Aspen Aerogels, Inc.

Aspen Compressor, LLC

William Gronemeyer

Kang P Lee

George Leighton Gould

Christopher Stepanian

Christopher John Stepanian

Glenn I Deming

Curtis R Slayton

Disclosed is a pressurized internal oil management system, comprising an oil dam, at least one oil separator, at least one oil collection manifold, at least one oil pump, and one or more paths for returning the separated oil; said system integrated within the casing of a fluid displacement device to supply adequate lubrication regardless of orientations under zero to full gravity, and methods and applications related thereto. Fluid displacement devices useful herein include oil lubricated rotary or reciprocating machinery, such as compressors, expanders, pumps and engines, in the casing of which exists one or more drive mechanisms that can be utilized to operate the oil management system, in most cases without even increasing the size of the casing. The present invention is especially useful for applications where small size and low weight of the fluid displacement device or the system containing it are important, such as personal or electronic cooling systems in terrestrial mobile applications or various cooling systems in aerospace applications.

Orientation and gravity insensitive in-casing oil management system for fluid displacement devices, and methods related thereto

The present invention provides various methods for producing gel sheets in a continuous fashion. The embodiments of the present invention help reduce the time of producing gel sheets that is suitable for industrial manufacturing. Such gel sheets are used in manufacturing aerogel blankets used in a variety of applications including thermal and acoustic insulation.

Advanced gel sheet production

Methods to produce gel sheets

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Wilmington, MA, United States of America

William Gronemeyer