Fluid pumping system for a vehicle with an internal combustion engine, the fluid pumping system comprising: a housing; an electric motor; a planetary gear with a first member that can be driven by the internal combustion engine, a second member driven by the electric motor, and a third member; and a pump driven by the third element of the planetary gear set, the housing being closed by a pump flange and a pulley with pulley cover, wherein at least the pulley and/or a ring gear disposed in the pulley is made of plastic.

Disclosed is an air pump for a fuel cell that utilizes a speed-reduction traction drive so that a low speed electric motor can be used to drive a high-speed rotodynamic compressor. The rotodynamic compressor is an efficient air pump, but operates at high speeds that would require a specialized high-speed electric motor. The speed-reduction traction drive couples to the compressor and provides a low-speed output that is connected to a lower speed electric motor.

Subsea turbomachine for boosting the pressure of petroleum fluid flow from subsea petroleum productions wells or systems, comprising an electric motor and a compressor or pump driven by the electric motor, a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, distinctive that the turbomachine comprises a pressure housing common for the electric motor or stator, and compressor, pump or rotor; a magnetic gear inside the common pressure housing for operative connection between the motor or stator and compressor, pump or rotor; and a partition inside the common pressure housing, arranged so as to separate a motor or stator compartment from a compressor, pump or rotor compartment.

A turbofan engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a fan, a compressor section, a turbine section including a fan drive turbine and a second turbine, an epicyclic gear system with a gear reduction, first and second bearings, and a fan drive shaft interconnecting the gear system and the fan. The fan drive turbine has a first exit area at a first exit point and is rotatable at a first speed. The second turbine has a second exit area at a second exit point and is rotatable at a second speed. A first performance quantity is defined as the product of the first speed squared and the first area. A second performance quantity is defined as the product of the second speed squared and the second area.

A gas turbine engine for an aircraft includes an engine core having a core length and comprising a turbine, a compressor, and a core shaft connecting the turbine to the compressor, the turbine comprising a lowest pressure rotor stage, the turbine having a turbine diameter at the lowest pressure rotor stage; and a fan located upstream of the engine core, the fan comprising a plurality of fan blades extending from a hub, the hub and fan blades together defining a fan face having a fan face area and a fan tip radius, wherein a ratio of the fan tip radius to the turbine diameter at the lowest pressure rotor stage is in a range from 1.2 to 2.0; and wherein the engine core length is in a range from 150 cm to 320 cm.

A gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a turbine section including a fan drive turbine and a second turbine. The fan drive turbine has a first exit area at a first exit point and is rotatable at a first speed. A mid-turbine frame is positioned intermediate the fan drive turbine and the second turbine, and can include a bearing support. The second turbine has a second exit area at a second exit point and is rotatable at a second speed. A first performance quantity is defined as the product of the first speed squared and the first area. A second performance quantity is defined as the product of the second speed squared and the second area.

Disclosed is a two-piece shaft assembly for a driven turbocharger with a traction drive. The turbo shaft is attached to a turbine and compressor, and is inserted into a traction barrel that has traction surfaces to mate to the traction drive. In this way, the traction drive can be assembled with only the traction barrel, and the turbo shaft can be inserted through the barrel at the end to simplify assembly.

The invention discloses a high-transmission-ratio suspension shaft centrifugal supercharger which comprises a transmission unit, a fan supercharging unit and a cooling unit; the transmission unit is composed of a belt wheel, a planetary gear mechanism, a friction wheel group and a suspension mainshaft, the planetary gear mechanism comprises a sun gear and a planetary gear both installed in a gearbox, the sun gear and the belt wheel are in coaxial installation and rotate together, the planetary gears are distributed at the periphery of the sun gear in a 120 degree symmetric way and are meshed with and follow up the sun gear; the friction wheel group comprises friction wheels arranged in a sealed box and arranged coaxially with corresponding planetary gears; the suspension mainshaft generates contact friction with surfaces of the friction wheels and is driven to rotate together with the friction wheels; the cooling unit is used to pump out high-temperature lubricating oil in the gearbox and the sealed box, and lubricating oil is returned after cooling is performed. According to the invention, the supercharger is substantially improved in transmission precision and speed increasing ratio at a high speed range, and also possesses characteristics of long safe life, convenience for mounting, good heat dispersion performance, low noise and the like.

Aircraft turboprop engine (110), comprising at least one low-pressure body (12) and one high-pressure body (14), the low-pressure body driving a thrust propeller by means of a gearbox (16), the turboprop engine further comprising means for supplying air to an air-conditioning circuit (36) of an aircraft cabin, said supply means comprising a load compressor (60), a rotor (61) of which is coupled to said low-pressure body by means of said gearbox, characterised in that said supply means further comprise means for controlling the rotation speed of the rotor (61) of said compressor (60), which means comprise an electric motor (70), and a mechanical differential (72) for coupling a first output shaft (74) of said electric motor to a second output shaft (76) of said gearbox and to said compressor rotor (61), such that the rotation speed (V3) of said rotor depends on the respective rotation speeds (V1, V2) of said first and second output shafts.

A gas turbine engine including a compressor has a first compressor section and a second compressor section, a combustor fluidly connected to the compressor, and a turbine fluidly connected to the combustor. The turbine includes a first turbine section and a second turbine section. A first shaft connects the first compressor section and the first turbine section. A second shaft connects the second compressor section and the second turbine section. A fan is connected to the first shaft via a geared architecture. The first shaft includes at least one magnetic section. An electromagnet is disposed radially outward of the first shaft at an axial location of the at least one magnetic section, relative to an axis defined by the gas turbine engine.