An electric coolant pump (1) conveys cooling fluid in order to cool a combustion engine of a vehicle. The electric coolant pump (1) has a pump impeller (2) for accelerating the coolant to be conveyed, a rotor shaft (3) on which the pump impeller (2) is fixed, an electric motor (6), having a stator (8) and a rotor (7), for driving the rotor shaft (3). A control circuit (13) controls the electric motor (6). A pump housing (10) accommodates at least the control circuit (13) and the electric motor (6). The coolant to be conveyed is able to flow through the pump housing (10). The coolant to be conveyed thereby flows around the stator (8), the rotor (6) and the control circuit (13).

An electric supercharger includes a housing, a rotary shaft, an impeller, and an electric motor. The housing includes a peripheral wall that has a cylindrical shape. The electric motor includes a stator in which a coil is wound. The stator includes a stator core having a cylindrical shape, and a first coil end and a second coil end. A plurality of first oil supply holes are formed in the peripheral wall in a state where openings of the first oil supply holes on a side of the first coil end are arranged side by side in a circumferential direction of the rotary shaft. A plurality of second oil supply holes are formed in the peripheral wall in a state where openings of the second oil supply holes on a side of the second coil end are arranged side by side in the circumferential direction of the rotary shaft.

A pump for a fuel system include a housing, a pumping element, and a takeoff. The housing has an inlet, an outlet, and channel connecting the inlet to the outlet. The pumping element is supported within the housing and bounds the channel. The takeoff is connected to the housing and is in fluid communication with the channel at a location downstream of the inlet, and upstream of the outlet, to divert partially pressurized fuel for cooling an electronic device. Fuel systems and methods of cooling electronic devices are also described.

A process fluid lubricated pump for conveying a process fluid, includes a common housing, a pump unit arranged in the common housing, a drive unit arranged in the common housing, and a hydrodynamic coupling. The common housing includes a pump inlet and a pump outlet for the process fluid. The pump unit includes at least one impeller configured to convey the process fluid from the pump inlet to the pump outlet, and a pump shaft, on which the impeller is mounted. The drive unit includes a drive shaft configured to drive the pump shaft, and an electric motor configured to rotate the drive shaft about an axial direction. The hydrodynamic coupling is configured to hydrodynamically couple the drive shaft to the pump shaft by a transmission fluid, and is configured to receive the process fluid as the transmission fluid.

An axial flow impeller includes a hub and a blade at the hub. A blade edge of the blade includes a blade root edge, a front blade edge, a blade top edge, and a rear blade edge connected sequentially. The blade includes a divider strip arranged between the front blade edge and the rear blade edge and connecting the blade root edge and the blade top edge. At a same circumference, a ratio between a circumferential span from the divider to the front blade edge and a circumferential span from the front blade edge to the rear blade edge is equal to or greater than 0.2 and equal to or smaller than 0.4, a thickness of the divider strip is greater than thicknesses of other portions of the blade, and a thickness of the rear blade edge is smaller than a thickness of the front blade edge.

Components for gas turbine engines are described. The components include an airfoil having a leading edge cavity with a baffle portion and a leading edge portion. A baffle is installed within the baffle portion and includes a first metering flow aperture. A first support element retention feature is located within the leading edge cavity. A first axial extending rib extends between an aft end of the cavity and a forward end proximate the first support element retention feature and is formed on an interior surface of the airfoil. A first axial extending flow channel extends along the first axial extending rib between an exterior surface of the baffle and an interior surface of the airfoil and the first metering flow aperture is located proximate the aft end of the first axial extending flow channel to generate a forward flowing cooling flow.

Cooling a wind turbine generator It is described an arrangement (100, 200) for cooling a generator mounted in a nacelle of a wind turbine, the arrangement comprising: a cooling air inlet (105) at an outer wall (17) of the nacelle (103) for introducing cooling air (109) into a space region (111) inside the nacelle; an inlet fan (113) downstream the cooling air inlet (105) configured to pressurize the introduced cooling air within the space region (111); a filter system (115) downstream the inlet fan (113) and separating the space region (111) from another space region (117) inside the nacelle (103), the other space (117) region being in communication with generator portions (119) to be cooled; a duct system (129) adapted to guide a portion (130) of cooling air (132) heated by exchange of heat from the generator portions to the cooling air into the space region (111).

Disclosed is a turbo blower with an impeller unit-cooling fan for a fuel cell and, more particularly, a turbo blower with an impeller unit-cooling fan for a fuel cell, the turbo blower improving efficiency and durability of an impeller unit by preventing an increase in temperature by cooling the impeller unit, which generates high-pressure air, using a cooling structure that uses both of an air cooling type and a water cooling type.

A cooling system includes one or more heat generating components located within an enclosure. A first conduit is thermally connected to one or more of the heat generating components, and the first conduit is fluidly connected to a distribution manifold and a condensing unit. The condensing unit is located external to the enclosure and above the heat generating components. The distribuition manifold is located below the heat generating components. A second conduit is fluidly connected to the condensing unit and the distribution manifold. The cooling system includes a two-phase cooling medium. The first conduit, condensing unit, second conduit and distribution manifold form a loop in which the cooling medium circulates.

The present invention discloses a novel apparatus and methods for providing a flow of cooling air to one or more turbine nozzles or turbine blade outer air seals. The flow of cooling air is provided by an external source and regulated in order to improve turbine nozzle and air seal cooling efficiency and component life.