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20090013692 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A STEAM CYCLE - The invention relates to a steam cycle apparatus, comprising
| 01-15-2009 |
20090211254 | DRIVE TRAIN OF A MOTOR VEHICLE WITH A COMPRESSED-AIR SYSTEM - A drive train for a motor vehicle includes: a vehicle drive engine for driving the motor vehicle via a vehicle drive shaft driven by a vehicle drive engine; and a compressor which can be driven optionally or permanently for compressing air for a compressed-air system of the motor vehicle. The compressor is associated with at least one drive unit in the form of a steam-driven expansion machine by which the compressor can be driven. | 08-27-2009 |
20090313993 | VAPORIZER FOR A WASTE HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEM - The invention relates to a vaporizer for a working medium for operating a vapor circulation process, including a working medium inlet section, a heat exchanger section, and a vapor collection section for the vaporized working medium, which are constructed as a stacking sequence from a plurality of materially bonded plates having through openings, a first channel system for conducting the heat transfer medium and a second channel system for conducting the working medium, which is hydraulically separated from the first channel system, being applied in the heat exchanger section, and the first channel system and the second channel system each being implemented by a partial overlap of the through openings of adjacent plates. | 12-24-2009 |
20100139273 | WORKING FLUID FOR A STEAM CYCLE PROCESS AND METHOD FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF - The invention relates to a working fluid for a steam circuit process carried out in a device comprising a steam generator, an expander, a condenser, and a reservoir for the working fluid, comprising a working medium that evaporates by the addition of heat in a steam generator, performs mechanical work by expanding in the expander during the steam phase, and condenses in the condenser; an ionic fluid serving as an antifreeze component and having a melting point in the reservoir below the freezing point of the working medium, wherein the decomposition temperature of the ionic fluid is above the evaporating temperature of the working medium in the steam generator. | 06-10-2010 |
20110167823 | STEAM CIRCUIT PROCESS DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - The invention relates to a steam circuit process device, comprising a reservoir for a liquid working medium; an evaporator in which the working medium is evaporated by heat supply, the vaporous working medium being fed to an expander for expansion and for carrying out mechanical work and being subsequently liquefied in a capacitor which communicates with the reservoir; a working medium pump for supplying working medium from the reservoir to the evaporator. The invention is characterized in that liquid working medium is supplied in the direction of flow of the working medium upstream or in the region of the capacitor to the working medium exiting the expander. | 07-14-2011 |
20110265476 | OPERATIONAL FLUID FOR A VAPOUR CIRCUIT PROCESSING DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME - The invention relates to an operating fluid for a steam cycle process apparatus comprising a steam generator, an expander, a condenser and a reservoir for the operating fluid, comprising a working medium that evaporates by supplying heat in the steam generator, performs mechanical work in the vapour phase by expanding in the expander and condenses in the condenser and an ionic liquid which forms a mixture with the working medium, wherein the melting point of the mixture lies below −5° C. | 11-03-2011 |
20120006021 | HEAT EXCHANGER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - The invention concerns a heat exchanger for transmitting heat from a heating medium, in particular from the exhaust gas stream of an internal combustion engine, to a working fluid, which evaporates in the heat exchanger, comprising an alternating stacking order made of guiding layers for the heating medium and guiding layers for the working fluid; wherein the heating medium and the working fluid are injected in the cross counterflow; whereas each guiding layer for the working fluid comprises a channel plate, which has at least one meandering passage opening, whereas cover plates are arranged on both sides of the channel plate, which cover plates seal laterally the passage opening by forming a working fluid channel, except for an inlet and an outlet, wherein the channel plate is materially connected to the cover plates; and whereas the working fluid channel includes a first section, outgoing from the inlet, with a first free cross-section and a second section emerging in the outlet, with a second free cross-section, which is larger than the first free cross-section. | 01-12-2012 |
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20140190154 | Steam Power Plant and Method for Operating It - The invention relates to a method for operating a steam power plant, comprising a steam engine which is operated with a vaporous working medium, an evaporator for evaporating the working medium; a condenser for liquefying the working medium and a reservoir for the working medium. The invention is characterized in that a lubricant sump in a housing of the steam engine is heated to a temperature above the evaporating temperature of the working medium by means of a heating device during the starting phase of the steam engine. | 07-10-2014 |
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20120316023 | MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVE TRAIN - Drive train for a motor vehicle, having an electric machine for providing motive power, and a transmission arrangement. The transmission arrangement has a transmission input shaft and a first and a second gear stage. The transmission input shaft is connected to the electric machine. The drive train has a differential, which is connected to an output of the transmission and is set up to distribute motive power to two drive shafts. The differential is connected to a helically toothed driving gear, which is in engagement with a helically toothed pinion of the transmission output. A pressure pad arrangement absorbs axial forces arising from the helical toothing. | 12-13-2012 |
20130056322 | CLUTCH ARRANGEMENT, MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVE TRAIN AND CLUTCH ACTIVATION METHOD - A clutch arrangement for connecting two components, which can rotate relative to one another, of a motor vehicle drive train, in particular for connecting two shafts of a transmission or a shaft to an idler gear rotatably mounted on the shaft. The clutch arrangement has a clutch and an actuator arrangement. The clutch is opened in a first actuator position of an actuator section of the actuator arrangement. The clutch arrangement has a locking device for locking the actuator section in a locked position to keep the clutch closed. The locking device has a slotted-link guide with a first guide section and a second guide section for the actuator section, wherein the locked position can be reached from the first actuator position via the first guide section, and wherein the first actuator position can be reached from the locked position via the second guide section. | 03-07-2013 |
20130305861 | CLUTCH ARRANGEMENT AND TWO-SPEED GEARBOX - Clutch arrangement for a motor vehicle gearbox. The clutch arrangement has a housing and a clutch. The clutch is arranged in the housing and is arranged concentrically with a shaft, which extends in a longitudinal axis. The shaft is supported on the housing by means of a first shaft bearing adjacent to the clutch and by means of a second shaft bearing spaced at an axial distance from the clutch. The clutch arrangement has an actuator arrangement for actuating the clutch. The actuator arrangement is designed to exert an actuating force on the clutch in a first longitudinal direction. The actuator arrangement here being axially braced on the housing and a force flux being introduced into the shaft as a result of the actuating force. The first shaft bearing is arranged so that the force flux introduced into the shaft can be axially braced on the housing by way of the first shaft bearing. | 11-21-2013 |
20140033844 | STEP-VARIABLE TRANSMISSION FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - Step-variable transmission for a motor vehicle. The transmission has a gearbox inlet, which can be connected to a drive motor, and has a gearbox outlet, which can be connected to a driven axle of the motor vehicle. The step-variable transmission is designed for establishing at least a first gear and a further gear. Power in the first gear is transmitted from the gearbox inlet to the gearbox outlet by way of a first clutch arrangement. Power in the further gear is transmitted from the gearbox inlet to the gearbox outlet by way of a second clutch arrangement. The second clutch arrangement comprises a powershift clutch. The first clutch arrangement comprises an overrunning clutch. | 02-06-2014 |
20140080650 | DRIVETRAIN FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A drivetrain for a motor vehicle has a first electric machine provides drive power, wherein the first electric machine is connected to an electrical energy store. A differential can distribute drive power to two driven wheels or axles of the motor vehicle. A first transmission arrangement which connects the first electric machine to the differential. A second electric machine which is coupled to an internal combustion engine in order to charge the electrical energy store in a generator mode. A second transmission arrangement connects the internal combustion engine to the differential. The second transmission arrangement has a first gear stage and a second gear stage which can be alternately engaged, for the transmission of drive power from the internal combustion engine to the differential, by means of a clutch arrangement. | 03-20-2014 |
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20100132911 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR EQUALIZATION OF THE HEAT TRANSFER OF A CAST PRODUCT DURING THE SOLIDIFICATION THEREOF ON A METAL CONVEYOR BELT OF A HORIZONTAL STRIP CASTING INSTALLATION - In the casting close-to-the final dimension of rectangular strands made of metal and the subsequent further processing thereof into metal strips according to the DSC method (direct strip casting) in a horizontal continuous casting installation the cast product ( | 06-03-2010 |
20100236748 | CASTER - The invention relates to a casting device ( | 09-23-2010 |
20100282432 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR EQUALIZING THE SOLIDIFICATION PROCESS OF A MOLTEN METAL PARTICULARLY PRODUCED DURING STRAND OR STRIP CASTING - The invention relates to a method of equalizing a solidification process of molten metal produced, in particular, during strand or strip casting, wherein the molten metal ( | 11-11-2010 |
20100288462 | CASTING SYSTEM WITH A DEVICE FOR APPLYING FLUID ONTO A CAST STRIP - The invention relates to a casting system ( | 11-18-2010 |
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20130042993 | METHOD OF AND DEVICE FOR EQUALIZING SOLIDIFICATION PROCESS OF MOLTEN METAL PRODUCED, IN PARTICULAR, DURING STRIP CASTING - A method of equalizing a solidification process of molten metal produced, in particular, during strip casting, includes subjecting the molten metal to an electromagnetic stirring process, with a magnetic field is applied to the molten metal located upstream of the area of the electromagnetic stirring process. The electromagnetic stirring includes applying, during the solidification process, at least one electromagnetic field to an already solidified, external region ( | 02-21-2013 |
20130112364 | CASTING SYSTEM WITH A DEVICE FOR APPLYING FLUID ON A CAST STRIP - A casting system ( | 05-09-2013 |
20130269905 | MELT CHARGING SYSTEM FOR STRIP CASTING - A melt charging system for the horizontal strip casting of a molten metal with a run-out element, in particular with a nozzle ( | 10-17-2013 |
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20110253339 | METHOD FOR EQUALIZATION OF THE HEAT TRANSFER OF A CAST PRODUCT DURING THE SOLIDIFICATION THEREOF ON A METAL CONVEYOR BELT OF A HORIZONTAL STRIP CASTING INSTALLATION - The method of casting near net-shape rectangular strands made of metal and the subsequent further processing the strands into metal strips includes applying pressure from above to the cast product ( | 10-20-2011 |
20110254544 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING THE LAYER THICKNESS OF PARTIALLY SOLIDIFIED MELTS - The present invention relates to a method and a device for measuring the layer thickness of partially solidified melts, particularly on a conveyor belt, during continuous casting. In order to determine the layer thickness, magnetic fields are used, which are created by means of electromagnetic stirring coils that are present on one side of the layer. The reduced magnetic field is then detected on the other side of the layer and is used for calculating the layer thickness. | 10-20-2011 |
20120006502 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CASTING AND ROLLING METAL - The invention essentially relates to a device and a method for casting and rolling metal, wherein at least one first and one second casting line for casting slabs and a rolling train for rolling the casted slabs are provided. The first casting line is designed as a horizontal thin-slab casting system ( | 01-12-2012 |
20120285653 | DEVICE FOR THICKNESS MEASUREMENT AND METHOD THEREFOR - The invention relates to a device and a method for the measurement of a thickness, particularly for use in casting systems for strips or profiles, having a measuring device, wherein the thickness of a liquid or pasty melt, or of a solidified cast product is measured on a die, or in a vessel. | 11-15-2012 |
20120325425 | METHOD FOR STRIP CASTING STEEL AND SYSTEM FOR STRIP CASTING - The invention relates to a method for casting steel having a chromium content of more than 15 wt.-%, which is characterized in that the steel is cast in a horizontal strip casting system ( | 12-27-2012 |