A system is provided. The system includes an isobaric pressure exchanger (IPX) configured to couple to a manifold and to exchange pressure within the IPX between a first fluid at a first pressure and a second fluid at a second pressure, wherein the IPX includes a housing and at least one manifold connector disposed within the housing that is configured to couple the IPX to the manifold.

A system includes a mud return system. The mud return system includes a pressure exchanger (PX) configured to be installed in a body of water, to receive used drilling mud, to receive a second fluid, to utilize the second fluid to pressurize the drilling mud for transport, via a mud return line, from a first location at or near the sea floor to a second location at or near a surface of the body of water.

A system includes a mud return system. The mud return system includes a pressure exchanger (PX) configured to be installed in a body of water, to receive used drilling mud, to receive a second fluid, to utilize the second fluid to pressurize the drilling mud for transport, via a mud return line, from a first location at or near the sea floor to a second location at or near a surface of the body of water.

The invention relates to a method and to a device for adjusting a charging pressure in an internal combustion engine by means of a pressure-wave supercharger, wherein the pressure-wave supercharger has a cell rotor, which passes through at least two compression cycles per revolution, wherein a high-pressure exhaust-gas flow is divided into a first and a second high-pressure exhaust-gas partial flow, wherein a fresh-air flow and the first high-pressure exhaust-gas partial flow are fed to the cell rotor and a first compressed fresh-air flow and a low-pressure exhaust-gas flow are led away from the cell rotor in the first compression cycle, and wherein the fresh-air flow and the second high-pressure exhaust-gas partial flow are fed to the cell rotor and a second compressed fresh-air flow and the low-pressure exhaust-gas flow are led away from the cell rotor in the second compression cycle, wherein the first and the second compressed fresh-air flow are combined into a charge air, and wherein the charge air is fed to the internal combustion engine, wherein the second high-pressure exhaust-gas partial flow is controlled in order to control the charging pressure of the charge air in such a way, and wherein the second compressed fresh-air flow is led through a check valve before the first and the second compressed fresh-air flow are combined into the charge air.

A system including a frac system with a hydraulic energy transfer system configured to exchange pressures between a first fluid and a second fluid, and a flush system configured remove particulate out of the hydraulic energy transfer system.

A system including a frac system with a hydraulic energy transfer system configured to exchange pressures between a first fluid and a second fluid, and a flush system configured remove particulate out of the hydraulic energy transfer system.

A dynamic pressure exchanger configured for a combustion process includes an inlet plate and a rotor assembly mounted for rotation relative to the inlet plate about a central axis of the dynamic pressure exchanger. The inlet plate is formed to include an inlet port configured to direct air into the rotor assembly. The rotor assembly includes an inner rotor and an outer rotor arranged around the inner rotor.

A system includes a fluid injection system. The fluid injection system includes a rotary isobaric pressure exchanger (IPX) configured to receive a first fluid, to receive a second fluid extracted from a source well, to utilize the second fluid to pressurize the first fluid for injection into an injection well, and to inject the pressurized first fluid into the injection well.

A pressure intensifier for fluids, in particular for liquids, comprising a cylinder block in which a pressure intensifier piston and a control piston move cyclically, wherein the pressure intensifier piston forms a high-pressure working chamber and a low-pressure working chamber in the cylinder block and the cylinder block has a low-pressure connection for feeding in low-pressure fluid from outside, a high-pressure connection for discharging higher-pressure working fluid towards the outside and a connection for discharging fluid whose working capacity in the pressure intensifier is exhausted, wherein the cylinder block has a coupling portion rigidly connected with it, which can be inserted into a receiving bore of a hydraulic block and fixed there, so that the receiving bore encloses the coupling portion, wherein the coupling portion has at least two fluid transfer regions fluidically separated by a seal, for exchanging fluid between the pressure intensifier and the hydraulic block into which it is inserted.

A system includes an integrated manifold system including multiple isobaric pressure exchangers (IPXs) that each includes a low-pressure first fluid inlet, a high-pressure second fluid inlet, a high-pressure first fluid outlet, and a low-pressure second fluid outlet. The integrated manifold system includes a low-pressure first fluid manifold coupled to each of the low-pressure first fluid inlets and configured to provide low-pressure first fluid to each of the low-pressure first fluid inlets, a high-pressure second fluid manifold coupled to each of the high-pressure second fluid inlets and configured to provide high-pressure second fluid to each of the high-pressure second fluid inlets, a high-pressure first fluid manifold coupled to each of the high-pressure first fluid outlets and configured to discharge high-pressure first fluid, and a low-pressure second fluid manifold coupled to each of the low-pressure second fluid outlets and configured to discharge low-pressure second fluid.