A hybrid vehicle includes a hybrid module, a transmission and a torque converter. The lubrication system associated with the torque converter includes an oil sump within the torque converter housing which is intended to be managed as a dry sump oil lubrication system. There is an oil pump in communication with the sump in order to manage the sump oil level. By monitoring an operational parameter of the oil pump motor (pressure, torque, or current) oil aeration can be detected.

A method for cleaning substrates includes rotating a substrate; delivering deionized water on a surface of the substrate for pre wetting the surface of the substrate; delivering chemical solution with high temperature on the surface of the substrate for cleaning the surface of the substrate; changing the rotation speed of the substrate to a low rotation speed, and moving a ultra/mega sonic device. The method further includes turning on the ultra/mega sonic device and supplying a constant or pulse working power in a first cleaning cycle; turning off the ultra/mega sonic device, and delivering a high temperature chemical solution or deionized water. The method further includes turning on the ultra/mega sonic device and supplying a constant or pulse working power in a second cleaning cycle; turning off the ultra/mega sonic device, and delivering rinse chemical solution or deionized water on the surface of the substrate; and drying the substrate.

A method for cleaning substrates includes rotating a substrate; delivering deionized water on a surface of the substrate for pre wetting the surface of the substrate; delivering chemical solution with high temperature on the surface of the substrate for cleaning the surface of the substrate; changing the rotation speed of the substrate to a low rotation speed, and moving a ultra/mega sonic device. The method further includes turning on the ultra/mega sonic device and supplying a constant or pulse working power in a first cleaning cycle; turning off the ultra/mega sonic device, and delivering a high temperature chemical solution or deionized water. The method further includes turning on the ultra/mega sonic device and supplying a constant or pulse working power in a second cleaning cycle; turning off the ultra/mega sonic device, and delivering rinse chemical solution or deionized water on the surface of the substrate; and drying the substrate.

A method and apparatus for gas compression and expansion that simultaneously serves as storage tank for the compressed gas, and heat exchanger for heat transfer to the environment to maintain near-isothermal conditions.

A hybrid vehicle includes a hybrid module, a transmission and a torque converter. The lubrication system associated with the torque converter includes an oil sump within the torque converter housing which is intended to be managed as a dry sump oil lubrication system. There is an oil pump in communication with the sump in order to manage the sump oil level. By monitoring an operational parameter of the oil pump motor (pressure, torque, or current) oil aeration can be detected.

A hybrid vehicle includes a hybrid module, a transmission and a torque converter. The lubrication system associated with the torque converter includes an oil sump within the torque converter housing which is intended to be managed as a dry sump oil lubrication system. There is an oil pump in communication with the sump in order to manage the sump oil level. By monitoring an operational parameter of the oil pump motor (pressure, torque, or current) oil aeration can be detected.

An energy recovery system in a seawater desalination plant uses a reverse-osmosis membrane method for removing salinity from seawater. The system is configured to supply high-pressure water produced by pressurizing raw water with a high-pressure pump to a reverse-osmosis membrane cartridge, and to supply concentrated water discharged from the cartridge to an isobaric energy recovery device to recover pressure energy of the concentrated water whereby part of the raw water supplied to the isobaric energy recovery device is pressurized, and then to allow the pressurized raw water to merge into the high-pressure water pressurized by the high-pressure pump. The system includes a booster pump for boosting a pressure of the concentrated water discharged from the cartridge, and an energy recovery turbine for recovering energy by using the pressure head difference between the pressurized raw water from the isobaric energy recovery device and the high-pressure water discharged from the pump.

A pumping system and a pumping method implemented with the pumping system. The pumping system comprises a solar panel performing a photovoltaic conversion based on an insolation level including a first insolation level and a second insolation level; a fuel reservoir containing a fuel in a liquid state; an electric motor; a pump rotatable by the electric motor to pump the fuel; and a first motor drive converting electrical energy supplied by the solar panel to drive the electric motor at a first speed when the insolation level is at the first insolation level and at a second speed, slower than the first speed, when the insolation level is at the second insolation level, thereby pumping the fuel at a first rate and a second rate, respectively.

Systems and methods are disclosed herein that include providing an active torsion damper control system that includes a rotatable component (206) and a rotatable measurement interface (302) disposed on the rotatable component, the rotatable measurement interface having at least one torsional strain gauge configured to measure a strain of the rotatable component, a torque management (306) computer configured to determine a resonant frequency of the rotatable component and a corrective torque needed to be applied to the rotatable component to excite the resonant frequency as a function of the measured strain, and a correction motor (308) configured to impart the corrective torque on the rotatable component.

A device for connecting a pump body to a pipe of a hydraulic system, which comprises a planar flange having a thread on the inside diameter for its coupling to a tubular intake portion or delivery portion of the pump body, which is threaded complementarily on its outside diameter.