In at least one aspect, this disclosure relates to a wellsite pump for a well site having a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation. The well site has a conduit to pass a wellsite fluid about the wellsite. The wellsite pump includes a housing having an intake and an outtake, at least one hydraulic motor to pump the wellsite fluid from the intake and through the outtake, at least one driver coupled to the hydraulic motor and movable therewith, and a power source. The intake is in fluid communication with the conduit, and the outtake is positioned a distance upstream of the intake. The hydraulic motor includes a rotor and a stator. The power source drives the driver and the hydraulic motor coupled thereto whereby the wellsite fluid is advance from the conduit to a location upstream therefrom.

A method for the noise modulation of a three-phase synchronous electric motor driven using a vector regulation by means of a motor control unit. Actual values for the rotated current components i.sub.d and i.sub.q may be obtained in an open-loop control system, where i.sub.d corresponds to the magnetisation current and i.sub.q corresponds to the torque-forming current of the synchronous motor. The actual values may be compared with predetermined reference target values, and the differences between the actual Values and the reference target values may be converted into control variables to regulate the actual values (i.sub.q, i.sub.d) to the reference target values. The magnetisation current-forming: current component (i.sub.d) may be adapted using an acoustic controller to a desired acoustic state depending on an acoustic state that was measured by a measuring device and was transmitted to the motor control unit.

A rotary engine casing having at least one end wall of an internal cavity for a rotor including a seal-engaging plate sealingly engaging the peripheral wall to partially seal the internal cavity and a member mounted adjacent the seal-engaging plate outside of the internal cavity. The member and seal-engaging plate having abutting mating surfaces which cooperate to define between them at least one fluid cavity communicating with a source of liquid coolant. When the casing includes a plurality of rotor housings, the end wall may be between rotor housings. A method of manufacturing a rotary engine casing is also discussed.

A multi-stage expansion device having bypass capabilities and a variable speed drive is disclosed. In one example, the multi-stage expansion device has a housing within which a first stage, a second stage, and a third stage are housed. The housing may also be configured with internal working fluid passageways to direct a working fluid from the first stage to the second stage and/or from the second stage to the third stage. Each of the stages may include a pair of non-contacting rotors that are mechanically connected to each other and to a power output device such that energy extracted from the working fluid is converted to mechanical work at the output device. In one example, a bypass line is provided to bypass working fluid around the first stage and a bypass line is provided to bypass working fluid around the second stage.

Some implementations of this invention relate to energy systems and more particularly to rotating componentry enabling shaft work, propulsion drive, electric power generation, jet propulsion and/or thermodynamic systems related to aerothermodynamic thrust and shaft power, waste heat recovered shaft power, ventilation, cooling, heat, pressure and/or vacuum generating devices. Some implementations pertain to the art of vane assemblies for eccentrically placed rotating partial admission compressors and expanders that may either be used together or in conjunction with other mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and/or pneumatic machineries. Some implementations further relate to fluid energy recovery mechanical devices, targeting the field of gas turbine engines, internal combustion engines, furnaces, rotary kilns, coolers and refrigeration rotary components and/or expansion nodes. Other implementations are described.

Technologies for managing pressure across one or more chamber seals in machines handling process fluids. The machine includes a pressure chamber and another pressure chamber, both of which are pressurized by the process fluid. The pressure differential between these chambers is maintained by one or more chamber seals. Dynamic coupled elements may be configured within the pressure chamber and/or the other pressure chamber. The other pressure chamber is fluidly connected to a lower-pressure point via a pressure balancing line, facilitating controlled fluid flow through the seals. The induced pressure differential directs a cascading flow of process fluid from the pressure chamber to the other pressure chamber, and subsequently to the lower-pressure point. This arrangement improves pressure regulation, fluid flow management, and seal efficiency, enhancing the overall performance of various machines and industrial applications.

A compound cycle engine having a rotary internal combustion engine, a first turbine, and a second turbine is discussed. The exhaust port of the internal combustion engine is in fluid communication with the flowpath of the first turbine upstream of its rotor. The rotors of the first turbine and of each rotary unit drive a common load. The inlet of the second turbine is in fluid communication with the flowpath of the first turbine downstream of its rotor. The first turbine is configured as a velocity turbine and the first turbine has a pressure ratio smaller than that of the second turbine. A method of compounding a rotary engine is also discussed.

A method of operating a thermodynamic apparatus configured as a heat engine or heat pump, the thermodynamic apparatus comprising, in flow series, a first heat exchanger, an expansion sub-chamber and a second heat exchanger, the method comprising transferring fluid from the first heat exchanger to the second heat exchanger via the expansion sub-chamber by: admitting a fluid flow at an intake pressure from the first heat exchanger into the expansion sub-chamber by increasing the volume of the expansion sub-chamber; fluidically isolating the fluid within the expansion sub-chamber from the first heat exchanger; expanding the fluid within the expansion sub-chamber by further increasing the volume of the expansion sub-chamber to reduce the pressure of the fluid from the intake pressure; fluidically coupling the expansion sub-chamber to the second heat exchanger; and transferring fluid out of the expansion sub-chamber to the second heat exchanger by reducing the volume of the expansion sub-chamber.

An internal combustion engine with two arced cylinders, with movement of the pistons in first and second cylinders takes place in the same direction. An arcing connecting rod on each of the sides of the pistons are averted from the combustion chambers. A freewheel is associated with each cylinder. An axis of the shaft represents the center of the arced shape of the cylinders and connecting rods. A side of the connecting rod opposite the piston connects to the outer side of a freewheel, and inner sides of the freewheels each connect to the shaft. Movement produced by the combustion is transmitted by the connecting rod to the outer side of the freewheel and the shaft. Outer sides of the freewheels are coupled to move in opposite directions, so the pistons in the first and the second cylinder run oppositely. A method operates such an internal combustion engine.