Patent classifications
F04B39/128
FLUID COMPRESSOR AND METHOD OF OPERATING A FLUID COMPRESSOR TO REDUCE OIL CARRYOVER BY A COMPRESSOR PISTON ASSEMBLY
A compressor comprises a first compressor piston assembly including a first compressor piston head having a bottom side and a longitudinal central axis. The compressor also comprises a first nozzle arranged to direct a first oil stream towards the bottom side of the first compressor piston head to cool the piston assembly. The compressor further comprises a second nozzle arranged to direct a second oil stream towards the bottom side of the first compressor piston head to cool the piston assembly. Each of the oil streams is substantially parallel to each other and to the longitudinal central axis to provide a flow of oil to cool the piston assembly and to reduce an oil carryover by the first compressor piston assembly by up to about fifty percent as compared to a compressor having no nozzles directing oil streams towards the bottom side of the first compressor piston head.
Integral Reciprocating Pump Structure Supporting Spacer Section
A reciprocating pump having a power end, a fluid end, and a spacer section interposing the power and fluid ends. The power end includes a structural support frame having structural members that are each a discrete, unitary member. Each structural member forms a portion of a crankcase frame, a portion of a crosshead support frame, and a portion of a support base. The support base portion extends beneath the crosshead support frame and the spacer section.
Compressor
A compressor according to the present disclosure may include a bearing member located out of a range in an axial direction of a rotor. Accordingly, the bearing member and the rotor cannot overlap each other so as to reduce a bearing area. This may result in reducing a frictional loss of the compressor and ensuring a press-fit length of the rotor, so as to prevent interference between the rotor and a stator. Also, an area of an oil passage can be increased without an increase in the frictional loss, resulting in an increase in an amount of oil supplied.
COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY FOR OPERATING A COMPRESSED AIR SUPPLY SYSTEM, COMPRESSED AIR SUPPLY SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE
A compressor arrangement for operating a compressed air supply installation includes a pneumatic compressor and an electric motor arranged inside a drive housing, the electric motor having an internal stator and an external outer rotor. The external outer rotor is arranged in a rotatable manner about the internal stator. The external outer rotor is supported in a rotatable manner about a center axis with respect to the drive housing via a bearing arrangement. The bearing arrangement has at least one bearing. The external outer rotor is supported by the bearing arrangement on an outer circumference of the outer rotor.
PUMPS
An anti-vibration arrangement for a condensate pump comprising a housing having a first opening; a pump motor contained within the housing having a pump motor inlet in fluid communication with a pump motor outlet; and a resiliently deformable collar secured within the first opening having an aperture through which the pump motor inlet projects. The resiliently deformable collar comprises an outer portion secured to the housing, an inner portion to support the pump motor inlet and a connecting portion located between the outer portion and the inner portion, such that oscillations of the pump motor cause the connecting portion to deform and allow the inner portion to move in reciprocating manner.
Compression unit for a volumetric compressor without lubrification
A compression unit, for a volumetric compressor, includes at least one cylinder, at least one piston, a drive shaft, operable in rotation around a rotation axis and associated with the at least one piston through a connecting rod/crankshaft kinematic mechanism, a casing for supporting the at least one cylinder and for housing at least one portion of the drive shaft and of the connecting rod/crankshaft kinematic mechanism, and which includes at least one air intake in communication with the outside of the compression unit and defining at least one passage for the air to be drawn therein and to be supplied to the at least one cylinder; the air intake is in fluid communication with the interior of the at least one cylinder through a path which is extended inside the casing and through at least one section of a wall of the at least one cylinder.
Compressor crankcase heating control systems and methods
A crankcase heating control system for a heat pump system includes a data receiving module and a power control module. The data receiving module is configured to receive: data indicative of a temperature of a compressor of the heat pump system; and data indicative of an ambient temperature. The power control module is configured to: selectively apply power to a heater of a crankcase of the compressor; and disable the heater when all of: a period since the compressor was last turned is greater than a predetermined period; the ambient temperature is less than a predetermined temperature; and the temperature of the compressor is less than the predetermined temperature.
Miniature vacuum/pressure diaphragm pumps with noise mitigation boot
A noise mitigation boot that can be installed on or integrated into a miniature diaphragm pump to reduce the overall noise and improve sound quality during operation. The diaphragm pump includes a housing having first and second ports and an interior chamber, a pumping diaphragm disposed in the interior chamber and dividing the interior chamber into a pumping chamber and a backside chamber, a motor for reciprocating the pumping diaphragm for pumping air into and out of the pumping chamber, and flow passages connecting the pumping chamber to the first and second ports. The first port is configured for attachment to a flow line and the second port opens to an exterior surface of the housing. The noise mitigation boot has a muffler wall overlying the exterior surface of the housing. The muffler wall has formed therein a passage extending from the second port to the backside chamber for effecting fluid communication between the second port and the backside chamber.
DUAL ENGINE-COMPRESSOR SYSTEM
The present invention is directed to a dual engine-compressor system having a crankcase enclosing a crankshaft and having engine cylinder housings and compressor cylinder housings linearly disposed on opposite sides of the crankcase. Combustion pistons are reciprocatingly disposed in the engine cylinder housings and defines alternating combustion chambers on opposite sides of the pistons. Compressor pistons are reciprocatingly disposed in the compressor housings and define alternating low and high pressure compressor chambers on opposite sides of the compressor pistons. The compressor pistons undergo a 4-cycle process to drawn in, re-distribute, and then compress fluid. The compressor cylinder and piston has a series of one-way intakes and reed valves to selectively draw or push fluid in response to movement of the compressor piston.
Apparatus and method for gas compression
An apparatus and method for substantially reducing or eliminating the introduction of ambient air into an open-crankcase compressor is disclosed. The method employs a compressed gas recycle control loop to reduce the magnitude of vacuum inside the open-crankcase compressor relative to ambient air pressure, thereby reducing or eliminating the introduction of ambient air into the open-crankcase compressor during the gas compression process.