An apparatus and method for assembling an inducer assembly for inducing a rotation on an airflow passing within a turbine engine. The inducer assembly can provide a volume of fluid from a compressor section to a turbine section of the engine. The inducer assembly can include the combination of separate segments to form an annular inducer.

An apparatus and method for assembling an inducer assembly for inducing a rotation on an airflow passing within a turbine engine. The inducer assembly can provide a volume of fluid from a compressor section to a turbine section of the engine. The inducer assembly can include the combination of separate segments to form an annular inducer.

In the embodiment, a steam valve device has, a steam regulating valve, and an intermediate flow path connecting the main steam stop valve and the steam regulating valve. The main steam stop valve and the steam regulating valve respectively have: casings where flow paths are formed between horizontal inlet ports and outlet ports opened downward and valve seats are arranged in the flow paths; valve elements movable up and down in the casings; and valve rods for driving the valve elements. The valve rods extend upward, and they are pulled off upward in a direction to outside of the casings when opening the flow paths. The intermediate flow path changes the flow direction of main steam flowing out of the outlet port of the main steam stop valve from downward direction to horizontal direction to guide the main steam toward the outlet ports of the steam regulating valves.

A gas turbine engine has a propulsor including a fan and a power turbine, an engine core aerodynamically connected to the propulsor by a transition duct, and a bypass valve in the transition duct that allows for air from the engine core to bypass the power turbine.

A microwave oven system, which includes: a microwave oven having a controllable power setting; a thermal camera at the microwave oven and which provides temperature data of one or more cooking items in the microwave oven; an optical camera at the microwave oven and which provides optical data of the one or more cooking items in the microwave oven; and a controller. A processor is configured to: receive the optical data, identify using a machine learning model, the one or more cooking items and their quantities at the microwave using the received optical data of the optical camera, access a recipe data bank, determine, using the recipe data bank, one or more steps for cooking of the one or more cooking items in the microwave oven.

A dryer includes a hollow casing, a fan disposed inside the casing so as to cause air to be introduced into the casing and to be discharged therefrom, a heater disposed inside the casing to heat the air introduced into the casing by the fan, and a discharge tube including an inlet into which the air is introduced, and an outlet from which the air is discharged. The fan includes a first fan and a second fan, which rotate in opposite directions about an imaginary axis shared by the first and second fans. A discharge amount or a discharge rate can be controlled in a stepwise manner. The discharge tube is disposed inside the casing so as to be rotated in at least one direction, thereby diffusely discharging drying air to a region desired to be dried.

A fluid cooler for installation in a bypass duct of a turbofan gas turbine engine and associated methods are provided. The fluid cooler includes an inlet duct, a heat exchanger and an outlet duct. The inlet duct includes an inlet protruding into the bypass duct to receive a portion of the bypass air into the inlet duct. The heat exchanger is in fluid communication with the inlet duct. The heat exchanger facilitates heat transfer between a fluid and the portion of bypass air received into the inlet duct. The heat exchanger defines a general flow direction for the portion of bypass air that is different from the main flow direction of bypass air inside the bypass duct. The outlet duct conveys the portion of bypass air from the heat exchanger back to the bypass duct.

A washer system, including: a washer having controllable operational parameters; an optical camera which provides optical data at the washer; a controller configured to: communicate with the washer and the optical camera, receive the optical data from the optical camera, and control the operational parameters of the washer. The washer system includes a processor configured to: receive the optical data, identify, using a machine learning model, types of laundry and quantities of the laundry loaded in the washer using received optical data from the optical camera and data sets stored in a data bank, and communicate with the controller to control the washer to operate using one or more specified operational parameters based on the types of laundry and the quantities of laundry.

A fan system includes a fan having a controllable speed setting or power setting; an optical camera directed outward from the fan and which provides optical data; a controller configured to: communicate with the optical camera, receive the optical data, control rotating directions and the speed setting or the power setting of the fan; and a processor configured to: receive the optical data, identify, using a machine learning model, directions of one or more targets in relation to the fan using the received optical data of the optical camera, access a data bank, determine, using the data bank, the speed setting or the power setting of the fan, and communicate with the controller to control the rotating directions of the fan and the speed setting or power setting of the fan based on the identified directions of one or more targets in relation to the fan.

A method and apparatus for a turbine engine having a compressor section, combustion section, and a turbine section in an axial flow arrangement with a cooling circuit in fluid communication with at least one of the compressor section, combustion section, or turbine section. The method and apparatus further including separating particles from a cooling air that flows through the cooling circuit.