Jet fuels' thermal oxidation characteristics are evaluated via the Standard Test Method for Thermal Stability of Aviation Turbine Fuels. This test method mimics the thermal stress conditions encountered by jet fuel in operation and is often carried out by laboratory devices, known as rigs. The rigs include a test section having a sleeve and a heater tube arranged therein. A pair of bus bars secure the test section to the rig and apply a current to the heater tube. The applied current heats the heater tube and subjects the sample jet fuels that are flowing in the volume between the sleeve and heater tube to high temperatures, which may produce thermal oxidation deposits on the heater tube. Heater tubes are difficult to install, however, and a gauge may be used to ensure accurate placement of the heater tube within the sleeve. In addition, the fuel sample must be prepared via an aeration process, and systems are disclosed for automating the aeration process such that the sample is prepared precisely according to the test standard. Moreover, the rig includes a pump system that moves the fuel sample through the test section, and a pump system is provided in a double syringe arrangement that optimizes fuel flow through the test section without fluctuation. Finally, the rigs include cooling systems for cooling the bus bars and maintaining an appropriate thermal profile within the heater tube, and cooling systems may be provided that independently control the temperature of each bus bar.

An apparatus for mixing fuel and air and providing the mixture to an engine can include an entry conduit, a transfer conduit, and a mounting plate for coupling to an engine. The entry conduit can include a straight channel and an opening for receiving air into the channel. The entry conduit can also include a fuel inlet port disposed through a wall of the entry conduit for receiving fuel into the channel. A venturi valve can be disposed within the straight channel and can include an air-fuel mixing chamber, an inner wall, one or more fuel orifices disposed through the inner wall, and a fuel diffusion chamber fluidicly coupled to the fuel inlet port and the air-fuel mixing chamber. The transfer conduit can be coupled or integrally formed with the entry conduit and include an arcuate internal channel.

A gas mixer for mixing gaseous fuel and air for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The gas mixer may have a housing defining an air path for mixing the gaseous fuel and the air within the air path. The housing may have a narrowed portion. The gas mixer may also have a displacement body axially displaceable and coaxially arranged within the air path. The displacement body and the housing may define an air passage disposed at the narrowed portion. The gas mixer may further have a fuel inlet fluidly connected to the air passage. The fuel inlet may be configured to supply gaseous fuel to the air passage. Further, the gas mixer may have an adjusting unit disposed at least partially within the air path. The adjusting unit may be connected to the displacement body and may be configured to axially displace the displacement body.

A fuel filter system that does not require the periodic draining of a water sump. The system includes a fuel tank for storing fuel and a fuel filter fluidly coupled to the fuel tank for separating water from the fuel. A fuel pump has a suction side and a high pressure side. The high pressure side of the fuel pump is fluidly coupled to the fuel filter for pumping fuel to the fuel filter. A water emulsifier, such as an orifice, is fluidly coupled to the fuel filter to receive water and fuel from the fuel filter and form a water-fuel emulsion. The water-fuel emulsion is supplied to any point in the system on the suction side of the fuel pump, such that the water-fuel emulsion passes through the fuel pump and fuel filter.

The present invention discloses a microchannel mixer, comprising a microchannel component and a shell, wherein the microchannel component is fixed inside the shell, wherein an inlet is provided at one end of the shell for feeding liquid and gas phase materials, and an outlet is provided at the other end for discharging the mixed material; said microchannel component comprises multiple stacked sheets and several layers of oleophilic and/or hydrophilic fiber filaments filled in the crevices between adjacent sheets, wherein the fiber filaments form several microchannels between them, and the fiber filaments are clamped and fixed by the sheets. The present invention also discloses a heavy oil hydrogenation reaction system comprising the above-mentioned microchannel mixer and a heavy oil hydrogenation process.

Manufactured articles, and methods of manufacturing enhanced wear protected components and articles. More particularly, wear protected components and articles, such as combustor components of turbine engines, and even more particularly enhanced wear protected micromixer tubes and assemblies thereof with one or more micromixer plates, the micromixer tubes having wear protection for enhanced performance and reduced wear related failure. Methods including surface treatment to enhance wear, including vacuum braze application of coatings to enhance surface hardness for wear benefits.

A swirler includes a swirler body and a plurality of axial swirl vanes extending radially outward from the swirler body. At least one of the swirler body or vanes includes a spring channel defined therethrough. A fuel injector for a gas turbine engine can include an inner air swirler and/or outer air swirler as described above.

The invention provides an apparatus for generating mist, comprising: a container adapted to accommodate a liquid, the container comprising an inlet for receiving an incoming fluid stream into the container, and an outlet via which an outgoing fluid stream exits the container; at least one agitating means arranged in the container for agitating the accommodated liquid to generate droplets of the liquid; wherein the agitating means is arranged to be driven by the incoming fluid stream, such that the generated liquid droplets are caused by the incoming fluid stream to form the outgoing fluid stream, and subsequently, exit the container. The invention also provides a system for generating mist, comprising: a plurality of the above described apparatuses, comprising at least a first apparatus having a first inlet and a first outlet, and a second apparatus having a second inlet and a second outlet; wherein the first outlet is adapted to be connected with the second inlet to thereby allow fluid communication between the first apparatus and the second apparatus.

A swirler includes a swirler body and a plurality of axial swirl vanes extending radially outward from the swirler body. At least one of the swirler body or vanes includes a spring channel defined therethrough. A fuel injector for a gas turbine engine can include an inner air swirler and/or outer air swirler as described above.

The present invention claims a vortex gas-liquid apparatus for dissolving a gas or combination of gases in liquid to obtain a gas-liquid solution. The gas-liquid solution is obtained in a mixing chamber in the center of which a flow swirler is arranged to activate stirring and improve gas absorption by the liquid. The most effective use of the apparatus seems to be for dissolving hydrogen in petroleum products, such as gasoline or diesel fuel, and transporting them through main pipelines under pressure. Transportation of hydrogen in a state of solution in petroleum fuel will eliminate diffusion losses through the pipe walls or measuring devices along the pipeline.