2564 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.

A compound cycle engine system has a rotary engine, which rotary engine generates exhaust gas. The system further has a compressor for increasing the pressure of inlet air to be supplied to the engine to a pressure in the range of from 3.0 to 5.0 atmospheres and an intercooler for providing the inlet air to the engine at a temperature in the range of from 150 to 250 degrees Fahrenheit. The system further has one or more turbines for extracting energy from the exhaust gas. The Miller Cycle is implemented in the rotary engine, enabling the compression ratio to be lower than the expansion ratio, allowing the overall cycle to be optimized for lowest weight and specific fuel consumption.

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.

A method and system for temperature conditioning of engine intake air by use of controllable intercooler which consists of an active thermoelectric device and a controllable valve system which optimally directs the path of airflow through a plurality of chambers in response to signals from a controller in order to optimally provide temperature conditioned air to the engine. System features temperature storage isolated from heat soaked engine components allowing immediate and efficient conditioning of airflow into an internal combustion engine. Intelligent control of this device removes parasitic power drains during high demand situations.

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.