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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140290613 | LASER SPARK PLUG - A laser ignition plug, comprising a pumped light source and a longitudinally pumped laser resonator, which are each arranged in the housing of the laser ignition plug, characterized by a cooling air inlet, a cooling air outlet and a cooling region connecting the cooling air inlet with the cooling air outlet, wherein the cooling region is surrounding the pumped light source at least in certain sectors. | 10-02-2014 |
20140261830 | PIPE COUPLING - The invention relates to a pipe coupling, which can be coupled with one of its ends to a pipe and which has a clamping band and a tightening means for tightening the clamping band. A cover is provided on the other end of the pipe coupling, which is inserted in the clamping band and can be secured by tightening the tightening means of the clamping band. The invention further relates to the use of said pipe coupling. | 09-18-2014 |
20140253104 | METHOD OF DETERMINING A ROTOR DISPLACEMENT ANGLE - A method of determining a rotor displacement angle of a synchronous generator having a rotor and electrically connected to a power supply network uses at least one rotary speed measuring device. During a revolution of the rotor, in particular during each revolution of the rotor, the measuring device communicates at least one rotary speed signal to an evaluation unit. A frequency measuring device communicates a frequency signal to the evaluation unit for each period duration of a voltage signal of the power supply network. A time duration between communication of the rotary speed signal and communication of the frequency signal is determined by the evaluation unit, and the rotor displacement angle is inferred in dependence on the determined time duration. | 09-11-2014 |
20140251259 | PRECHAMBER SYSTEM FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - Pre-chamber system for an internal combustion engine with: -a pre-chamber having a wall, -a spark plug having at least one electrode, -a gas introduction device, particularly a gas valve, -a gas channel connecting the gas introduction device to the pre-chamber via an inlet opening, -a rise channel for connecting the pre-chamber to a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, -a guiding device for influencing the flow of the gas in the pre-chamber, said guiding device being arranged adjacent to the inlet opening in such a manner that in operation, a volume flow of hot gas flowing into the pre-chamber via the rise channel and reaching the electrode of the spark plug is reduced by the guiding device. | 09-11-2014 |
20140245999 | METHOD FOR COOLING COMPRESSED CHARGE AIR OF A TURBOCHARGED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The invention relates to a method for cooling compressed charge air of a turbocharged internal combustion engine, wherein starting from a compression temperature the compressed charge air is cooled in a first cooling device to a first lowered temperature and in a subsequent second cooling device is cooled to a second lowered temperature which is lower than the first lowered temperature, wherein after the second cooling device the compressed charge air is cooled in a third cooling device to a third lowered temperature which is lower than the second lowered temperature, wherein the cooling or the compressed charge air in the third cooling device is effected only intermittently during operation of the internal combustion engine. | 09-04-2014 |
20140216029 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, IN PARTICULAR A STATIONARY GAS ENGINE, COMPRISING A COMBUSTION CHAMBER - An internal combustion engine, in particular a stationary gas engine, includes a combustion chamber to which a propellant can be fed from a first propellant source via a combustion chamber pipe, and a pre-combustion chamber to which a flushing gas can be fed via a flushing gas pipe. A flushing gas mixer , in which a propellant to be fed via a propellant pipe from the first propellant source or from a second propellant source, and a synthesis gas to be fed via a synthesis gas pipe, can be mixed is provided. A mixer outlet opens into the flushing gas pipe, and the synthesis gas can be generated by a reformer to which a fuel can be fed from a fuel source via a reformer feed pipe. The reformer outlet of the reformer opens into the synthesis gas pipe, and a cooling device for cooling the synthesis gas is provided. | 08-07-2014 |
20140196684 | SPARK PLUG FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The invention relates to a spark plug for an internal combustion engine, in particular a gas engine. The spark plug includes a middle electrode and at least one earth electrode group, each comprising one or more earth electrode platelets. The middle electrode includes at least one middle electrode platelet having a middle electrode surface, and the middle electrode surface is inclined in a range from 0° to 50°, preferably to at most 45°, to a cross-sectional plane transverse to the longitudinal axis of the spark plug. Each earth electrode platelet of an earth electrode group has an earth electrode surface facing towards the middle electrode surface, spaced apart from the earth electrode surface and running substantially parallel to the earth electrode surface. | 07-17-2014 |
20140116362 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A STATIONARY POWER GENERATING PLANT - A method for operating a stationary power generating plant, comprising a gas engine with at least one pre-chamber and at least one main combustion chamber, wherein the stationary power generating plant is fed a gas stream—in particular a substantially continuous gas stream—which comprises a hardly inflammable gas, wherein the gas stream is divided in the stationary power generating plant into a main stream and a partial stream, wherein the main stream is fed to the at least one main combustion chamber and wherein the partial stream is treated to increase its inflammability and is fed to the at least one pre-chamber of the gas engine, and also a stationary power generating plant with a gas engine. | 05-01-2014 |
20140109866 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine includes one main combustion chamber for the combustion of a first combustion mixture, one pre-combustion chamber for each respective main combustion chamber for the combustion of a second combustion mixture, a first fuel gas mixer for providing the first combustion mixture, a second fuel gas mixer for providing the second combustion mixture, an air feed line and a synthesis gas feed line, a first mixture line connected to the first fuel gas mixer and the main combustion chamber, and a second mixture line connected to the second fuel gas mixer and the pre-combustion chamber. The first fuel gas mixer is connected to the synthesis gas feed line for the admixing of synthesis gas, and an open or closed loop control device is provided for open or closed loop controlling mixing ratios of fuel, air and synthesis gas in the first combustion mixture and/or second combustion mixture. | 04-24-2014 |
20140109855 | LASER SPARK PLUG - A laser spark plug for an internal combustion engine, in particular for a gas engine, comprising a laser crystal integrated into the laser spark plug and a combustion chamber optical means, wherein laser light pulses issuing from the laser crystal can be coupled by way of the combustion chamber optical means into a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, an optical laser light sensor being integrated into the laser spark plug, wherein the combustion chamber optical means is provided with a reflection surface which faces towards the laser light sensor—and is preferably curved—and is provided with a reflective mirroring, wherein at least a part of a laser light reflected at the reflection surface during the duration of a laser light pulse can be detected by the laser light sensor. | 04-24-2014 |
20140109853 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE-REFORMER INSTALLATION - A method of operating an internal combustion engine-reformer installation having an internal combustion engine and a reformer, includes predetermining at least one parameter of the internal combustion engine, calculating a desired amount of fuel for the reformer on the basis of the at least one parameter, feeding the desired amount of fuel to the reformer, reforming fuel to give a synthesis gas in the reformer, and feeding the synthesis gas to the internal combustion engine. A synthesis gas pressure of the synthesis gas downstream of the reformer is measured, and the synthesis gas pressure is taken into consideration when calculating the desired amount of fuel. | 04-24-2014 |
20140109845 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE REFORMER INSTALLATION - An internal combustion engine reformer installation comprising
| 04-24-2014 |
20140095052 | END-POSITION-MONITORING OF A GAS INJECTOR - The invention relates to a method for checking whether an electromagnetically actuated gas injector ( | 04-03-2014 |
20140083391 | PRE-CHAMBER SYSTEM FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A pre-chamber system for an internal combustion engine, in particular for a gas engine, comprising a pre-chamber volume in which an ignitable fuel-air mixture can be fired—in particular by an ignition device which can be arranged at the pre-chamber system—, wherein the pre-chamber system is provided with a flow transfer passage by which the pre-chamber volume can be connected to a main combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine, wherein the pre-chamber volume includes an ignition region and a flow transfer region which is at least portion-wise delimited from the ignition region by an intermediate wall, wherein the fuel-air mixture can be fired in the ignition region and the flow transfer passage opens into the flow transfer region and there is provided an air feed passage, wherein—preferably compressed—air can be fed to the flow transfer region by way of the air feed passage. | 03-27-2014 |
20140052363 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method for operating an internal combustion engine, in particular a gas engine having at least two cylinders, includes acquiring a cylinder-specific first cylinder signal (p | 02-20-2014 |
20140052362 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method for operating an internal combustion engine, in particular a gas engine having at least three cylinders, includes acquiring a cylinder-specific signal (p | 02-20-2014 |
20130342044 | System and Method for Cooling Dynamoelectric Machine - A system for cooling a dynamoelectric machine is provided. The system includes a coolant medium inlet, a coolant medium outlet and a fan connected to a rotor of the dynamoelectric machine, The system further includes a flow control device configured to control the amount of the coolant medium passing through the dynamoelectric machine by controlling an opening area of at least one of the coolant medium inlet and the coolant medium outlet. The system further includes a winding temperature measurement system configured to measure the temperature of one or more windings in the dynamoelectric machine, and control the flow control device by adjusting the opening area of at least one of the coolant medium inlet and the coolant medium outlet based on the temperature of the windings in the dynamoelectric machine to at least one of reduce windage loss and control coolant medium pressure within the dynamoelectric machine. | 12-26-2013 |
20130309142 | CATALYTIC CONVERTER ARRANGEMENT FOR AN EXHAUST-GAS CLEANING DEVICE OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An exhaust-gas cleaning device for an internal combustion engine has a catalytic converter arrangement. The catalytic converter arrangement includes, along the flow direction, a plurality of catalytically active regions which are, in particular, independent of one another. A heat dissipation device includes a heat absorbing device and one heat sink. The heat absorbing device is provided between at least two catalytically active regions. The heat absorbing device is connected to the heat sink. The exhaust-gas cleaning device includes a plurality of catalytic converter arrangements, an, in particular tubular, inner housing with a housing cover, and an outer housing which encloses the inner housing. The inner housing has a longitudinal axis, and the catalytic converter arrangements are arranged separately from one another on the housing cover of the inner housing. | 11-21-2013 |
20130263813 | CYLINDER HEAD FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A cylinder head for an internal combustion engine, in particular a gas engine, comprising at least one main combustion chamber which is provided in the cylinder head and which extends to a combustion chamber opening in a cylinder head base of the cylinder head, wherein a pre-chamber is arranged in the cylinder head, wherein the at least one main combustion chamber is connected to the pre-chamber by way of at least one flow transfer passage. | 10-10-2013 |
20130233273 | RECIPROCATING PISTON ENGINE - The invention relates to a reciprocating piston engine, comprising at least one main combustion chamber, which is formed between a piston and a cylinder and which is connected by means of a riser to a pre-chamber having a pre-chamber axis, so that gas-air mixture pushed from the main combustion chamber into the riser by the piston forms a rising flow in the pre-chamber, wherein a gas supply channel separate from the riser opens into the prechamber, and wherein the riser and the gas supply channel are oriented with respect to each other in such a way that gas fed into the pre-chamber by means of the gas supply channel hits the rising flow substantially head-on, wherein the riser runs at an angle from the pre-chamber axis. | 09-12-2013 |
20130213347 | METHOD OF OPERATING A COMBUSTION ENGINE PROVIDED WITH AT LEAST ONE FLUSHED PRECHAMBER - Method of operating a combustion engine provided with at least one flushed prechamber, wherein the at least one prechamber is connected to a main combustion chamber of the combustion engine and wherein—during a compression phase immediately preceding the ignition in the main combustion chamber—after ignition has taken place in the prechamber, in a first transfer phase gas transfers from the prechamber into the main combustion chamber, wherein after the first transfer phase, an at least two-phase, incompressible medium—preferably water—is introduced into the prechamber. | 08-22-2013 |
20130181461 | POWER PLANT UNIT - The invention relates to a power plant unit ( | 07-18-2013 |
20130174555 | ELECTRIC POWER STATION - The invention relates to a power station comprising at least two generators ( | 07-11-2013 |
20130160734 | PRECHAMBER SYSTEM - Prechamber system for an internal combustion engine, having:—a prechamber,—a fuel introduction device,—a dead space which connects the fuel introduction device to the prechamber, wherein a channel is provided which connects the prechamber to the dead space. | 06-27-2013 |