An apparatus for applying a vacuum during a surgical procedure can include a vacuum pump assembly having a port, a first housing, a second housing, a first silencer or tubular magnet and a second silencer. The first housing can define a first cavity receiving the vacuum pump assembly therein. A portion of the first housing can be formed by a portion of the port. The second housing can define a second cavity receiving the first housing therein. A portion of the second housing can be formed by a second portion of the port. The first silencer or tubular magnet can be coupled to the first housing and can have a longitudinal extent along a longitudinal axis. The first silencer or tubular magnet can extend from the first housing within the second cavity. The second silencer can be coupled to the second housing and can have a longitudinal extent along a longitudinal axis. The second silencer can extend from the second housing within second cavity.

A scroll device includes a fixed scroll with a first involute and a first cooling chamber; an orbiting scroll with a second involute and a second cooling chamber, the orbiting scroll mounted to the fixed scroll via a mechanical coupling, the orbiting scroll configured to orbit relative to the fixed scroll around an orbital axis; a flexible conduit in fluid communication with the first cooling chamber and the second cooling chamber, the flexible conduit extending around the orbital axis from a first side of the scroll device to a second side of the scroll device; and an integrated aftercooler.

Disclosed is a safety-reinforced water-ring vacuum pump including a built-in hogging flow path. The water-ring vacuum pump includes a first-stage body, a second-stage body, and an impeller. The first-stage body includes a gas inlet port through which gas is suctioned and a seal water supply port through which seal water is supplied. The second-stage body includes a mixed fluid outlet port through which a mixed fluid of the gas and the seal water is discharged. The impeller is rotated at high speed by an internal drive shaft penetrating the first-stage body and the second-stage body. The first-stage body has a fluid-mixing space provided therein, the fluid-mixing space having a mixed flow of the gas and the seal water therein. The second-stage body has a fluid guide space and an internal hogging flow path provided therein, the internal hogging flow path communicating with the fluid guide space.

A fluid pump includes a pump head and a motor coupled by a drive shaft. The pump head includes a pump inlet, a pump outlet, and a pumping stage in which a movable pump element is driven by the drive shaft. The motor includes a motor rotor and a motor stator. A connector couples the motor rotor and the drive shaft. The connector includes a plate rotatable with the drive shaft, fan blades attached to the plate for establishing a flow of air for cooling the motor, and one or more counterweights attached to the plate for reducing or eliminating imbalance created by certain forces generated by the pump during operation.

Embodiments of the invention are directed toward a novel pressurized vapor cycle for distilling liquids. In some embodiments of the invention, a liquid purification system is revealed, including the elements of an input for receiving untreated liquid, a vaporizer coupled to the input for transforming the liquid to vapor, a head chamber for collecting the vapor, a vapor pump with an internal drive shaft and an eccentric rotor with a rotatable housing for compressing vapor, and a condenser in communication with the vapor pump for transforming the compressed vapor into a distilled product. Other embodiments of the invention are directed toward heat management, and other process enhancements for making the system especially efficient.

A liquid ring turbine has a casing defining an interior chamber with a symmetry axis. A shaft, having an axis substantially parallel to the symmetry axis, is eccentrically positioned to the symmetry axis. An impeller is coupled to the shaft and is configured to rotate in a first direction. The impeller includes a plurality of vanes extending away from the shaft in a second direction at least partially opposite the first direction. The impeller rotates within a liquid ring enclosed in the casing such that a plurality of expansion chambers are defined. Each expansion chamber is defined between adjacent vanes and the liquid ring. A gas inlet port is in fluid communication with a first expansion chamber defining a first volume. A gas outlet port is in fluid communication with a second expansion chamber. The second expansion chamber defines a second volume that is greater than the first volume.

A centrifugal gas compressor fed with a gas and a processing liquid comprises a rotor rotated by a prime mover. The rotor defines an internal axial cavity with a cylindrical surface, an annular peripheral collection cavity, and a tapered radial channel fluidly connecting the internal axial cavity and the annular peripheral collection cavity. With each rotation of the rotor, a portion of the processing fluid is swept into the inlet of the tapered radial channel and travels radially as a fluid piston under centrifugal force pushing and compressing a column of gas entrained in front of said fluid piston, and is expelled into the annular peripheral collection cavity where it undergoes centrifugal separation, leaving the compressed gas to be drawn off through the compressed gas outlet for downstream use. A method for compressing a gas is also provided.

A liquid ring pump manifold comprising an integrated non-return valve, the integrated non-return valve being configured to permit flow of fluid through the liquid ring pump manifold in a first direction and to prevent or oppose flow of fluid through the liquid ring pump manifold in a second direction, the second direction being opposite to the first direction.

A liquid ring pump manifold comprising an integrated non-return valve, the integrated non-return valve being configured to permit flow of fluid through the liquid ring pump manifold in a first direction and to prevent or oppose flow of fluid through the liquid ring pump manifold in a second direction, the second direction being opposite to the first direction.

A system comprising: a liquid ring pump (10) comprising: a chamber (102); a suction inlet; an exhaust outlet; and an operating liquid inlet; a gas line (36) coupled to the liquid ring pump (10); a valve (8) disposed on the gas line (36); a first sensor (81) configured to measure a first parameter of the inlet fluid; a second sensor (82) configured to measure a second parameter of either the operating liquid, the exhaust fluid, or a fluid within the chamber; and a controller (20) configured to: determine a vapour pressure of the operating liquid using the second parameter; and control operation of the valve (8) based on the first parameter and the vapour pressure.