungskomponenten (3, 4, 5) zur Aufnahme und Abgabe von thermischer Energie. Die einen oder mehreren elektrischen und thermischen Energieversorgungskomponenten sind erfindungsgemäß derart steuerbar, dass vorbestimmte Betriebsbedingungen der Überwachungsstation eingehalten werden.
Abstract:
An all terrain vehicle adapted preferably, but not exclusively, for use in fire-fighting and emergency rescue in remote areas or other areas normally inaccessible to conventional fire and rescue vehicles. The vehicle comprises front and rear units connected by an articulating joint to improve vehicle mobility and agility. The vehicle further preferably comprises at least one pump, at least one hose and nozzle, at least one storage reel for the hose or hoses, at least one fluid tank, and at least one foam tank and foam mixer.
Abstract:
This Invention relates to an industrial process efficiency method and system and relates particularly to a method and system for improving the efficiency and performance of any industrial process when loading is at maximum capacity or under maximum capacity. The system incorporates plurality of identical or similar capacity motor-driven pumps to move liquids, slurries, gases and other fluid or fluid-like material at equal reduced speed or at almost equal reduced speed or at similar reduced speed in lieu of the original/traditional designed comparative inefficient pumping arrangements, thereby, to provide the optimum or same flow capacity with respective to the original pumping arrangement's operating flow capacity. In accordance with the method and system of this invention, significant energy saving can be achieved. Furthermore, the method and system can act responsive to the loading signals or some other reference from which loading can be inferred, thereby a greater extent of energy saving can be accomplished accordingly. The present invention is directed to methods and systems of improving the overall operating performance and efficiency of movement of fluids such as in HVAC systems, paper processing, water and /or sewage treatment plants, or any other system that incorporates fluid pumping and the like.
Abstract:
A device for use in the total cavopulmonary connection (TCPC) in order to optimize its hemodynamics. Although the current procedure of choice for single ventricle heart repairs, the TCPC has reduced the post-operative mortality to the level of simpler types of congenital heart disease repairs, Fontan patients are still subjected to serious long-term complications. The TCPC procedure, which restores the vital separation between oxygenated and deoxygenated blood, also leads to an increased workload for the remaining single ventricle, as it is now responsible for pumping the blood through both the systemic and pulmonary circulation. The present device reduces this workload by altering the surgically created design of the TCPC. Improved fluid mechanics and reduced energy dissipation at the connection site translates into less work for the single ventricle and improved transport of deoxygenated blood to the lungs, which may in turn contribute to improved post-operative results and quality of life.
Abstract:
An unloading system includes a transport for flowable product and an unloading assembly for enabling the flowable product to be removed from the transport without requiring personnel to crawl under the transport in order to connect or disconnect the transport and the unloading assembly.
Abstract:
The present internal combustion engine features separate compression and expansion cycles. The engine (10) includes a separate compressor device (13) pressurizing air by a ratio greater than 15 to 1, at least one two stroke combustion cylinder (70) and a compressed air conduit (50) for transferring compressed air from the compressor (13) into the combustion cylinder (70). An air injection valve (72A) injects the compressed air into the combustion cylinder during the second half portion of the return stroke of the combustion cylinder (70). The compressed air is mixed with fuel and combusted for expansion during the power stroke. In this engine (10), compression occurs only to a minor degree in the combustion cylinder (70). Accordingly, the compression ratio of the present engine (10) may be significantly higher or lower than the volumetric expansion ratio of the combustion cylinder thus resulting in corresponding increases in power density or thermodynamic efficiency respectively.