Abstract:
An exemplary turbocharger system for an internal combustion engine is provided. The turbocharger system includes a first turbine and a second turbine. The first turbine is in fluid communication with the internal combustion engine. The first turbine receives a first portion exhaust gas discharged from the internal combustion engine and provides a first turbine exhaust gas. The second turbine is in fluid communication with the first turbine via an inter-stage channel. The inter-stage channel transports the first turbine exhaust gas from the first turbine to the second turbine. The inter- stage channel is in thermal connection with an exhaust gas recirculation channel defined between an inlet and an outlet of the internal combustion engine. The first turbine exhaust gas flowing through the inter-stage channel is capable of being heated by a second portion exhaust gas discharged from the internal combustion engine and flowing through the exhaust gas recirculation channel.
Abstract:
An electrode assembly is provided. The assembly includes a chargeable electrode configured to adsorb oppositely charged ions, where the electrode comprises a porous material. The assembly further includes an ion exchange material in contact with the porous material of the chargeable electrode, where the ion exchange material is similarly charged as the chargeable electrode, and where the ion exchange material is permeable to the oppositely charged ions and at least partially impermeable to the similarly charged ions.
Abstract:
A device includes a first electrode and a second electrode spaced from the first electrode to define a volume. An anion exchange membrane and a cation exchange membrane are disposed within the volume. A controller controls a supply of electrical current from an electrical source to the first electrode and to the second electrode. The electrical current supply is controlled to switch from a first mode of operation to a second mode of operation providing electrical current having a reverse polarity during each cycle. The electrical current is supplied at a controlled cycle rate and for a controlled duration. The cycle rate is greater than about 100 hertz and less than about 10 kilohertz.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a hair curling iron that compresses and heats hair to create various waves or curls in hair wholly or partially and, more particularly, to a hair curling iron having a roller of various shapes, in which a plurality of heat pads may be provided inclined in a lower cover and, at the same time, a rotating roller is attached/detached or fixed to an upper cover, having various shapes such as a circle, quadrangle, hexagon, octagon, etc. so that the hair may come in contact between the heating pads and the rotating roller of various shapes, thus creating various hairstyles more effectively. Accordingly, the hair curling iron having a roller of various shapes of the present invention provides various effects in that it is possible not only for an experienced beauty artist but also for an individual to express a variety of hairstyles with various curls since the shape of the rotating roller is diversified, it provides an effect of facilitating the expression of an hairstyle in accordance with a user's taste, it prevents the hair from being damaged, and it is possible to express an exact hairstyle in accordance with the user's taste even with a weak force, thus satisfying the users' demand.
Abstract:
A method and an apparatus for the desalination of fluids are defined. The invention comprises discharging the solute-bearing electrode in order to obtain a discharge stream higher concentration of solute than a feed stream. Discharging may comprise supersaturating the stream, precipitating or crystallizing the stream and recovering the solids. The liquid stream may be looped across the electrodes more than once. The apparatus may comprise dialysis, nanofiltration or RO devices. A controller sends the signal for discharge.
Abstract:
An exemplary compressor is provided. The compressor includes a plurality of blades, a hub defining a front surface and a back surface, and a first flow restriction structure provided at the back surface of the hub. The plurality of blades are arranged in a predefined manner on the front surface for receiving input air flow at a first pressure and compressing the input air flow to provide an output air flow at a second pressure higher than the first pressure. The first flow restriction member is configured for preventing at least a portion of the output air flow at the second pressure from entering into the back surface of the hub to reduce an air pressure at the back surface of the hub.
Abstract:
A non-Faraday ionic species removal process and system is described. The system includes a power supply, a pump for transporting a liquid through the system, and a plurality of porous electrodes. The electrodes, each include an electrically conductive porous portion. The electrodes may also include a substrate contiguous with the porous portion. The porous electrode can be utilized in electrodialysis and electrodialysis reversal systems. A method for forming a porous electrode is described.