597 results about "Air mass" patented technology

A method, apparatus, and computer program product for identifying air data for an aircraft. The lift for the aircraft is identified. The number of surface positions for the aircraft is identified. The angle of attack during flight of the aircraft is identified. A synthetic dynamic pressure is computed from the lift, the number of surface positions, and the angle of attack.

An internal combustion engine system includes an intake manifold, a combustion chamber, an exhaust manifold and exhaust gas recirculation apparatus for recirculating a portion of the exhausted gases from the exhaust manifold to the intake manifold. An estimate intake manifold oxygen concentration is determined from the air fraction within the intake manifold which is determined from an engine system model that provides interdependent air mass fractions at various locations within the engine system.

A measuring device for measuring the mass of a medium flowing in a flow line, in particular the aspirated air mass of an internal combustion engine, including a measuring element bathed by the flowing medium and disposed in a flow conduit of the measuring device provided in the flow line. The flow conduit extends in a primary flow direction between an inlet opening that communicates with the flow line and at least one outlet opening that discharges into the flow line downstream of the inlet opening. The flow conduit branches at a first dividing point, disposed between the inlet opening and the measuring element, into a measuring conduit, in which the measuring element is disposed, and a first bypass conduit, which bypasses the measuring element in the primary flow direction.

Cooling system for motor vehicles with at least one radiator to which in a first operating phase, particularly in the ram pressure phase, a first air stream can be supplied via a first air flow path and which in an alternative or simultaneous second operating phase, particularly during fan operation, can be supplied by means of at least one air-conveying device, with a second air stream flowing along a second air flow path. Among other things, it is also provided that at least in some regions the two air flow paths are oriented at an angle to each other so that the air-conveying device is disposed outside or essentially outside the first air flow path. The invention also related to a corresponding method.

The invention gives a process for the control of the amount of cooling air of a gas turbine set (1, 2, 3). Suitable means (32, 33) are provided in the cooling system (26, 27) to enable the amount of cooling air to be varied. The control of this means takes place in dependence on an operating parameter (X). This is determined in a computer unit (22) by suitable combination of measured machine data (p1, p2).

An air circulation system for use with or without ductwork having an outside air stream and a return air stream includes a controller and a return damper apparatus operatively connecting the return air stream to the controlled environment. The air circulation system further includes a heating unit and an air mass sensor disposed adjacent to the return damper apparatus. The air mass sensor selectively and directly detecting a ventilation rate of air moving through the return damper apparatus and communicates the ventilation rate to the controller which selectively modulates operation of the heating unit in dependence upon the ventilation rate.

A method and a calculating device are for modeling the temperature of a catalytic converter in the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine. In this context, the heat input into the catalytic converter based on exothermic reactions is taken into consideration. The method provides that a first correcting quantity delta_T1 and a second correcting quantity delta_T2 are formed, which each take into consideration a heat input into the catalytic converter based on exothermic reactions in the catalytic converter, delta_T1 being formed as a function of the ratio of the first fuel mass, combusted in the internal combustion engine simultaneously with an air mass, to the air mass, and delta_T2 being formed as a function of a heat input that results from an exothermic reaction of a second fuel mass, which was metered in for the regeneration of the catalytic converter in addition to the fuel proportion of the fuel/air mixture combusted in the internal combustion engine.

An HVAC system for a vehicle including a battery casing having a battery disposed therein, an air conditioning device in fluid communication with a passenger compartment of the vehicle, and an air distribution system including an outflow channel and a return channel. The outflow channel fluidly connects the battery casing with an ambience of the vehicle and the return channel fluidly connects the battery casing with the passenger compartment. The air conditioning device includes an ambient air channel for receiving an air mass flow from the vehicle ambience, a recirculating air channel for receiving an air mass flow from the passenger compartment, and a battery cooling channel to fluidly connect the air conditioning device and the battery casing. The conditioned air mass flow from the air conditioning device is directed into the passenger compartment and/or the battery casing to maintain a desired temperature of the passenger compartment and/or the battery.

The invention provides a poisonous gas leakage source-locating method based on a wireless sensor network. The poisonous gas leakage source-locating method is characterized in that the poisonous gas leakage source-locating method includes the following steps: firstly, a plurality of sensors are arranged in an area to be detected so as to fully cover the area, and the data of the sensors are transmitted via the wireless network; then, when poisonous gas is leaked, parameters are recorded at different states according to the alarm sequence of the sensors, and according to the parameters, the coordinates of a leakage source leaking the poisonous gas are worked out. The method provided by the invention can locate poisonous gas leakage sources, analyzes the spread and motion of a mass of gas respectively in combination with a turbulence model and a Gaussian model in microscopic and macroscopic views, and also introduces a key influencing factor - wind.

This invention sets forth a commercially viable diesel combustion system that meets environmentally acceptable levels of NOx emissions (i.e. 0.2 g/bhp-hr or lower across a full map of engine speeds and loads) without the need for use of NOx aftertreatments, and simultaneously maintains engine-out PM emissions relatively close (e.g. with smoke levels at or below 3 BSN) to environmentally acceptable PM post-aftertreatment levels. The invention achieves these results by operating within a unique combination of parameters. These parameters comprise: (1) charge-air oxygen concentration below 16%, preferably between 10% and 15%, more preferably between 11% and 14%, and most preferably between 12% and 13.5% for virtually all engine operating conditions (but not necessarily at no-load or low load conditions), (2) fuel injection pressures at or exceeding 1800 bar, preferably exceeding 2100 bar, more preferably exceeding 2300 bar, and most preferably exceeding 2500 bar, at most engine speeds and loads, and (3) charge-air mass/fuel mass ratio between 25:1 and 45:1 for medium and high loads. Furthermore, the system is preferably run continuously slightly lean of stoichiometry, providing just enough excess oxygen to facilitate completeness of combustion and to maintain an exhaust oxygen level sufficient for continuous trap regeneration at a balance point in operation.

The invention relates to an air conditioning system for a motor vehicle, with at least two coolant circuits as well as a refrigerant circuit. The refrigerant circuit comprises a compressor for the compression of the refrigerant, a heat exchanger for the cooling and liquefying of the compressed refrigerant, an expansion device, and a heat exchanger for the evaporation of the two-phase refrigerant. The heat exchangers are designed as coolant-refrigerant heat exchangers in each case for the heat transfer between the refrigerant circuit and at least one of the coolant circuits. The refrigerant circuit is moreover constructed with a heat exchanger for the heat exchange between the refrigerant and an air mass flow to be supplied to the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle as well as with an element, arranged downstream of the heat exchanger in the flow direction of the refrigerant, for changing the throughflow cross section.