A watercraft includes at least one high-temperature superconducting coil and a cooling system for cooling the high-temperature superconducting coil to a cryogenic operating temperature, wherein the cooling system has a first cryostat tank, which surrounds the high-temperature superconducting coil and is designed to hold a liquid phase of a cryogenic coolant; wherein the watercraft also has a load, which is designed to convert an operating medium in the form of a fuel and/or in the form of a material promoting combustion; wherein at least one first material component of the operating medium is formed by the cryogenic coolant; and wherein the first cryostat tank is designed to hold a major part of the required total amount of the first material component of the operating medium for the operation of the load. A method operates a watercraft of this type.

An additively manufactured heat exchanger assembly formed of a lattice structure with a plurality of shell structure unit cells. The plurality of shell structure unit cells each include at least one junction and a plurality of connectors coupled to the junction. The junction and the plurality of connectors form an integral surface. The heat exchanger assembly further includes a fluid boundary wall defined within the lattice structure to define an active heat exchanger portion. The active heat exchanger portion includes at least one working fluid contained within the fluid boundary wall. Further, at least one of the plurality of shell structure unit cells extends through and beyond the fluid boundary wall. Further, the shell structure unit cells may be isotropic.

A container for a waste heat utilization circuit may include a housing that defines a housing interior such that the housing interior can be flowed through by a working medium. A sheath may be arranged in the housing interior for accommodating an auxiliary medium. The sheath may be fluid-tight and heat-conductive at least in certain areas. The sheath may define a sheath interior of variable volume.

Embodiments of a hydraulic reservoir cooler include a backward curve centrifugal fan located rearward of a vented front cover of the cooler, the centrifugal fan having a center point c and a radius r; and a core area including fins and a manifold in fluid communication with a hydraulic fluid tank, the core area being located between the vented front cover and the backward curve centrifugal fan and including: a straight vertical portion extending in height less than an uppermost upper end of the centrifugal fan; a straight horizontal portion located above the uppermost upper end of the centrifugal fan; and a curved portion connecting the straight vertical and horizontal portions, the curved portion having a center point C and a radius R; where C is located above c and R is greater than r. The cooler may be adapted for use with an agricultural pumper truck.

A cooling system of machine tool body casting includes a body casting, a cooling device, and a fan. The body casting is provided with an inner space, an inlet end, and an outlet end. The inlet end and the outlet end are connected with the inner space. The cooling device is disposed at the inlet end. The fan is disposed on one side of the cooling device for inputting external air, such that the external air is input into the inner space and discharged from the outlet end. Therefore, the fan triggers the cold air to flow in the inner space for cooling down the heat of the body casting.

A thermal barrier for helping maintain a temperature in a volumes and/or at least one internal structural component surrounded by said barrier. The barrier comprises a first component containing at least one phase change material (PCM) that changes its state at a first temperature, a second component containing a PCM that changes its state at a second temperature which is different from the first temperature, and a third, thermally insulating component that is disposed between the first and second components containing a PCM or outside the second component.

An electric motor may include a stator assembly comprising a stator housing, and one or more rotors coupled to the stator by a rotor shaft assembly. The stator housing may include a cooling structure that has a plurality of cooling body portions and a plurality of cooling conduits defined by the plurality of cooling body portions. A method of forming a stator housing for an electric machine may include additively manufacturing a stator housing that includes a cooling structure defining a fluid domain, coupling a working fluid source to the stator housing and introducing a working fluid into the fluid domain defined by the cooling structure, and sealing the cooling structure with the working fluid contained within the fluid domain of the cooling structure. A method of cooling an electric machine may include heating the working fluid in the fluid domain and flowing the working fluid through the fluid domain, and transferring heat from the cooling structure to a cooling fluid flowing along one or more cooling surfaces contacting a surface of the electric machine.

An additively manufactured heat exchanger assembly formed of a lattice structure with a plurality of shell structure unit cells. The plurality of shell structure unit cells each include at least one junction and a plurality of connectors coupled to the junction. The junction and the plurality of connectors form an integral surface. The heat exchanger assembly further includes a fluid boundary wall defined within the lattice structure to define an active heat exchanger portion. The active heat exchanger portion includes at least one working fluid contained within the fluid boundary wall. Further, at least one of the plurality of shell structure unit cells extends through and beyond the fluid boundary wall. Further, the shell structure unit cells may be isotropic.

A gas turbine engine having a heat absorption device and an associated method are disclosed. The gas turbine engine includes a compressor, a combustor, a turbine, a bleed fluid cavity, and the heat absorption device. The combustor is coupled to the compressor. The turbine is coupled to the compressor and the combustor. The bleed fluid cavity is formed at a first predefined location in the compressor. The heat absorption device is disposed in the bleed fluid cavity and includes a casing, a flow path, and a phase change material. The casing includes an inlet and an outlet. The flow path is within the casing, extends between the inlet and the outlet, and directs an input bleed fluid separated from a fluid stream discharged from the compressor. The phase change material is filled in the casing, separated from the flow path.

The present invention relates to a compact heat exchange device, applicable to either EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation) systems for reducing nitrogen oxide emission, or to WHRS systems (Waste Heat Recovery Systems), both in internal combustion engines.

The design of the heat exchanger is characterized by a configuration that incorporates technical solutions intended for compensating for the differential expansions between the tube bundle and the shell, as well as other variables relating to thermal fatigue, where said solutions result in a compact device.