General Electric Company

Lockheed Martin Corporation

Transportation IP Holdings, LLC

Michael Kent Cueman

Paul B Tuck

Daniel Jason Erno

George Charles Sogoian

Philip Paul Beauchamp

Dean David Marschke

John J Kaehler

Weiping Wang

Roy James Primus

Michael Evans Graham

Steven Robert Hayashi

Todd Alan Anderson

Lewis Jones Thomas, Iii

Anthony Holmes Furman

Frederick C Schoenig, Jr

Gregory Alan Mohr

Emily Yixie Shu

Charles Richard Evans

Casmir R Trzaskos

Meng-Ling Hsiao

Thomas Huei Hwang

Richard Alan Ridilla

Mehmet Arik

Charles D Greskovich

Dale M Brown

John Saunders Stevenson

Seyed Gholamali Saddoughi

Steven Craig Russell

Thomas Frederick Leininger

Nirm Velumylum Nirmalan

Farzin Homayoun Azad

Michael Richard Durling

Bhaskar Tamma

Jeffrey Scott Goldmeer

Judith Pauline Oppenheim

Jaime A Zuloaga, Jr

James D Landry

Edward S Walker

Bahram Keramati

Donna C Hurley

Robert A Haughton

Teresa Grocela-Rocha

August David Matula

James Wilson Clark

Kurt D Ellis

Michael J Austin

Mark S Conradi

Penelope Markatou

A pressure control system is provided. The pressure control system includes a first pressure sensing device configured to obtain a first pressure measurement including at least one of a first differential pressure and a first pressure, the first pressure measurement obtained from at least one of within and downstream from a solids supply system, a second pressure sensing device configured to obtain a second pressure measurement including at least one of a second differential pressure and a second pressure within the solids supply system, and a pressure controller configured to use the first pressure measurement and the second pressure measurement to control a pressure within the solids supply system.

Solids supply system and method for supplying solids

A novel separator assembly for a spiral flow reverse osmosis apparatus is provided. In one embodiment, the separator assembly comprises a central core element comprising at least two permeate exhaust conduits and not comprising a concentrate exhaust conduit. Each permeate exhaust conduit defines an exhaust channel and one or more openings allowing fluid communication between an exterior surface of the permeate exhaust conduit and the exhaust channel, said permeate exhaust conduits independently defining a cavity between said conduits. The cavity is configured to accommodate a first portion of a membrane stack assembly comprising at least one feed carrier layer, at least two permeate carrier layers, and at least two membrane layers. A first portion of the membrane stack assembly is disposed within the cavity, and a second portion of the membrane stack assembly is wound around the central core element and forms a multilayer membrane assembly disposed around the central core element.

Separator assembly

A novel separator assembly for a spiral flow reverse osmosis apparatus is provided. In one embodiment, the separator assembly comprises a central core element comprising at least one permeate exhaust conduit and at least one concentrate exhaust conduit. Each exhaust conduit defines an exhaust channel and one or more openings allowing fluid communication between an exterior surface of the exhaust conduit and the exhaust channel, said exhaust conduits independently defining a cavity between said conduits. The cavity is configured to accommodate a first portion of a membrane stack assembly comprising at least one feed carrier layer, at least one permeate carrier layer, and at least one membrane layer. A first portion of the membrane stack assembly is disposed within the cavity, and a second portion of the membrane stack assembly is wound around the central core element and forms a multilayer membrane assembly disposed around the central core element.

A system and method for control of a fluid flow. The system includes an array of interdependent fluidic actuators, each including a chamber, a flow control port, and opposite side walls configured to expand apart and contract together to flow a control fluid through the flow control port in response to an input, wherein adjacent actuators in the array of interdependent fluidic actuators are integrally coupled together via a common side wall of the opposite side walls.

Method and system for flow control with arrays of dual bimorph synthetic jet fluidic actuators

The present invention provides a central core element for separator assemblies useful in the purification of fluids, for example separator assemblies useful for the desalination of seawater. The central core element provided by the present invention comprises at least two porous exhaust conduits wherein each porous exhaust conduit comprises an exhaust channel and one or more openings which allow fluid communication between an exterior surface of the porous exhaust conduit and the exhaust channel. The central core element defines a cavity into which may be disposed a first portion of a membrane stack assembly. In the preparation of a separator assembly comprising the central core element provided by the present invention, a second portion of the membrane stack assembly forms a multilayer membrane assembly disposed around the central core element. Also provided are central core elements for salt separator assemblies and spiral flow reverse osmosis devices.

Central core element for a separator assembly

An MRI apparatus includes a MRI gradient coil and an MRI cooling system. The MRI cooling system is thermally connected to the MRI gradient coil and includes a cooling circuit. A chiller is connected to the cooling circuit and configured to pump a coolant through the cooling circuit and extract heat from the coolant. The coolant includes both a carrier fluid and a phase-change material.

Enhanced heat transfer in MRI gradient coils with phase-change materials

System and method for supplying reductants to an emission treatment system. The system includes a fuel tank adapted to supply a premixed fuel stream that includes a primary component and a reductant component, and an engine in fluid communication with the fuel tank, wherein the engine is configured to create an emission. The engine includes an emission treatment system to treat the emission. The system also includes a separation system that includes a membrane with differential permeability for the reductant component relative to the primary component. The separation system is configured to receive at least a portion of the premixed fuel stream from the tank and to separate the premixed fuel stream into a first fraction and a second fraction. The first fraction includes a higher concentration of the reductant component than the second fraction, and the separation system is configured to supply the first fraction to the emission treatment system.

System and method for supplying reductants to an emission treatment system

In certain embodiments, there is provided a method of operating a turbocharged system including injecting a first quantity of fuel into an engine cylinder at a first predetermined time during a second half of a compression stroke before a piston of the engine cylinder reaches top dead center of the compression stroke. The method further includes injecting a second quantity of fuel into the engine cylinder at a second predetermined time after the first predetermined time when the piston is advanced by a predetermined advance value before the piston reaches the top dead center of the compression stroke.

System and method for operating a turbo-charged engine

A regenerative fuel cell is combined with a combustion engine such as a Pulse Detonation Engine (PDE) to create a closed-loop power generation system. Stored hydrogen and oxygen are used by the regenerative fuel cell, and by the combustion engine, in which the reaction of the hydrogen and oxygen produces water in the gas phase (steam). The steam is used to generate work from a turbine shaft, which is used to drive a propulsion system for the marine vessel. After the steam passes through the turbine, the steam is cooled back to liquid water by a condenser, and stored with the water produced by the regenerative fuel cell. The stored water can be converted back into hydrogen and oxygen by using electrical power external to the closed-loop system. After regeneration of the water into hydrogen and oxygen, the closed-loop power system would be ready for operation again.

Power generation system using a combustion system and a fuel cell

A system and method are provided to control a turbocharger by fluidic control of engine exhaust by steering the same. The system and method include fluidic control of engine exhaust flow directed toward an expander section of the turbocharger, wherein one of position or velocity is effectively varied by a small stream of a fluid in fluid communication with the exhaust gas flow thereby varying the drive of a compressor section of the turbocharger.

System and method for turbocharger control

Ignition of a main fuel in an internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder having a combustion chamber is accomplished by diverting a portion of the main fuel to a processing system; processing said portion of the main fuel to increase ignition sensitivity thereof and form a pilot fuel; introducing the main fuel into the combustion chamber; and introducing said pilot fuel to control ignition of the main fuel.

System and method for controlling ignition in internal combustion engines

An information gathering system for remotely monitoring and diagnosing the condition of equipment includes at least one sensor, electronic controller, electronic module and data processor unit. The electronic controller is connected to monitored equipment and operable to sense and electronically store an indication of the equipment condition. The electronic module is removably connectible with the electronic controller and operable to electronically record the indication of equipment condition, removably connectible with a telephone outlet and capable of sensing connection therewith, and preprogrammed to dial the telephone number of a data processor unit at a remote service provider location. The data processor unit responds to the dialed telephone number, downloads the electronic indication, analyzes it and outputs a recommended course of action.

Information gathering system for remotely monitoring and diagnosing equipment condition

An apparatus for reducing emissions of a combustion engine is disclosed, the apparatus comprising: an energy converter adapted to convert mechanical energy to electrical energy, but having no mechanical coupling to any drive shaft of the combustion engine; and an exhaust aftertreatment device adapted to receive the electrical energy from the energy converter, receive exhaust gases from the combustion engine, and remove pollutants from the exhaust gases.

Method and apparatus for reducing combustion engine emissions

A method for detecting misalignment of initially-aligned fiber filaments in a composite. An optical fiber is placed among the fiber filaments in the composite, light is directed into the optical fiber, the intensity of the light in the optical fiber is measured during subsequent composite processing, and attenuation in such light intensity is ascertained which indicates such misalignment (e.g., wrinkling, bending, buckling, porosity, delamination and the like) is being detected during such processing. In another preferred method, before-processing and after-processing x-ray images are taken of an x-ray-attenuating fiber which has been placed among x-ray-transparent fiber filaments in a composite.

Method for detecting fiber misalignment in composite manufacturing

Detecting and minimizing fiber misalignment in a composite during

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