A compressible fluid separator pump includes a crankshaft, four cylinders, and four pistons. Each cylinder includes an inlet including an inlet valve for mixed fluid comprising a target component and a discharge component, a reject outlet including a reject valve for a reject fluid, and a select outlet for a select fluid, wherein each of the select outlets includes a separator member that prefers the target component over the discharge component such that the target component is at a higher concentration in the select fluid than in the mixed fluid and in the reject fluid. Each piston is connected to the crankshaft and is positioned in one of the four cylinders, and the crankshaft is configured to position two of the pistons at top dead center when the other two of the pistons are at bottom dead center.

Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to packing rings. In one example embodiment, a packing ring is disclosed including first and second axial ring ends, at least three ring segments, and at least three relief openings. The at least three relief openings each have a first relief opening end opening into the radially inside inner circumferential surface of the ring segment. The first relief opening ends of two relief openings arranged adjacent to one another in the circumferential direction are spaced apart from one another at a relief opening circumferential distance. The first relief opening ends are closer in the axial direction to the first axial ring end than to the second axial ring end and are spaced apart at a relief opening axial distance from the first axial ring end, which is 4% to 20% of the axial ring width of the ring segment.

A vacuum pump is provided that includes a body, a first cylinder at least partially inside the body, a second cylinder at least partially inside the body, and an electric drive motor attached to the body and driving a common crank pin. The first cylinder has a first cylinder axis, and a first piston is reciprocal in the first cylinder. A first piston rod is attached to the first piston. The second cylinder has a second cylinder axis, and a second piston is reciprocal in the second cylinder. A second piston rod is attached to the second piston. The first and second cylinder axes are arranged at substantially 90° to each other. The first and second piston rods engage the common crank pin such that the first piston and the second piston are commonly driven by the common crank pin.

A reciprocating compressor (10) comprises a casing (11), inside which two chambers are defined, respectively a first chamber (12) corresponding to the compression section, which, in turn, comprises at least one piston (16), a slider-crank mechanism (17) and an oil box, and a second chamber (13) for the motor (14) of the compressor. A transmission shaft (18) is provided, operatively connected to said motor and to said slider-crank mechanism. Said chambers are separated by means of a supporting portion (19) of said shaft, said supporting portion having a passage (20) for said shaft, wherein at least one anti-friction bushing (21) is provided in said passage for supporting said shaft. An oil supply duct (22) is provided at least partially inside said shaft, wherein the duct (22) has at least an end opening (23, 25) exiting in the space between said shaft and said passage so as to allow the lubrication of said at least one anti-friction bushing and said shaft. A niche (24, 26) is provided between the end of said passage (20) facing said second chamber (13) and said end opening (23, 25) of said duct. A discharge channel (27) is operatively connected to said niche and to said oil box, so that the oil lubricating the anti-friction bushing (21) and coming from the end opening is depressurized and adapted to come back into said oil box, thus eliminating or limiting the amount of oil reaching the second chamber with the motor.

In a refrigerant compressor including a sealed container in which refrigerating machine oil is stored, a shaft part that includes a main shaft and an eccentric shaft, or a bearing part that includes a main bearing and an eccentric bearing, is provided with tapered portions, the tapered portions being respectively formed on one end side and another end side of the shaft part or the bearing part in an axial direction of the bearing part such that a diameter of the shaft part or the bearing part changes from an outer side toward a central side in a longitudinal direction of a crankshaft, each tapered portion allowing the shaft part and the bearing part to come into line contact with each other in a state where an axis of the shaft part is tilted relative to an axis of the bearing part. A ratio C/D, which is a ratio of a clearance C between the shaft part and the bearing part to a diameter D of the shaft part, is set to a value within a range of not less than 4.0×10.sup.−4 and not greater than 3.0×10.sup.−3. A taper depth dB of each tapered portion is set to a value not less than 2.0×10.sup.−3 mm. In a combination of the shaft part and the bearing part corresponding thereto, a ratio G/D, which is a ratio of a maximum gap G to the diameter D of the shaft part, is set to a value not greater than 4.0×10.sup.−3. The maximum gap G is a sum of the clearance C and a total value of the taper depths d.sub.B.

Hybrid thermodynamic compressor (8) for compressing a working fluid, the compressor comprising a volumetric cylinder (1) and a thermal cylinder (2) connected to one another mechanically by a connecting rod system (5) and pneumatically by a connecting circuit (12) optionally with a valve (4), a reversible electric machine (6), the volumetric cylinder comprising a first piston (81) that separates a first chamber (Ch1) from a second chamber (Ch2), the thermal cylinder comprising a second piston (82) which separates a third chamber (Ch3) from a fourth chamber (Ch4), which can be brought into thermal contact with a heat source (21) to thereby generate a cycled movement in the thermal cylinder, and concerning the connecting rod system (5), the first and second pistons are connected to a rotor (52) by first and second respective connecting rods (91,92), with a predetermined angular offset (θd), the volumetric cylinder being equipped with non-return valves (61,62), the power produced in the thermal cylinder being transmitted to the volumetric cylinder essentially via the connecting circuit and not via the rod system.

A diaphragm pump having a crankshaft that is rotatable about a rotational axis and coupled to a piston. The piston is reciprocally displaceable within a piston cylinder along an axis of motion between suction and discharge strokes. A diaphragm housing coupled to the piston cylinder at least partially defines a pumping chamber through which fluid is pumped as the piston reciprocates. The axis of motion, which intersects a connection between the piston and the connecting rod, may not intersect the rotational axis of the crankshaft such that, relative to an arrangement in which the axis of motion does intersect the rotational axis, a peak magnitude of piston side load forces during the discharge stroke is reduced and a peak magnitude of piston side load forces during the suction stroke is increased so as to attain an improved balance between the peak magnitudes of piston side load forces of the discharge and suction strokes.

A diaphragm pump having a crankshaft that is rotatable about a rotational axis and coupled to a piston. The piston is reciprocally displaceable within a piston cylinder along an axis of motion between suction and discharge strokes. A diaphragm housing coupled to the piston cylinder at least partially defines a pumping chamber through which fluid is pumped as the piston reciprocates. The axis of motion, which intersects a connection between the piston and the connecting rod, may not intersect the rotational axis of the crankshaft such that, relative to an arrangement in which the axis of motion does intersect the rotational axis, a peak magnitude of piston side load forces during the discharge stroke is reduced and a peak magnitude of piston side load forces during the suction stroke is increased so as to attain an improved balance between the peak magnitudes of piston side load forces of the discharge and suction strokes.

A pump body assembly, a compressor and an air conditioner are provided. The pump body assembly has a crankshaft, a main bearing, and a cylinder body. The crankshaft has a main shaft part and an eccentric part connected with the main shaft part. The main bearing has a hub part. The main shaft part extends through a through hole in the hub part. A first oil guide groove is formed in the hole wall of the through hole. A sliding vane slot and a center hole are formed in the cylinder body. The crankshaft extends through the center hole. The main bearing is located at the one side of the cylinder body. The crankshaft and the main bearing are in uniform contact with oil films at all positions. The abnormal wear of the main shaft part of the crankshaft can be reduced, and the service life of the compressor can be prolonged.

A gas transport and pressurization system, including a static valve, a compartment concentrically arranged around the static valve, a dynamic valve axially displaceable relative to the static valve, and a crankshaft connected to the dynamic valve, wherein gas from a ground gas well flows through the compartment, the dynamic valve, and the static valve to a gas outlet.