1188 results about "Intercooler" patented technology

A method for supplying power to a remote load includes coupling a gas turbine engine to a vessel that is not used to provide propulsion for the vessel, coupling a generator to the gas turbine engine, coupling an intercooler system downstream from a first compressor such that compressed air discharged from the first compressor is channeled therethrough, the intercooler system includes an intercooler and a first heat exchanger, channeling a first working fluid through the intercooler to facilitate reducing an operating temperature of air discharged from the intercooler to a second compressor, channeling a second working fluid flowing through the first heat exchanger to extract energy from the first working fluid to facilitate reducing an operating temperature of the first working fluid, and operating the gas turbine engine and generator to supply power to a load that is located remotely from the vessel.

An aircraft adaptive power thermal management system for cooling one or more aircraft components includes an air cycle system, a vapor cycle system, and a fuel recirculation loop operably disposed therebetween. An air cycle system heat exchanger is between the air cycle system and the fuel recirculation loop, a vapor cycle system heat exchanger is between the vapor cycle system and the fuel recirculation loop, and one or more aircraft fuel tanks are in the fuel recirculation loop. An intercooler including a duct heat exchanger in an aircraft gas turbine engine FLADE duct may be in the air cycle system. The system is operable for providing on-demand cooling for one or more of the aircraft components by increasing heat sink capacity of the fuel tanks.

A hydrogen fueled powerplant including an internal combustion engine that drives a motor-generator, and has a two-stage turbocharger, for an aircraft. A control system controls the operation of the motor-generator to maintain the engine at a speed selected based on controlling the engine equivalence ratio. The control system controls an afterburner, an intercooler and an aftercooler to maximize powerplant efficiency. The afterburner also adds power to the turbochargers during high-altitude restarts. The turbochargers also include motor-generators that extract excess power from the exhaust.

This invention relates to a turbocharger multiple-series adjustable boost system, which belongs to combustion engine technique field. The system comprises diesel engine air inlet pipe, diesel engine, diesel engine discharge pipe, high-pressure turbine stage by-pass conduit and by-pass valve, high-pressure turbine stage by-pass conduit, high-pressure turbine stage, high and low pressure turbine connecting pipe flow change-over valve, high and low pressure turbine connecting pipe, low-pressure turbine stage by-pass conduit, low-pressure turbine, intercooler, high booster by-pass conduit and by-pass valve, high booster by-pass conduit, high blower, high and low pressure booster connecting pipe flow change-over valve, high and low pressure booster connecting pipe, low pressure booster by-pass conduit and low pressure booster, wherein the diesel engine is connected with diesel engine air inlet pipe and diesel engine discharge pipe separately, and the high pressure turbine outlet is connected with the low pressure turbine through the high and low pressure turbine conduit. By said invention, it can realize single-stage turbocharging, successive turbocharging and two-stage turbocharging.

A refrigeration system includes a multiple stage compressor 10 having at least two stages 12,14 for sequentially compressing the refrigerant together with a gas cooler 21 connected to the compressor 10 for receiving compressed refrigerant from the last stage 14 of the compressor to cool the same. An evaporator 18 is connected to the gas cooler 21 via an expansion device to receive cool refrigerant therefrom and cool the fluid stream passing through the evaporator 18. A return passage connects the evaporator 18 to the first stage 12 of the compressor and an intercooler 26 is connected between the first stage 12 and the last stage 14 of the compressor to cool refrigerant compressed by the first stage 12 and direct the refrigerant cooled thereby to the last stage 14 for further compression. The intercooler 26 and the gas cooler 21 are integrated into a single unit 22 and receive a single cooling heat exchange fluid and the gas cooler 21 has a larger heat transfer surface area than the intercooler 26.

A refrigeration system includes a compressor having a first stage (20a) and a second stage (20b); a motor (22) driving the compressor; a heat rejecting heat exchanger having a fan (44) drawing ambient fluid over the heat rejecting heat exchanger, the heat rejecting heat exchanger including an intercooler (43) and a gas cooler, the inter-cooler coupled to an outlet of the first stage and the gas cooler (41) coupled to an outlet of the second stage; a flash tank (70) coupled to an outlet of the gas cooler; a primary expansion device (55) coupled to an outlet of the flash tank; a heat absorbing heat exchanger (50) coupled to an outlet of the primary expansion device, an outlet of the heat absorbing heat exchanger coupled to the suction port of the first stage; and a controller (100) for implementing a pulldown mode, a control mode and a staging logic mode.

A gas turbine engine system includes an intercooler coupled between a low-pressure compressor and a high-pressure compressor and configured to cool the compressed air exiting the low-pressure compressor. Liquid natural gas or a cooled intermediate working fluid is used in the intercooler to cool the compressed air exiting the low-pressure compressor. A mixture of fuel and compressed air from the high-pressure are combusted in a combustion chamber of an engine. A turbine is coupled to the engine and configured to expand combustion exhaust gas ejected from the engine to generate power. A heat exchanger is coupled to the turbine and the intercooler and configured to re-gasify the liquid natural gas. The exhaust air exiting the turbine or a heated intermediate working fluid is used to gasify the liquid natural gas in the heat exchanger.

The invention discloses a two-stage expansion jet type waste heat recovery system of an internal combustion engine. According to the scheme, an ORC main circulating system is formed by sequentially connecting a condenser, a lower-pressure working medium pump, a high-pressure working medium pump, a high-temperature preheater, a high-temperature intercooler, a high-temperature flue gas heat exchanger, a first expansion machine, a jet pipe and a second expansion machine in series. A low-temperature intercooler, a low-temperature evaporator and a low-temperature flue gas heat exchanger are sequentially connected between the high-pressure working medium pump and the jet pipe and between the low-pressure working medium pump and the jet pipe, so that the ORC main circulating system is divided into a high-temperature stage branch and a low-temperature stage branch. Cooling water of a cylinder sleeve of the internal combustion engine is connected to the water side of the high-temperature preheater and the water side of the low-temperature evaporator and then returns to the cylinder sleeve. Intake air of the internal combustion engine enters the internal combustion engine by sequentially passing the air side of a gas compressor in a turbocharger, the air side of the high-temperature intercooler and the air side of the low-temperature intercooler. Exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine is connected to a turbine of the turbocharger, the high-temperature flue gas heat exchanger and a reheater in sequence. Waste heat of each part of the internal combustion engine waste heat recovery system can be utilized according to the quality ladder of the waste heat so that efficiency of the internal combustion engine waste heat recovery system can be improved obviously.

Apparatus for rapidly unloading air pressure in an intercooler to atmosphere when a compressor pneumatically connected to the intercooler is unloaded. The apparatus includes a governor pneumatically connected to a reservoir, that, in turn, is connected to receive pressurized air from the air compressor. The governor has a pressure sensing device operable to order unloading of the compressor when air pressure level in the reservoir tank reaches a preset level. An electrically operated valve is pneumatically connected to the intercooler and connected electrically to the pressure sensing device of the governor, with the electrically operated valve being effective to exhaust air pressure in the intercooler when the valve receives an unload signal from the pressure sensing device. The compressor is driven, by an electrical motor having one or more speed configurations, with transition occurring between one configuration and another when the compressor is unloaded. The electrically operated valve is effective to unload the intercooler at the time of speed configuration transition to reduce undue motor and electrical contactor heat and thus increase life expectancy of the motor and contactors.

A cooling system for a construction machine, which can reduce noise of a cooling fan and can reliably produce cooling air at a required flow rate.

The cooling system comprises a cooling fan 25 for producing cooling air introduced to an intercooler 22, a radiator 23 and an oil cooler 24, a fan hydraulic motor 26 for driving the cooling fan 25, a fan hydraulic pump 27 for delivering a hydraulic fluid to the fan hydraulic motor 26, an air temperature sensor 31 for detecting an air temperature T₁ at an outlet of the intercooler 22, a cooling water temperature sensor 33 for detecting a temperature T₂ of cooling water for the radiator 23, a working oil temperature sensor 36 for detecting a temperature T₃ of working oil for the oil cooler 24, and a controller 29 for outputting a control signal corresponding to a maximum value among calculation values N₁, N₂ and N₃ of cooling fan rotation speed, which correspond respectively to detected values T₁, T₂ and T₃ from the air temperature sensor 31, the cooling water temperature sensor 33 and the working oil temperature sensor 36.

An engine air intake system for a vehicle having an internal combustion engine may include a turbocharger; a CAC heat exchanger having an inlet end for receiving compressed intake air from the turbocharger and an outlet end; a remote condensate reservoir spaced from the CAC heat exchanger, for storing condensate therein; a condensate drain tube extending from the outlet end to the remote condensate reservoir to allow condensate produced in the CAC heat exchanger to flow into the remote condensate reservoir; an air duct connecting the outlet end to the engine to direct air flow from the outlet end to the engine; and a reservoir outlet hose connected to the remote condensate reservoir at a first end and connected to the air duct at a second end to allow condensate evaporating from the remote condensate reservoir to flow through the reservoir outlet hose into the air duct.

The present invention provides an adjustable successive composite turbine pressurizing system, consisting of a diesel engine, an inlet pipe of the diesel engine, an outlet pipe of the diesel engine, an exhaust communicating pipe, an inlet and outlet communicating pipe, a drain pipe, an air valve arranged on the inlet pipe, a gas valve arranged on the outlet pipe, a bypass valve arranged on the inlet and outlet communicating pipe, a drain valve arranged on the drain pipe, a basic compressor, a basic turbine, a controlled compressor, a controlled turbine and an intercooler. The present invention can achieve single turbine pressurization, two parallel turbines pressurization, inlet and outlet bypass turbine pressurization and high work condition drain turbine pressurization; improve the match between the turbine pressurizing unit and the diesel engine; enlarge the operating range of the turbine pressurizing diesel engine; and increase the performance of the turbine pressurizing diesel engine within the overall work conditions.

A water-cooled oil-free air compressor which features compactness and ensures improved productivity and maintainability. The compressor is an oil-free screw compressor which includes a low pressure stage compressor body, an intercooler for water-cooling the compressed air discharged from the low pressure stage compressor body, a high pressure stage compressor body for further compressing the compressed air cooled by the intercooler, and an aftercooler for water-cooling the air discharged from the high pressure stage compressor body. The intercooler and aftercooler each have a plurality of units, all of which are almost equal in shape. A cooler header on each or either of the inlet and outlet sides for compressed air is shared by the units of each cooler.

A refrigerant vapor compression system includes a compression device having at least a first compression stage and a second compression stage, a refrigerant heat rejection heat exchanger disposed downstream with respect to refrigerant flow of the second compression stage, and a refrigerant intercooler disposed intermediate the first compression stage and the second compression stage. The refrigerant intercooler is disposed downstream of the refrigerant heat rejection heat exchanger with respect to the flow of a secondary fluid. A second refrigerant heat rejection heat exchanger may be disposed downstream with respect to refrigerant flow of the aforesaid refrigerant heat rejection heat exchanger, and a second refrigerant intercooler may be disposed intermediate the first compression stage and the second compression stage and downstream with respect to refrigerant flow of the aforesaid refrigerant intercooler.

The invention discloses a high-altitude and low-pressure characteristic simulation test station of an air compressor in an internal-combustion engine, relating to a characteristic simulation test station of an air compressor in an internal-combustion engine, and comprising an air pipeline system and a lubricating system, wherein the air pipeline system comprises a vacuum pump, a pressure stabilizing box, and an air filter, a flow testing section, an air inlet parameter testing section, a flow stabilizing section and an air compressor sequentially connected with an outlet of the pressure stabilizing box, and an air exhaust parameter testing section, a back pressure regulating valve, a stopping valve and an air exhaust intercooler sequentially connected with an outlet of the air compressor;the lubricating system comprises an oil tank, an oil supplying system and a lubricant intercooler; an outlet of the air exhaust intercooler is connected with the pressure stabilizing box so that an air pipeline of the test station forms a sealed air circulation system; and the oil tank is arranged inside the pressure stabilizing box so as to improve the sealing property of the test station. The test station can simulate the environmental pressure at the altitude of 0-30,000 meters and performs the high-altitude simulation characteristic test of the air compressor in the turbo-charged internal-combustion engine, therefore, the sealing property and simulated altitude of the test station are higher than those of the existing simulation test station of the same type.

The invention discloses a method and a system for controlling a variable-altitude self-adapting supercharging for a diesel engine, relating to the technical field of supercharging control for a diesel engine, which is characterized in that an optimal supercharging pressure MAP is inquired to obtain the optimal supercharging pressure under the working condition of a stable state according to an inlet pressure signal of an air compressor, a rotating speed signal of an engine and a position signal of a gasoline throttle, the opening of a nozzle ring of a turbine is controlled by using a PI controller according to the difference value between the optimal supercharging pressure and the actual supercharging pressure to obtain an optimal circulating section; an optimal opening MAP of the nozzle ring is inquired to obtain the optimal opening of the nozzle ring under the working condition of a transient state according to the rotating speed signal of the engine and the inlet pressure signal of the air compressor so as to control the optimal circulating section. The system comprises a diesel engine, an intercooler, a variable-section supercharger consisting of an air compressor and a variable-section turbine, an electronic control unit, a pressure sensor and a temperature sensor etc. The method and system can adapt to the altitude variation and adjust the circulating section of the variable-section turbine so that the diesel engine has optimal dynamic property and fuel economy at each altitude.

The invention belongs to the field of high-capacity industrial energy storage, and particularly relates to a high-capacity compressed air energy storage efficient power generating system. A power generating electromotor is respectively connected with a plurality of air compressors as well as a high-pressure turbine and a low-medium-pressure turbine coaxially through clutches; intercoolers are connected among the air compressors; the last air compressor is connected with a cooler; an air pipeline of the cooler is connected with an air storage chamber; the intercoolers and a hot flow pipeline of the cooler are connected with the hot flow side of a heat storage device; the air storage chamber is respectively connected with the inlets of the air sides of the heat storage device and a heat regenerator; the air sides of the heat storage device and the heat regenerator are sequentially connected with a combustor and the high-pressure turbine; a regenerator is connected between the high-pressure turbine and the low-medium-pressure turbine; the outlet of the low-medium-pressure turbine is connected with the smoke side of the heat regenerator. The system can absorb unstable power load generated by renewable energy sources on a large scale, also can absorb the residual electric power when the power grid load is at a low ebb, and releases the stored energy at the electricity consumption peak so as to meet the requirement of the power grid pitch peak.

A charge air cooler arrangement includes a first charge air cooler disposed upstream of an engine inlet, a second cooler disposed upstream of the first charge air cooler, and a bypass line for bypassing the second cooler, a downstream end of the bypass line being disposed upstream of the first charge air cooler. A method of reducing condensation in an engine having charge air cooling is also disclosed.

One or more throttle bodies and a surge tank are disposed behind a cylinder head, and an intercooler is disposed by being adjacent to the surge tank at a position behind the cylinder head and the one or more throttle bodies. A supercharger is provided in front of the intercooler.

The invention discloses a hydrogen fuel cell system. The hydrogen fuel cell system comprises an electric pile module, a cooling module and an air supply module, wherein the electric pile module is provided with a cooling liquid inlet and a cooling liquid outlet which are connected with the cooling module; the cooling module comprises a liquid storage tank, a water pump, a radiator and a thermostat; the air supply module comprises an air compressor, an intercooler and a humidifier which are connected in sequence; the humidifier is connected with the electric pile module; the outlet of the thermostat is connected with a pile inlet module; a heat dissipation pipe is arranged in the intercooler; the inlet of the heat dissipation pipe is connected with the outlet of the thermostat; and the outlet of the heat dissipation pipe is connected with the inlet of the water pump. The temperature in the electric pile module is maintained by fully utilizing the heat energy generated in the air supplymodule and the function of flexibly adjusting the flow of the thermostat, and the hydrogen fuel cell system can be quickly adapted no matter in a hot environment or a cold environment, so that the hydrogen fuel cell system has wide popularization and application values.

A compressor active surge control system that includes an air recirculation line that has a first end connected downstream of a compressor outlet and a second end connected upstream of a compressor inlet. The gas recirculation line recirculates compressed air from the compressor outlet to the compressor inlet. Also included in the system is a mixer positioned to receive both ambient air and recirculated air. Mixing of the air homogenizes the air prior to its introduction into the compressor. An air cooler may be included that cools the recirculated air prior to its introduction into the compressor. Cooling and mixing of the recirculated air expands the operating range of the compressor by reducing the incidence of surge. Various existing components, such as intercoolers and filters, may serve the additional duty of cooling or mixing the recirculated air.

A method for operating a gas turbine engine includes channeling compressed airflow discharged from a first compressor through an intercooler having a cooling medium flowing therethrough, channeling a working fluid through the intercooler to facilitate increasing an operating temperature of the working fluid, and channeling the discharged working fluid to a combustor to facilitate increasing an operating efficiency of the gas turbine engine.

The invention discloses an indirect air cooling method and a system with the working fluid of parallel-connected obverse and inverse refrigeration cycles. Based on the phase transition in the working fluid cooling process, a double-phase transition heat exchanger and a single-phase transition heat exchanger are respectively coupled with an obverse refrigeration cycle and an inverse refrigeration cycle which are connected in parallel; the saturated gaseous refrigerant from the phase-transition heat exchangers is compressed, boosted and then sent to an air-cooled radiator for exothermic condensation, then the condensed refrigerant enters a liquid storage tank and is decompressed through a throttle valve and sent to the phase-transition heat exchangers so as to complete the obverse refrigeration cycle; or the saturated gaseous refrigerant from the phase-transition heat exchangers is throttled and decompressed through a thermal expansion valve and then sent to the air-cooled radiator and the liquid storage tank, pressurized by a booster pump and finally sent back to the phase-transition heat exchangers so as to complete the inverse refrigeration cycle. The method and the system can be widely applied to the cooling systems of the condensers in thermal power, nuclear power and other turbine-generator units or the cooling systems of the intercoolers in petroleum, chemical and other industries to reduce energy consumption, save investments, as well as improve water-saving rate and the adaptability of the cooling system to the environment; therefore, the method and the system are provided with promotional values and can produce larger social environmental benefits and economic benefits after implementation.

A gas turbine intercooler operates to heat a predetermined organic fluid via heat generated by the gas turbine. The heated organic fluid remains in a partially evaporated or non-evaporated liquid phase to provide a heated organic fluid that reaches a state of saturation with a vapor quality less than unity. An expansion machine expands the heated organic fluid via a Tri-Lateral Flash cycle to increase the vapor quality and generate electrical power therefrom.

A radiator and an oil cooler are arranged at a front surface side of a cooling fan in parallel with each other in a flow direction of the cooling air, an intercooler and a condenser are arranged in parallel at a front surface side of the radiator and oil cooler, and a fuel cooler is arranged at a front surface side of the condenser. By arranging respective heat exchangers such that the heat release amount thereof sequentially increases from the upstream side toward the downstream side in the flow direction of the cooling air, each heat exchanger can efficiently release the heat of the fluid to be cooled. By arranging the fuel cooler at the front surface side of the condenser, two heat exchangers of the condenser and the fuel cooler can be accommodated within a range of the thickness dimension of the intercooler.

The invention discloses a solar thermal utilization system combined with gas-steam combined cycle, which comprises a solar condensation heat collection subsystem, a refrigeration subsystem, a heat exchange device, a heat storage device and a gas-steam combined cycle power subsystem, wherein solar radiation energy is transformed into heat energy; a heat carrier preheats air and fuel which are used by the gas-steam combined cycle power subsystem through the heat exchange device; and then the heat carrier after the heat exchange drives the refrigeration subsystem for refrigeration to reduce the temperature of the air in an intercooler. The system gradiently utilizes the heat energy provided by the solar condensation heat collection subsystem, solves the problem of low utilization rate of solar energy, and also solves the problem of low temperature of the air at an outlet of an air compressor with multi-stage compression and intermediate cooling; and the system reduces the power consumption of the air compressor on the basis of ensuring the temperature of the air which enters a combustion chamber, improves the power generation efficiency of the gas-steam combined cycle, and achieves the aims of energy conservation and consumption reduction.

An improved combustion air charger, such as a turbocharger or a supercharger, includes a housing (10) having a rotary shaft (18) journalled therein. At least one compressor wheel (20,22) is located on the shaft (18). The housing (10) includes an ambient inlet (30) as well as a compressed air outlet (32) and a heat exchanger (36) is located between at least one of the compressor wheels (20) and the outlet (32) and is arranged so that air flow through the heat exchanger (36) is generally in the radially inward direction.

An automotive cabin cooling system uses a bladeless turbocompressor driven by automobile engine exhaust to compress incoming ambient air. The compressed air is directed to an intercooler where it is cooled and then to another bladeless turbine used as an expander where the air cools as it expands and is directed to the cabin interior. Excess energy may be captured by an alternator couple to the expander turbine. The system employs no chemical refrigerant and may be further modified to include another intercooler on the output of the expander turbine to isolate the cooled cabin environment.

A system includes an intercooler configured to receive an airflow from a first compressor, to transfer heat from the airflow to a working fluid, and to provide the airflow to a second compressor. The system also includes an evaporative chiller configured to receive the working fluid from the intercooler, to chill the working fluid via evaporative cooling within an ambient air environment, and to provide the working fluid to the intercooler. In addition, the system includes a desiccant system configured to reduce a humidity of ambient air within the evaporative chiller.

The invention discloses a supercharged engine intake manifold for an integrated intercooler. The supercharged engine intake manifold is used for decreasing the intake temperature of a turbo supercharged engine and improving the intake efficiency of the engine, and comprises an intake manifold body, a metal bushing and an intercooler, wherein the intake manifold body is provided with an intake manifold, a pressure stabilizing chamber and intake branch pipes; the rear end of the pressure stabilizing chamber is connected with the intake branch pipes and the bottom of the pressure stabilizing chamber is communicated with the intake manifold; the metal bushing is embedded in the intake manifold; and the intercooler is integrated in the pressure stabilizing chamber. According to the supercharged engine intake manifold for the integrated intercooler, the intercooler is integrated in the pressure stabilizing chamber of the intake manifold, the pressure loss of cooled gas caused by a long connecting pipeline is avoided, the temperature of supercharged air is effectively reduced, and the charging efficiency of the engine is improved, so that the power performance and economic performance of the engine are improved.