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LOW COEFFICIENT OF EXPANSION ROTORS FOR VACUUM BOOSTERS
20210270265 · 2021-09-02 ·

A vacuum booster assembly includes, but is not limited to, a booster housing defining a booster chamber and including a gas inlet and a gas outlet; a first rotor positioned within the booster chamber and adapted for rotation therein, the first rotor including a first shaft and at least two lobes defining a first lobe profile; and a second rotor positioned within the booster chamber and adapted for rotation therein, the second rotor including a second shaft and at least two lobes defining a second lobe profile, wherein the first and second rotors are formed from a metal having a coefficient of thermal expansion from about 1 (10.sup.−6 in/in*K) to about 13 (10.sup.−6 in/in*K), and wherein at least one of the outer surface of the first rotor, the outer surface of the second rotor, or the booster chamber includes a coating.

Automatic pump control

Systems, methods, and a computer readable medium are provided for automatically controlling a pump in an oil production environment. Sensor data can be collected from pump machinery and can be used to generate an advisory statement identifying a change in pump operation in regard to one or more operating conditions. The advisory plan can be used to determine an optimization action plan to maintain the operation of the pump machinery with respect to the operating conditions. The optimization action plan can include an action, a parameter, and a parameter variable and can be transmitted to a computing device configured within a supervisory control and data acquisition system and coupled to the pump machinery. The computing device can execute the optimization action plan to control the pump machinery with respect to the operating conditions.

Lobe gear pump with inducer assembly and centrifugal pump having one fluid flow path
10995751 · 2021-05-04 · ·

A high speed, rotary lobe gear pump assembly is provided which combines a positive displacement lobe gear pump having wipers with a centrifugal pump utilizing an impeller. The centrifugal pump feeds high pressure fluid flow directly into the lobe gear pump allowing the gear pump to rotate at high speeds without cavitation. The high speed capability of the pump assembly allows the lobe gear pump to operate without speed reduction gearing for the motor shaft.

Rotary piston pump with a piston formed by a plurality of plates filled with polymer material
10982671 · 2021-04-20 · ·

The invention relates to a rotary piston pump comprising a housing with a housing interior, an inlet opening, and an outlet opening; a first rotary piston which is mounted within the housing interior in a rotational manner about a first rotational axis; and a second rotary piston which is mounted within the housing interior in a rotational manner about a second rotational axis. The first rotary piston and the second rotary piston engage into each other in a region between the first and the second axis and displace liquid. The first rotary piston has a frame assembly which comprises multiple mutually spaced plates and is at least partly filled and enveloped with a polymer material.

A METHOD OF OPERATING A FOUR STROKE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE SYSTEM
20210131341 · 2021-05-06 · ·

The invention relates to a method of operating a four stroke internal combustion engine system (1), the engine system (1) comprising:—a four stroke internal combustion engine (2) provided with an intake duct (5),—a turbo compressor (6″) arranged to compress intake flow in the intake duct (5), and—a displacement machine (7) provided in the intake duct (5) downstream the turbo compressor (6″), wherein the displacement machine (7) is arranged to displace intake flow from an inlet to an outlet thereof. The method comprises the step of: operating the displacement machine (7) in a first mode where a pressure ratio (PR) given by a pressure at the outlet of the displacement machine (7) divided by a pressure at the inlet of the displacement machine (7) is substantially equal to 1. The invention also relates to a four stroke internal combustion engine system arranged to be operated by the above method.

Method to determine the reasonable design area of rotor profile of roots pump and its application
20210115918 · 2021-04-22 ·

The disclosure discloses a method for determining reasonable design area of roots pump rotor profile of roots pump and its application, and belongs to the field of mechanical design. According to the method of the disclosure, after a relation between the roots pump rotor profile and performance parameters is established, constraint conditions for avoiding a closed volume and undercutting are further determined, so that a reasonable design region of a roots pump rotor blade peak curve is determined. Reference is given when the roots pump rotor profile is designed, i.e., the rotor profile with the blade peak curve being not within the reasonable design region inevitably causes the problem of closed volume or undercutting in application, so that the design of the rotor profile that causes the closed volume or undercutting can be avoided when the roots pump rotor profile is designed. The problem that the design unreasonableness of the rotor profile is not found until the design is completed is solved, so that the design efficiency of the rotor profile is improved.

TRANSMISSION STRUCTURE OF MOTOR CONNECTION OF ROOTS PUMP
20210088121 · 2021-03-25 ·

A transmission structure of motor connection of roots pump comprises a shaft sleeve, a motor shaft cavity is opened inside the shaft sleeve, and the inner circle of the motor shaft cavity is concentrically meshed with the excircle of the motor shaft; a fixed bolt mounting cavity is opened on the outer surface of the shaft sleeve, a bolt through-hole is opened in the fixed bolt mounting cavity, the shaft sleeve is fixedly connected with the gear seat through a hexagon bolt, and the gear seat and the shaft sleeve rotate synchronously at the same shaft center; a gear is fixedly connected with the gear seat with a bolt, the gear seat is fixed to the pump shaft through a first keyway under the fitting between the first keyway and a first shaft key, and the pump shaft and the motor shaft are coaxially arranged at the center. The utility model overcomes the disadvantages of the prior art, which is convenient to install without wearing parts, not affected by temperature, pressure and external dust; and the structure is simple with compound seal and oil protection function; and when a motor with a motor shaft is selected, only the diameter and keyway of the motor shaft cavity of the part are required to fit the new motor.

Dual motor gear pump
10920772 · 2021-02-16 · ·

A pump with two independent motors is disclosed. The first motor is mechanically connected to a first rotor comprising a first plurality of teeth radiating from the center of the first rotor. The second motor is mechanically connected to a second rotor comprising a second plurality of teeth radiating from the center of the first rotor, wherein the first plurality of teeth meshes with the second plurality of teeth. A sealed case may house the first and second rotors, and the case may include a suction inlet and a pressure outlet. Rotating the rotors propels a liquid from the suction inlet to the pressure outlet. Because the motors are independent of each other, when one motor fails to rotate the other motor will rotate both rotors and maintain the propelling liquid from the suction inlet to the pressure outlet. The pump may be a gear pump or a rotary lobe pump.

GEAR PUMP AND GEAR MOTOR
20210079917 · 2021-03-18 · ·

Provided is a gear pump and a gear motor in which noise is reduced. A gear pump includes: gears which mesh and pair with each other; a casing including a gear housing chamber for housing the gears; and at least one hollow layer which is configured in the casing and divides the casing into at least inner walls and outer walls. Coincidence critical frequency of the inner walls and coincidence critical frequency of the outer walls are different. The hollow layer is formed between the gear housing chamber in the casing and an outer surface of the casing.

Positive displacement pump with pressure relief
11060520 · 2021-07-13 · ·

A rotary, self-priming, positive displacement pump is described. The pump may include a pump housing including an inlet and an outlet, a pump chamber including an upper wall, a lateral wall, and a floor, first and second rotary impellers in the pump chamber, and a pair of gears each secured to the first and second rotary impellers, and a pressure relief feature operable to relieve pressure developing in a relatively high pressure zone of the pump chamber. The gears mesh with each other to ensure that the vanes do not contact one another during rotation. The pressure relief feature may comprise one or more channels formed in the pump housing and/or the first and second rotary impellers. The channels connect the high pressure zone with another zone to redistribute pressure. The channels may include one continuous channel or alternatively, a plurality of unconnected channels.