A marine ducted propeller mass flux propulsion system that comprises: an intake section; an impeller/confusor/stator section; a discharge section; a passage extending from an intake opening of the intake section to an outlet of the discharge section, the passage having a length and an axial cross-sectional area, the passage capable of creating a flow path for a water stream on a volumetric basis; and a plurality of internal working parts, the plurality of internal working parts being at least partially accommodated within the passage, wherein the axial cross-sectional area of the passage is increased and decreased throughout the length of the passage to accommodate a volumetric mass of the plurality of the internal working parts while maintaining a constant water volume from the intake opening of the intake section to the outlet of the discharge section.

Various embodiments for a hydrogen zero emissions vehicle that utilizes hydride storage of hydrogen and buffering of hydrogen for high demand power are disclosed.

An exhaust dust removal system includes an electric field device (1021) and a cooling device. The electric field device (1021) has an electric field device inlet, an electric field device outlet, a dust removal electric field cathode (10212), and a dust removal electric field anode (10211). The dust removal electric field cathode (10212) and the dust removal electric field anode (10211) are used to generate an ionizing dust removal electric field. The cooling device is used to reduce the exhaust temperature before the electric field device inlet. The exhaust dust removal system may help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and may also help reduce emissions of harmful gases and pollutants, which thereby makes the gas emissions more environmentally friendly.

A dust removal method for engine exhaust gas includes the steps of using an exhaust gas ionization dust removal electric field to gather particles in the exhaust gas, and using same to charge an exhaust gas electret element (205). The exhaust gas electret element (205) is close to or is provided at an outlet of an exhaust gas electric field device (1021). The dust removal method for engine exhaust gas can efficiently treat the engine exhaust gas and exhaust gas emissions.

An engine exhaust dust removal system includes an exhaust dust removal system inlet, an exhaust dust removal system outlet and an exhaust electric field device. The engine exhaust dust removal system has a good dust removal effect and is able to effectively remove particulate matters from the engine exhaust.

The present invention concerns a closed cycle combustion system for endothermic engines M, comprising: —Means Z for filtering combustion air entering in endothermic engines M; —Means A for molecular re-aggregation of the oxygen supplied by said means Z and entering in endothermic engines M; —Tanks T for fuels or composite mixtures for feeding endothermic engines M; —Means E for producing oxygen and hydrogen; —Means I for the introduction into endothermic engines M of fuels or composite mixtures from tanks T, together with oxygen and hydrogen from said means E; —Means R for exhaust gases recovery released by endothermic engines M and for the partial reintroduction of said exhaust gases into combustion or reaction chambers of said endothermic engines M; —Means RD for cooling the exhaust gases reintroduced into said combustion or reaction chambers of said endothermic engines M; —Means C1 and C2 for filtering the exhaust gases released from endothermic engines M, and supplied by means R; —Means S for confining the polluting substances obtained from the filtering of said exhaust gases released from said endothermic engines M, supplied by said means R.

A thermoelectric generator for a vehicle utilizing heat of exhaust gas discharged from an engine of the vehicle includes a heat exchange unit, through which a coolant circulates, a thermoelectric generation unit for converting thermal energy of exhaust gas into electrical energy, a first flow passage for guiding the exhaust gas to pass through the heat exchange unit, a second flow passage for guiding the exhaust gas to pass through the thermoelectric generation unit, a third flow passage for guiding the exhaust gas to bypass the heat exchange unit and the thermoelectric generation unit without passing therethrough, a first valve for opening or closing the first flow passage, a second valve for selectively opening or closing the second flow passage and the third flow passage, and a driving unit for operating the first valve and the second valve by a single power source.

An exhaust gas dust removal system, comprising a dust removal system inlet, a dust removal system outlet and an electric field apparatus, the electric field apparatus comprising an electric field apparatus inlet, an electric field apparatus outlet, a dust removal electric field cathode and a dust removal electric field anode, the dust removal electric field cathode and the dust removal electric field anode being used for producing an ionising dust removal electric field. A dust collection area of the dust removal electric field anode is larger than a discharge area of the dust removal electric field cathode, so that an asymmetric electrode attraction force is produced between the electrodes, to reduce electric field couplings.

A method filtering exhaust gas may include attaching an exhaust tube to an engine at an exhaust gas inlet of the exhaust tube. The method may also include filling an outer tube of the exhaust tube with a liquid. The method may further include filtering the exhaust gas by passing the exhaust gas through an inner gas distributor disposed inside the outer tube, and through a plurality of holes of the inner gas distributor into the liquid of the outer tube. In addition, the method may include expelling filtered exhaust gas through an exhaust gas outlet of the exhaust tube.

A method for operating an exhaust gas purification apparatus (10) of a vehicle includes monitoring close-coupled lambda value (Ln) of a close-coupled catalytic converter apparatus (20), operating the close-coupled catalytic converter apparatus (20) with an excess of fuel, monitoring a non-close-coupled lambda value (Lf) of a non-close-coupled catalytic converter apparatus (30), and operating the non-close-coupled catalytic converter apparatus (30) in a stoichiometric method of operation.