The invention relates to a side-channel machine having a housing (4a), located in the housing (4a) a side-channel (28) for guiding a gas, and at least one gas inlet opening (34) which is formed in the housing (4a) and is fluidically connected to the side-channel (28). Furthermore, the side-channel machine has at least one gas inlet pipe (29a) which connects to the at least one gas inlet opening (34), The side-channel machine further comprises at least one gas outlet opening (33) and at least one gas outlet pipe (31a) which connects to the at least one gas outlet opening (33). Furthermore, the side-channel machine has an impeller that can be made to rotate in the housing (4a), with impeller blades, which bound impeller cells arranged in the side-channel (28), for delivering the gas in the impeller cells from the at least one gas inlet opening (34) to the at least one gas outlet opening (33). The side-channel machine further has at least one interrupter (39) arranged between the at least one gas inlet opening (34) and the at least one gas outlet opening (33).

A small gas turbine engine, such as is used to power a UAV, that includes at least one centrifugal compressor having an impeller with blades that form a gap between the blade tips and stationary shroud of the gas turbine engine, and where a resistance heating element, such as an impingement air manifold, is secured to or bonded to a compressor casing of the gas turbine engine in order to use heat to control the gap between the impeller blades and the stationary shroud. The resistance heating element is activated at cruise mode to move the shroud toward the impeller. Additionally or alternatively, the compressor casing is heated with bled-off compressed air to move the shroud toward the impeller. A capacitance tip clearance sensor can be mounted on the impeller shroud to monitor and control tip clearance in real time.

In centrifugal pumps and, in particular, pumps for transferring fluids containing abrasive particles such as slurry pumps, wear of wetted areas is a major maintenance issue. The invention provides for the protection of internal surfaces vulnerable to wear from such particles by providing means for adjusting and controlling distribution of gland fluid for flushing vulnerable areas. The invention extends to a method and a retrofit kit, but provides primarily for a centrifugal pump assembly comprising an impeller rotatably mounted therein and support means operatively arranged for supporting the impeller from its suction side in sealing relationship with the housing. The sealing means may be mechanically adjustable for substantially even distribution of gland fluid to both axial sides of the impeller in the pump housing.

In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a refrigerant compressor, including: a stator; a rotor configured to rotate with respect to the stator; and at least one step seal between the rotor and the stator, wherein the step seal includes a first tooth and a second tooth extending from the rotor toward the stator, wherein a downstream surface of the first tooth and an upstream surface of the second tooth are arranged at an angle relative to one another, wherein the angle is less than 90°.

A blade track for a gas turbine engine includes a plurality of blade track segments. The blade track segments are arranged circumferentially around a central axis to form the blade track.

A centrifugal pump includes at least one pump stage, with a rotatable impeller (5) with a suction port (6) which is sealed with respect to a stationary pump part (1) by way of a sealing arrangement. The sealing arrangement includes a sealing ring (9) between the impeller (5) and the stationary pump part (1). The sealing arrangement is configured such that at least on delivery operation of the pump, the sealing arrangement has sealing sections which are distanced to the counter sealing surface and sealing sections which bear on the counter sealing surface, in an alternatingly successive manner considered in the peripheral direction of the sealing ring (9).

A fluid supply system includes a fluid delivery system including a pump, a sensor configured to acquire data regarding the fluid delivery system, and a processing circuit coupled to the sensor. The processing circuit is configured to determine a health level of the fluid delivery system based on the data and provide a notification in response to the health level not satisfying a threshold.

The present disclosure describes a system and method for varying pressure from a pressure generator without pressure generator motor speed variations. The system comprises a pressure generator housing, a centrifugal compressor housed within the housing, and at least one impeller blade. The centrifugal compressor is configured to generate a pressurized flow of gas. The pressure generator system includes a pressure adjustment body (e.g., a plate) that is movably attached to and/or within the housing, and an actuator configured to displace the pressure adjustment body with respect to the housing, such that displacement of the pressure adjustment body is configured to regulate pressure of the generated gas flow by varying a gap between the impeller blade and a surface of the pressure adjustment body.

A transport refrigeration unit for use with a transport trailer includes a structural framework mountable to a wall of the transport trailer, a condenser heat exchanger unit mounted to the structural framework, an evaporator housing separated from the condenser heat exchanger by a distance, and at least one condenser fan assembly positioned aft of the condenser heat exchanger unit and forward of the evaporator housing. The at least one condenser fan assembly includes a fan casing and a fan rotor rotatable relative to the fan casing about an axis. The fan rotor has a plurality of fan blades. A shroud is coupled to a radially outer end of the plurality of fan blades. The shroud includes an axially oriented protrusion extending from a distal end of the shroud towards the fan casing and a clearance is formed between the protrusion and the casing defining a convoluted flow path.

A casing treatment comprising a hub having a surface, the hub being rotatable about an axis within a casing of a gas turbine engine compressor, at least one spiral groove formed in the surface extending axially relative to the axis, a stator blade fixed to the casing, wherein a tip of the stator blade is proximate to the at least one spiral groove.