A check valve includes a valve seat portion and a reed valve element and is received in a receiving hole of an intermediate pressure refrigerant supply passage that is placed adjacent to a flow inlet of an injection port, through which a refrigerant of an intermediate pressure is injected into a compression chamber. A center of the flow inlet of the injection port is offset from a central axis of a valve seat passage formed in the valve seat portion.

A compound engine system including a Wankel engine having a recess defined in the peripheral wall of the rotor in each of the three rotating chambers, the recess having a volume of more than 5% of the displacement volume of the chambers. The expansion in the turbine section compensates for the relatively low expansion ratio of the rotary engine.

A compound engine system including a Wankel engine having a recess defined in the peripheral wall of the rotor in each of the three rotating chambers, the recess having a volume of more than 5% of the displacement volume of the chambers. The expansion in the turbine section compensates for the relatively low expansion ratio of the rotary engine.

A positive-displacement unitary pump and turbine is operable as a fluid energy exchanger using a charging fluid as motive force and acting upon a separate feed fluid that exits the turbine at an elevated energy state. The rotor casing defines a rotor chamber having a contoured wall that forms a plurality of lobes, typically in an even number. Each lobe has an inlet port and an outlet port defined by the contoured wall, and the rotor has a plurality of vanes that follow the contoured wall as the rotor spins. The rotor is driven by the charging fluid entering first and second lobes, located generally opposite one another, and exiting the lobes at a lower energy state. The driven rotor is operable to elevate the energy level of a feed fluid in third and fourth lobes, located generally opposite one another.

A positive-displacement unitary pump and turbine is operable as a fluid energy exchanger using a charging fluid as motive force and acting upon a separate feed fluid that exits the turbine at an elevated energy state. The rotor casing defines a rotor chamber having a contoured wall that forms a plurality of lobes, typically in an even number. Each lobe has an inlet port and an outlet port defined by the contoured wall, and the rotor has a plurality of vanes that follow the contoured wall as the rotor spins. The rotor is driven by the charging fluid entering first and second lobes, located generally opposite one another, and exiting the lobes at a lower energy state. The driven rotor is operable to elevate the energy level of a feed fluid in third and fourth lobes, located generally opposite one another.

The present invention relates broadly to a flow diverter disposed in a plenum area of a motor cylinder chamber (also referred to as kidney ports). The flow diverter acts as a barrier between a main inlet to the motor and an inlet to the cylinder chamber, and directs air or fluid to vane lifter ports of the motor before the air or fluid flows to the inlet to the cylinder chamber. In addition, the flow diverter can serve to regulate air or fluid flowing into the cylinder chamber to control power of the tool. The flow diverter allows for numerous options of where the main inlet to the motor can be positioned and provides a means of regulating the air or fluid flowing into the cylinder chamber.

The present invention relates broadly to a flow diverter disposed in a plenum area of a motor cylinder chamber (also referred to as kidney ports). The flow diverter acts as a barrier between a main inlet to the motor and an inlet to the cylinder chamber, and directs air or fluid to vane lifter ports of the motor before the air or fluid flows to the inlet to the cylinder chamber. In addition, the flow diverter can serve to regulate air or fluid flowing into the cylinder chamber to control power of the tool. The flow diverter allows for numerous options of where the main inlet to the motor can be positioned and provides a means of regulating the air or fluid flowing into the cylinder chamber.

A rotary-vane mechanism can include a rotor and a casing, wherein the rotor includes a drive shaft and one or more vanes. The casing can include a quasi-cylindrical tubular shell or a quasi-spherical shell, and can provide walls that support the drive shaft. The rotor can be mounted within the casing. The drive shaft can extend outward from the casing, wherein the drive shaft touches the inner surface of the casing in one or more contact locations, with the contact location(s) provided by a sealing plate. The casing can include intake ports, exhaust ports, ports for an ignition mechanism, wherein the intake ports are provided with one-way valves. The drive shaft can include one or more guide slots, which can penetrate through the drive shaft wherein the vane(s) is located inside the guide slot(s), and edges of the vane(s) can constantly touch the inner surface of the casing during a rotor rotation of the rotor. Each vane can possess a rectangular shape or a discoid shape, and the sealing plate or a sealing ring can be located along an edge of the vane(s). The rotor and the casing can form isolated spaces inside the rotary-vane mechanism and during the rotor rotation can provide three work strokes for an engine, and two strokes for a compressor.

Accordingly, embodiments herein disclose a system (500) for controlling admission volume of an inlet gas for fixed RPM operation of in an apparatus. The system (500) has a boiler (502) for generating a steam at a higher pressure for heating application in a process. A pressure reducing valve (PRV) (504) controls a boiler pressure to process pressure. Inlet ports and exhaust ports are configured by intersection of opening on a rotor housing (614) and opening on a rotating valve. The inlet ports are designed in such a way that a port opening duration can be controlled to admit required volume of a steam corresponding to a mass flow requirement of the process. A port capable of changing the area and timing of opening in such a way that the duration and starting of exhaust can be controlled.

Accordingly, embodiments herein disclose a system (500) for controlling admission volume of an inlet gas for fixed RPM operation of in an apparatus. The system (500) has a boiler (502) for generating a steam at a higher pressure for heating application in a process. A pressure reducing valve (PRV) (504) controls a boiler pressure to process pressure. Inlet ports and exhaust ports are configured by intersection of opening on a rotor housing (614) and opening on a rotating valve. The inlet ports are designed in such a way that a port opening duration can be controlled to admit required volume of a steam corresponding to a mass flow requirement of the process. A port capable of changing the area and timing of opening in such a way that the duration and starting of exhaust can be controlled.