688results about "Power plants being motor-driven" patented technology

The disclosure relates to fluid working devices including reciprocating internal combustion engines, compressors and pumps. A number of arrangements for pistons and cylinders of unconventional configuration are described, mostly intended for use in reciprocating internal combustion IC engines operating without cooling. Included are toroidal combustion or working chambers, some with fluid flow through the core of the toroid, pistons reciprocating between pairs of working chambers, tensile valve actuation, tensile links between piston and crankshaft, energy absorbing piston-crank links, crankshafts supported on gas bearings, cylinders rotating in housings, injectors having components reciprocate or rotate during fuel delivery. In some embodiments pistons mare rotate while reciprocating. High temperature exhaust emissions systems are described, including those containing filamentary material, as are procedures for reducing emissions during cold start by means of valves at reaction volume exit. Compound engines having the new engines as a reciprocating stage are described. Improved vehicles, aircraft, marine craft and transmissions adapted to receive or be linked to the improved IV engines are also disclosed.

A gas turbine engine assembly includes a gas turbine engine mounted on a three-point mounting frame. The three-point mounting frame includes an engine support structure having first and second beams in a V-configuration, and a secondary support structure that is positioned about the engine support structure and has a rectangular footprint. The frame may include a Y-configuration that includes the V-configuration, and may be implemented in a machine mounting system, such as in a marine vessel.

An acceleration control system is provided which allows the operator of a marine vessel to select an acceleration profile to control the engine speed of a marine vessel from an initial starting speed to a final desired speed. When used in conjunction with tow sports, such as wake boarding and water skiing, the use of acceleration profile provides consistent performance during the period of time when a water skier is accelerated from a stationary position to a full speed condition.

The present invention describes methods and apparatus for controlling the humidity of air supplied to cooling coils on a gas turbine powered ship through a dynamic desiccation system. The system passes supply air through a desiccant wheel, which dries and concomitantly heats the supply air. This supply air stream is then passed through a rotatable thermal wheel, wherein heat is transferred from the dry supply air to an exhaust-air mixture, thereby conditioning the supply air for delivery and circulation to a plurality of cooling-coil units in a plurality of compartments. The exhaust air from the compartments is first mixed with some of the treated supply air to lower the absolute humidity to a value needed for effective regeneration of the desiccant wheel. An evaporative cooler then conditions the exhaust-air mixture for effective cooling of the supply air in the thermal rotor, which also serves as an air preheater for desiccant regeneration. The exhaust-air mixture is then heated to the desiccant regeneration temperature by passing the preheated exhaust air through a heat exchanger supplied with gas-turbine waste heat. After this heated exhaust-air mixture regenerates the desiccant wheel by fully drying out the desiccant on the wheel, it is expelled from the fan room.

A hybrid fuel / electric powered watercraft includes an electronic turning machine (ETM), and internal combustion engine, and a propulsion system, which are operatively connected to each other, preferably via one or more clutches. An electronic control unit (ECU) controls the ETM, clutch(es), and engine. At low speeds, the ECU disengages at least one clutch and solely uses the ETM to power the propulsion unit and propel the watercraft. At high speeds, the ECU engages the clutch and uses both the engine and the ETM or just the engine to power the propulsion system. When the watercraft's battery discharges, the ECU operates the ETM in a generator mode and runs the engine to charge the battery. The watercraft can also include a shore button feature that selectively limits / governs the speed of the watercraft. A clutch may be used to avoid driving the propulsion system when the engine is idling or being started.

The invention provides an engine vibration isolation system which is based on a combination suspension and a control method, relating to the automatic control technical field. The invention forms the combination suspension by a plurality of passive rubber elastomers and a single controllable magneto-rheological damper which is obliquely arranged between the middle part of the engine and a base; an acceleration sensor and a force sensor respectively extract the vertical and transverse vibration acceleration of the engine body and the vertical vibration force of the base, so as to calculate the vibration excitation frequency and the transverse vibration speed of the engine; an engine vertical vibration isolation fuzzy control rule and a transverse damping state control rule are established in a controller, and an oblique control force of the magneto-rheological damper is calculated; the driving current of the magneto-rheological damper is determined by an oblique control force, the damping force of the combination suspension is adjusted in real-time, the transmission of the vibration energy of the engine is restricted. The invention can lead to effective vibration isolation of the engine in wide-frequency range, reduces the self vibration of the engine, and improves the durability and the riding comfort of a carrier.

Resin compositions which comprise the following components (A) to (E) are useful for interlayer insulation of a multilayer printed wiring board: (A) an epoxy resin having 2 or more epoxy group in one molecule and which exists in a liquid state at a temperature of 20° C.; (B) an aromatic epoxy resin having 3 or more epoxy groups in one molecule and an epoxy equivalent of 200 or less; (C) a phenol type curing agent; (D) one or more resins selected from the group consisting of a phenoxy resin, a polyvinyl acetal resin, a polyamide resin, a polyamideimide resin, and mixtures thereof, and having a glass transition temperature of 100° C. or more; and (E) an inorganic filler, wherein: the inorganic filler (E) is present in an amount of 35% by weight or more based on the total weight of the non-volatile components of the resin composition; the epoxy resin (A) and the aromatic epoxy resin (B) are present in a weight ration of from 1:0.3 to 1:2 by weight of epoxy resin (A) to aromatic epoxy resin (B); the epoxy resin (A), the aromatic epoxy resin (B), and the phenol type curing agent (C) are present in relative amounts such that the weight ratio of epoxy groups in the resin composition and phenolic hydroxyl groups in the phenol type curing agent (C) is from 1:0.5 to 1:1.5; and the resin (D) is present in an amount of from 2 to 20% by weight based on the total weight of the non-volatile components of the resin composition. Such resin compositions are useful for interlayer insulation of a multilayer printed wiring board and are capable of forming an insulating layer which has a low thermal expansion coefficient and exhibits excellent peel strength for a conductor layer. Such resin compositions are also useful for preparing adhesive films and prepregs for a multilayer printed wiring boards, as well as multilayer printed wiring boards having an insulating layer formed of a cured product of the resin composition or the prepreg.

An electric power generating equipment (10) is provided between an internal combustion engine (2) and a power transmission device (3), and an electric motor (9) is disposed at an area of the power transmission device. An output shaft (9a) of the electric motor (9) is disposed coaxially to any of rotary shafts of the power transmission device (3).

A method of integrating, optimizing and combining in a marine hybrid system, the operation of one or more variable speed high voltage direct current (HVDC) generator(s), one or more energy storage units and a combination of one or more HVDC parallel hybrid and serial hybrid propulsion systems through use of an Energy Management Computer. One aspect of the invention involves the application of logic programming to automate the optimization and the operation of the Internal Combustion Engines (ICE) so that whenever the system requires their usage, they are operated at optimum efficiency conditions. For an ICE to operate at peak efficiency a combination of a large energy storage unit used as a buffer combined with a mixture of both a serial and a parallel hybrid system is used.

A multiple-cylinder engine for a planing water vehicle includes an operation control device which changes the number of deactivated cylinders step by step in response to an engine speed when the engine speed exceeds a preset speed. The operation control device can have a plurality of cylinder deactivation order maps used for instructing an increment order of cylinders which are deactivated step by step when the engine speed exceeds the preset speed. The operation control device can exchange one of the cylinder deactivation order maps which is currently used for another one of the maps in accordance with an operation state of the engine.

The invention discloses a ship manoeuvring and main propulsion combination control method and a simulation system thereof, and relates to the technical field of ship control. According to course steering order and speed engine order of a ship driver, the control method achieves integrative combined control of factors such as general coordinated ship maneuverability, host performance characteristic, ship loading, marine environment disturbance, safe navigation, economic navigation and the like to motion of the ship and running of a propulsion host; and the simulation system verifies validity of the ship manoeuvring and main propulsion combination control method. The control method and the simulation system have the advantages of improving integral economical efficiency and maneuverability of a ship system, improving control effect on motion of the ship, facilitating safe navigation of the ship, preventing a diesel host from overloading, and improving reliability and economical efficiency of a power device.

A vessel is loaded with a general fuel (C-heavy oil) tank (3) and a low-sulfur fuel (A-heavy oil) tank (4). In the exhaust line of an engine (1), an SCR catalyst (10) of a urea water spray type is arranged and a bypass exhaust pipe (16) in which the exhaust gas passes not through the SCR catalyst (10) is also arranged. An automatic vessel-position detecting means (B) and a restriction map are collated to compute the distance to the sea area of a restriction target automatically. On the arrival at the restriction-target sea area, the function of the SCR catalyst (10) is stopped by changing the fuel automatically from the general fuel to the low-sulfur fuel and by discharging the exhaust gas to the bypass exhaust pipe (16). The change of the exhaust gas purifying state is automatically made.

A liquefied natural gas (LNG) transport vessel for transporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) is disclosed which is capable of storing excess boil off gas BOG until needed for combustion in one or more combustion apparatus on the vessel. A method for managing the delivery of the BOG to the combustion apparatus is also described. The LNG vessel includes at least one insulated LNG storage tank which stores LNG. A first stage LNG receiver receives and stores BOG from the at least one LNG storage tank. A second stage or high pressure BOG storage tank receives compressed BOG from the receiver and stores the BOG as needed for combustion by one or more combustion apparatus of the vessel. A pressure regulator allows BOG gas to be delivered to the combustion apparatus if there is sufficient pressure in the high pressure storage tank to passively deliver the BOG at a predetermined delivery pressure. If the pressure in the high pressure BOG storage tank is insufficient to passively delivery the BOG to combustion apparatus, then a combustion apparatus compressor may be used to actively increase the pressure in BOG such that the BOG is delivered at the necessary delivery pressure. If there is still insufficient BOG in the high pressure BOG storage tank, then it may be necessary to supply supplemental auxiliary fuel to meet the needs of the combustion apparatus.

A small planing boat can include a multi-cylinder engine, and a propulsion unit driven by the engine, such as a jet pump, for propelling a hull by drawing up and jetting out water. The engine can be configured to change the number of deactivated cylinders in a phased manner corresponding to an engine speed when the engine speed becomes a prescribed speed or more, and can include memory devices for storing a plurality of cylinder deactivation sequence schedules for determining sequences of cylinders that are deactivated and increasing the number of deactivated cylinders in a phased manner. An operation control device configured to deactivate the cylinders of the engine in a phased manner in accordance with the cylinder deactivation sequence schedules stored in the memory devices. The operation control device shifts the cylinder deactivation sequence schedules to be read out from the memory devices to another cylinder deactivation sequence schedule corresponding to an operational state of the engine.

A cooling system for a marine engine is provided with various cooling channels which allow the advantageous removal of heat at different rates from different portions of the engine. A split flow of water is conducted through the cylinder head, in opposite directions, to individually cool the exhaust port and intake ports at different rates. This increases the velocity of coolant flow in the downward direction through the cylinder head to avoid the accumulation of air bubbles and the formation of air pockets that could otherwise cause hot spots within the cylinder head. A parallel coolant path is provided so that a certain quantity of water can bypass the engine block and avoid overcooling the cylinder walls.

The invention relates to fuel system for gas driven piston engine in a marine vessel, which gas is stored in at least one fuel storage tank in the vessel as liquefied gas. The fuel feeding system comprises a separate fuel feed tank in which the gas is in liquid phase and at elevated pressure. The gas is also in liquid phase in the fuel storage tank, in which, however, prevails only the hydrostatic pressure caused by the liquid gas.

A small watercraft includes an improved fuel supply system that is configured and arranged to provide a compact engine design while promoting air cooling of at least a portion of the fuel supply system. In one mode, a fuel pump of the system is at least partially located within an air flow path between an outlet of an air duct and an inlet of the engine induction system. The air flow cools the fuel pump to reduce its operating temperature. As a result, the durability and performance of the fuel pump is improved despite the fuel pump lying in close proximity to the engine's exhaust system. Shock-absorbent mounts also couple at least a portion of the fuel supply system (e.g., the fuel pump and a fuel delivery rail) to the hull of the watercraft. These fuel system components consequently experience lessened impact when the watercraft skips over the body of water on which it is planing, and are thus less susceptible to breakage.

The invention discloses an energy optimization and control method of a four-engine double-paddle hybrid power propelling system used for carrying out energy optimization and control on the four-engine double-paddle hybrid power propelling system so as to select and switch 8 station modes. The energy optimization and control method comprises a shipping station recognition process, a load status recognition process and a dynamic energy control process, wherein the shipping station recognition process is to obtain an existing shipping station R by adopting a fuzzy neuroid method, the load status recognition process is to compare an existing load with a light load, a middle load and a heavy load to obtain an existing load status L, and the dynamic energy control process is to preliminarily select control parameters of parts according to the existing shipping station R and the load status L, and optimally distribute system energy and switching to an optimal shipping station by adopting energy management based on a dynamic programming method, so as to realize optimal management and control of energy, and reduce fuel oil consumption and exhaust gas emission furthest when the performance of a dynamical system of the ship is ensured.

The present invention allows for the replacement of polluting and inefficient diesel-based marine propulsion systems. A natural-gas burning power plant in combination and at least one renewable energy source are combined to drive a ship's propulsion during times when the power plants are not in use for other activities including desalination and oil exploration. Renewable energies are used judiciously to reduce fossil fuel requirements but the present invention does not fully rely on renewable energy, which is not always available.

The present invention relates to a boil-off gas treatment apparatus for an electric-propelled LNG carrier having a re-liquefaction function and a method thereof comprising: a boil-off gas cooler (10) which receives natural boil-off gas (N-BOG) produced in an LNG cargo tank and cools the gas through heat exchange with a coolant, a gas compressor (20) which receives the cooled N-BOG from the boil-off gas cooler (10) and compresses the gas to a pressure suitable for use in a DFDE (Duel Fuel Diesel Electric) propelled engine (3), an engine feed gas cooler (30) which cools the N-BOG, whose temperature has risen passing through the gas compressor (20), to a temperature suitable for use in the DFDE propelled engine (3) and supplies the cooled gas to the DFDE propelled engine (3), and a re-liquefaction heat exchanger (50) which receives the extra N-BOG unused in the DFDE propelled engine (3); from the downstream of the engine feed gas cooler (30) and supplies the gas to the LNG cargo tank after cooling and re-liquefying through heat exchange with a coolant. The present invention re-liquefies the extra gas unused for propulsion as well as using the natural boil-off gas produced in the LNG cargo tank as a drive source for propelling a vessel, thereby minimizing the waste of N-BOG.

A marine vessel comprising a command module, first and second buoyant tubular foils, and first and second struts for connecting the first and second buoyant tubular foils to the command module, respectively, wherein the first and second buoyant tubular foils provide substantially all buoyancy required for the marine vessel, and wherein the marine vessel further comprises first and second engines enclosed within the first and second buoyant tubular foils, respectively, and first and second propulsion units connected to the first and second engines, respectively, for moving the marine vessel through water, and means for reducing drag on the vessel as the vessel moves through water.

The invention provides a low-temperature liquefied natural gas (liquefied natural gas) in a boil-off gas (boil-off gas, BOG) transport storage tank. Apparatus for reliquefaction of liquefied natural gas vapors, comprising a compressor for compressing methane in a storage tank for liquefied natural gas, a condenser for at least partial condensing of the methane compressed by the compressor, and nitrogen cycle equipment to supply heat and cold to the compressor from condensation The reliquefied vapor is returned from the compressor to the storage tank, and the vapor gas is compressed by the compressor in the pre-cooled condenser, so the advantage is that the temperature of the reliquefied vapor is maintained within a preset range even if the quantity or temperature of the reliquefied vapor changes. Further, the present invention incorporates a cooling device constituting a low temperature section in the device for reliquefied LNG in order to reduce the size of the device for reliquefied LNG and stably process a low temperature range of nitrogen gas without cold heat loss.

A cowling assembly for an outboard motor includes an improved construction that can supply relatively cool air containing little if no water to the induction device and that can also supply air to cool engine components without reducing the charging efficiency. The outboard motor has an engine that includes an air induction device and is enclosed by the cowling. The induction device has an air inlet opening. The cowling assembly defines a closed cavity in which the engine is contained and has an air intake duct that introduces air into the cavity. The intake duct adjoins the inlet opening and has an opening opened to the cavity and positioned lower than a lower end of the inlet opening. In one form, the cowling assembly has at least one front air intake opening formed on a side surface of its front portion. A rear air intake opening is also formed on a rear surface of its rear end portion. The cowling front air opening primarily supplies air to the induction system, while the cowling rear air opening primarily supplies a cooling air flow across the engine.