A dry vacuum pump regeneration apparatus includes an intake pipe connected to an intake port of a dry vacuum pump; an exhaust pipe connected to an exhaust port of the dry vacuum pump; an auxiliary vacuum pump configured to evacuate an interior of the dry vacuum pump upon being stopped via the exhaust pipe; a plasma generator configured to cause a first gas to pass through the plasma generator to generate a plasma in an atmosphere of the passing first gas, and release a radical of the first gas to the intake port via the intake pipe; a first gas heating device configured to cause a second gas to pass through the first gas heating device, heat the passing second gas, and release the heated second gas to the intake port via the intake pipe; and a bypass pipe connected to the intake pipe and the exhaust pipe.

A single-tube blowing suction device, including a body, an airflow generation apparatus, a collection apparatus, and a blowing-suction tube. The airflow generation apparatus has an air inlet portion and an air outlet portion and is rotatably mounted on the body. The airflow generation apparatus rotates relative to the body to enable the single-tube blowing suction device to switch between a suction mode and a blowing mode. In the suction mode, the air inlet portion of the airflow generation apparatus is in fluid communication with a first end of the blowing-suction tube, and the air outlet portion is in fluid communication with a connection port of the collection apparatus. In the blowing mode, the air outlet portion is in fluid communication with the first end of the blowing-suction tube. In the single-tube blowing suction device of the present invention, one tube is used for both blowing and suction.

A side channel compressor for compressing gas includes a housing, which forms a side channel, and an impeller drive arranged in the housing. The housing forms a feed channel fluidically connected to the side channel for feeding gas to the side channel and a discharge channel for discharging gas out of the side channel that is fluidically connected to the side channel. The feed channel branches into two separate channel arms each extending along a channel arm center axis. The housing is subdivided along a separating plane into first and second housing parts which sealingly lie against one another. The discharge channel is passed through between the two channel arms and either a first or second discharge channel part of the discharge channel, opens out on a connecting surface of the first or second housing part forming a gas outlet opening arranged apart from the separating plane.

The invention relates to a side-channel machine having a housing (4a), located in the housing (4a) a side-channel (28) for guiding a gas, and at least one gas inlet opening (34) which is formed in the housing (4a) and is fluidically connected to the side-channel (28). Furthermore, the side-channel machine has at least one gas inlet pipe (29a) which connects to the at least one gas inlet opening (34), The side-channel machine further comprises at least one gas outlet opening (33) and at least one gas outlet pipe (31a) which connects to the at least one gas outlet opening (33). Furthermore, the side-channel machine has an impeller that can be made to rotate in the housing (4a), with impeller blades, which bound impeller cells arranged in the side-channel (28), for delivering the gas in the impeller cells from the at least one gas inlet opening (34) to the at least one gas outlet opening (33). The side-channel machine further has at least one interrupter (39) arranged between the at least one gas inlet opening (34) and the at least one gas outlet opening (33).

A regenerative blower-compressor includes an impeller mounted to a drive shaft within a housing including a channel extending from an inlet adjacent to a low fluid-pressure region of the channel to an outlet adjacent to a high fluid-pressure region of the channel, the impeller extends radially outward through an annular volume within the housing from the drive shaft to blades in the channel and is configured to rotate for rotating the blades through the channel for forcing fluid through the channel from the inlet to the outlet in response to rotation of the drive shaft, the drive shaft extends from the impeller within the annular volume to into a shaft chamber within the housing configured to receive fluid from the high fluid-pressure region of the channel, and a port configured to vent fluid directly from the shaft chamber to into the low fluid-pressure region of the channel.

A fluid vapor distillation apparatus. The apparatus includes a source fluid input, and an evaporator condenser apparatus. The evaporator condenser apparatus includes a substantially cylindrical housing and a plurality of tubes in the housing. The source fluid input is fluidly connected to the evaporator condenser and the evaporator condenser transforms source fluid into steam and transforms compressed steam into product fluid. Also included in the fluid vapor distillation apparatus is a heat exchanger fluidly connected to the source fluid input and a product fluid output. The heat exchanger includes an outer tube and at least one inner tube. Also included in the fluid vapor distillation apparatus is a regenerative blower fluidly connected to the evaporator condenser. The regenerative blower compresses steam, and the compressed steam flows to the evaporative condenser where compressed steam is transformed into product fluid.

In accordance with one aspect the present invention may comprise a regenerative blower comprising: a housing, a first port and second port in the housing, an airflow channel extending between the first and second ports for airflow between the ports, an impeller rotatable in an impeller channel to promote airflow in the airflow channel from the first port to the second port, a motor to drive the impeller, and an interrupter between the first and second ports to limit airflow from the second port to the first port.

Cleaning turbine having a cylindrical shape with an axis or rotation and provided with a concave base surface facing toward the work zone, with an upper surface, opposite the base surface, and a circumferential surface interposed between the base surface and the upper surface. The cleaning turbine is provided circumferentially with a plurality of slits angularly distanced from each other, facing upward and passing through the base surface and the upper surface. The cleaning turbine is also provided with a plurality of lateral apertures each of which extends radially from the slits to the circumferential surface.

A power module includes a turbine arranged along a rotation axis, an interconnect shaft fixed in rotation relative to the turbine, and a compressor with a regenerative compressor wheel. The regenerative compressor wheel is fixed in rotation relative to the interconnect shaft supported for rotation with the turbine about the rotation axis. Generator arrangements, unmanned aerial vehicles, and methods of generating electrical power are also described.

A laser chamber of a discharge-excitation-type gas laser apparatus may include a container which contains laser gas therein; a pair of discharge electrodes arranged in the container; a cross flow fan configured to supply the laser gas to a discharge space between the discharge electrodes, the cross flow fan including a rotation shaft with which the cross flow fan rotates in a predetermined rotation direction and a plurality of blades, each longitudinal direction of which is parallel to an axial direction of the rotation shaft; and a stabilizer arranged outside a rotation trajectory of the cross flow fan, and arranged such that a difference between a maximum position and a minimum position of an end portion in the rotation direction on a side opposite to the rotation direction is larger than 0 and is smaller than an interval of two blades adjacent to each other among the plurality of blades.