According to one or more embodiments, an organic light-emitting device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; and an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the organic layer including an emission layer. The organic layer includes a first compound represented by Formula 1 and a second compound represented by one selected from Formulae 2-1 to 2-3:

Host materials with pentafluorophenyl substitution are described. These compounds are designed for, and used for hosting aza substituted dopants that may be susceptible to intramolecular deprotonation. In addition, the fluorinated substitution aids with electron transport within the emissive layer.

A compound includes a benzofuropyrimidine skeleton or a benzothienopyrimidine skeleton, a first substituent, and a second substituent. Each of the first substituent and the second substituent includes a furan skeleton, a thiophene skeleton, or a pyrrole skeleton. The first substituent is bonded to a pyrimidine ring included in the benzofuropyrimidine skeleton or a pyrimidine ring included in the benzothienopyrimidine skeleton. The second substituent is bonded to a benzene ring included in the benzofuropyrimidine skeleton or a benzene ring included in the benzothienopyrimidine skeleton. The light-emitting element includes the compound.

The present disclosure provides a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound having a general formula (I) and an organic photoelectric apparatus thereof. The compound of general formula (I) is: wherein A1, A2, A3, and A4 are independently selected from a hydrogen atom, a function group having a general formula (II); A1, A2, A3, and A4 include at least one function group having the general formula (II); R1 and R2 are independently selected from one of hydrogen, deuterium, C1-30 alkyl group, C6-30 aromatic group and C2-30 heterocyclic aromatic group; Y1 and Y2 are independently selected from substituted or non-substituted C and N,the general formula (II) being: wherein X is selected from one of oxyl group (—O—), sulfhydryl group (—S—), substituted or non-substituted imino group, substituted or non-substituted methylene group, and substituted or non-substituted silicylene group; and R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, and R10 are independently selected from one of hydrogen, deuterium, C1-30 alkyl group, C6-30 aromatic group, and C2-30 heterocyclic aromatic group.

The present disclosure provides a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound having a general formula (I) and an organic photoelectric apparatus thereof. The general formula (I) is: wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, A9, and A10 are independently selected from a hydrogen atom, a nitrile group and a function group having a general formula (II), and A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, A9, and A10 include at least one nitrile group and at least one function group having the general formula (II),the general formula (II) being: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, and R8 are independently selected from hydrogen atoms, deuterium atoms, C6-30 aromatic group and C2-30 heterocyclic aromatic group.

A condensed cyclic compound represented by Formula 1: Ar1-L1-L2-Ar2 Formula 1 wherein in Formula 1, Ar1, Ar2, L1, and L2 are the same as described in the specification.

An organic light-emitting device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; and an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the organic layer including an emission layer, wherein the organic layer includes a first compound represented by Formula 1 and a second compound represented by Formula 2, wherein a case where the first compound is 4,4'-bis(N-carbazolyl)-1,1'-biphenyl(CBP) is excluded:

Compounds containing indolocathazole, and aromatic and/or heteroaromatic building blocks, are disclosed in this application. These compounds are useful for application in organic electroluminescent devices.

An organic light-emitting device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; and an organic layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the organic layer including an emission layer, wherein the organic layer includes a first compound represented by one selected from Formulae 1-1 and 1-2 and a second compound represented by one selected from Formulae 2-1 to 2-3.

A compound is represented by Formula 1 and an organic light-emitting device including the same: wherein Formula 1 is the same as described above.

A light-emitting element with high emission efficiency and high reliability is provided. The light-emitting element includes a light-emitting layer containing a first organic compound, a second organic compound, and a guest material. The first organic compound has a nitrogen-containing six-membered heteroaromatic skeleton. In the light-emitting layer, the weight ratio of an organic compound having a nitrogen-containing five-membered heterocyclic skeleton with an NH group, a secondary amine skeleton with an NH group, or a primary amine skeleton with an NH group to the first organic compound is less than or equal to 0.03, or alternatively, the weight ratio of the organic compound having a nitrogen-containing five-membered heterocyclic skeleton with an NH group, a secondary amine skeleton with an NH group, or a primary amine skeleton with an NH group to the second organic compound is less than or equal to 0.01.

An organic light-emitting device includes a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, and an emission layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. An electron transport region is between the second electrode and the emission layer. The electron transport region includes an electron injection layer including a first component including at least one halide of an alkali metal (Group I), a second component including at least one organometallic compound, and a third component including at least one of a lanthanide metal or an alkaline earth metal (Group II).

A thin film that has high flatness and high charge transport properties and enables an organic EL element to achieve excellent luminance characteristics if applied thereto can be obtained by using a charge-transporting varnish which contains a charge-transporting substance, an organosilane compound that is composed of a polymer prepared in advance by subjecting an alkoxysilane compound to hydrolysis-condensation and having a weight average molecular weight of 500-10,000, and an organic solvent, said alkoxysilane compound containing at least one compound selected from among alkoxysilane compounds represented by formulae (1-1) and (1-2). SiR1(OR2)3 (1-1) SiR12(OR2)2 (1-2) (In the formulae, each R1 independently represents an alkyl group having 1-20 carbon atoms, which is substituted by Z1, or the like; each R2 independently represents an alkyl group having 1-20 carbon atoms, which may be substituted by Z3; and each of Z1 and Z3 represents a halogen atom or the like.)

An organic light emitting element includes a first electrode a second electrode that faces the first electrode, an emission layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the emission layer including quantum dots, and a hole transport layer between the first electrode and the emission layer. The quantum dots include at least one of a Group I-VI compound, a Group II-VI compound, and a Group III-VI compound. The hole transport layer includes at least one of a p-doped Group I-VI compound, a p-doped Group II-VI compound, and a p-doped Group III-VI compound.

The present invention relates to a delayed fluorescence-quantum dot (QD) electroluminescent diode, the delayed fluorescence-quantum dot electroluminescent diode includes an anode, a cathode, and a light emitting layer located between the anode and the cathode, and the light emitting layer includes a QD and a delayed fluorescence material which supplies energy to the QD.

An organic light emitting display (OLED) device can include a substrate on which first to third light emitting portions are defined, first electrodes respectively positioned on the first to third light emitting portions, a first stack formed on the first electrodes and including first, second and third light emitting layers corresponding to the first, second and third light emitting portions, respectively, an N-type charge generation layer (CGL) positioned on the first stack, a transition metal oxide layer positioned on the N-type CGL, a second stack positioned on the transition metal oxide layer and including fourth, fifth and sixth light emitting layers corresponding to the first, second and third light emitting portions, respectively, and a second electrode positioned on the second stack.

A light-emitting device includes a pair of first electrodes arranged separated from and opposing each other on a first surface of a substrate; a light-emitting layer arranged on at least one of the first electrodes; a second electrode arranged on the light-emitting layer; and a bridge layer connecting the first electrodes. The bridge layer is formed of a material having a resistance that falls within a range of 100 kΩ to 100 MΩ.

A light-emitting device having a light-extraction structure includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; a light-emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and an inorganic-material-based layer disposed between the first electrode and the light-emitting layer or between the second electrode and the light-emitting layer. The inorganic-material-based layer has thickness of 100 nm or more and has conductivity of 10−6 Ω−1cm−1 or more and 100 Ω−1cm−1 or less.

A light emitting device and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. Herein, the light emitting device comprises: a substrate having a light emitting region and a sealing region surrounding the light emitting region; an OLED unit disposed over the light emitting region; a protection layer disposed over the OLED unit; a support unit disposed over the sealing region, wherein materials of the protection layer and the support unit are the same, and the support unit connects to the protection layer; and a cover disposed over the protection layer and the support unit; wherein a first height is between a surface of the support unit adjacent to the cover and a surface of the substrate, a second height is between a surface of the protection layer adjacent to the cover and the surface of the substrate, and the first height is larger than the second height.

An organic light emitting display includes: an organic light emitting display panel including a light emitting surface and a non-light emitting surface opposite the light emitting surface; a heat radiation layer on the non-light emitting surface and having an emissivity equal to or greater than about 0.8 and less than about 1; and a protective member spaced from the heat radiation layer such that an air layer is between the protective member and the heat radiation layer. The protective member includes a base layer and a heat absorbing layer having an emissivity greater than an emissivity of the base layer.

The present disclosure provides an OLED display panel, an electronic device, and a manufacturing method. The OLED display panel comprises a substrate, a first electrode, a light-emitting function layer, and a second electrode including Ag or a metal alloy containing Ag. When the second electrode is made of the metal alloy containing Ag, a content of Ag in the second electrode is more than a sum of contents of all other elements in the second electrode.

The present disclosure provides a method for packaging an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display panel. The method includes providing a first substrate and a second substrate; forming a first bonding layer in a packaging region of the first substrate; and forming a second bonding layer in a packaging region of the second substrate. The method also includes bonding the first substrate with the second substrate by molecular bonding between the first bonding layer and the second bonding layer.

The present disclosure provides a display substrate and fabricating method, a display panel, and a display apparatus. The display substrate includes a substrate including a sealing region and a driving wire on the substrate. At least a portion of the driving wire is in the sealing region. The portion of the driving wire includes: a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and sides there-between connecting to the first surface and the second surface. Each side has a projection width on the substrate of at least about 1 μm.

A light emitting device having a structure in which oxygen and moisture are prevented from reaching light emitting elements, and a method of manufacturing the same, are provided. Further, the light emitting elements are sealed by using a small number of process steps, without enclosing a drying agent. The present invention has a top surface emission structure. A substrate on which the light emitting elements are formed is bonded to a transparent sealing substrate. The structure is one in which a transparent second sealing material covers the entire surface of a pixel region when bonding the two substrates, and a first sealing material (having a higher viscosity than the second sealing material), which contains a gap material (filler, fine particles, or the like) for protecting a gap between the two substrates, surrounds the pixel region. The two substrates are sealed by the first sealing material and the second sealing material. Further, reaction between electrodes of the light emitting elements (cathodes or anodes) and the sealing materials can be prevented by covering the electrodes with a transparent protective layer, for example, CaF2, MgF2, or BaF2.

A display apparatus including a substrate; a display unit disposed on the substrate; a sealing layer disposed on the display unit; a touch screen layer disposed on the sealing layer; and a buffer layer disposed between the sealing layer and the touch screen layer. The sealing layer includes n sealing units each including an organic layer and an inorganic layer, in which n is an integer of 1 or greater. The organic layer and the inorganic layer are sequentially stacked on the display unit. The organic layer includes a cured product for forming an organic layer including a first photocurable monomer. The buffer layer includes a cured product for forming a buffer layer including a second and third photocurable monomer. The first and second photocurable monomers include a photocurable functional group. The third photocurable monomer is represented by Formulae 1A to 1C.

A display device, which includes a display region constituted by a plurality of pixels, includes a first substrate having a hygroscopic agent formed in a peripheral region outside the display region and a sealing film covering the hygroscopic agent, a second substrate disposed facing the first substrate, and an adhesive layer, at least a portion of which is disposed closer to the side of the display region than the hygroscopic agent, and which bonds the first substrate to the second substrate.

The present application discloses a light emitting diode comprising a plurality of sub-pixels comprising a first electrode layer, wherein the first electrode layer is a reflective electrode layer; a second electrode layer; a light emitting layer between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer; a first microcavity tuning layer sandwiched by the first electrode layer and the light emitting layer within the plurality of sub-pixels; and a second microcavity tuning layer sandwiched by the first microcavity tuning layer and the light emitting layer within at least one of the plurality of sub-pixels, and the first microcavity tuning layer is sandwiched by the first electrode layer and the second microcavity tuning layer within the at least one of the plurality of sub-pixels. The first microcavity tuning layer is made of a material including a transparent conductive material in a first state and the second microcavity tuning layer is made of a material including a transparent conductive material in a second state, the first state and the second state are different states selected from a crystalline state and an amorphous state.

An organic light-emitting device is provided. The organic light-emitting device includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; an organic light-emitting element disposed on the first surface; and a low refractive index layer disposed on the second surface, wherein the low refractive index layer includes a mixture including polyvinylidene fluoride and inorganic nano-platelet, a hyperbranched polysiloxane, or a combination thereof.

An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display panel and an OLED display apparatus are provided. The OLED display panel comprises: a first electrode and a second electrode disposed in a stacked configuration, wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is a light-output-side electrode; an organic luminescent layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; an electron transport layer disposed between the organic luminescent layer and the second electrode; and an optical coupling layer disposed on a surface of the light-output-side electrode far away from the organic luminescent layer. The electron transport layer contains element ytterbium (Yb) with a volume percentage equal to or less than approximately 3%.

An OLED display panel with a method manufacturing the same includes: a substrate; an OLED display device, formed on the substrate; a cover plate, disposed on the substrate to seal the OLED display device; and a first resonant cavity layer, formed on the OLED display device and below the cover plate, configured to absorb blue light with wavelengths between 400 and 440 nm. By adjusting a resonant cavity length of the resonant cavity, the present disclosure changes a proportion of energy of blue light to a preset wavelength band in emitting light, significantly reduces a proportion of a spectrum below 435 nm to the preset wavelength band, and reduces material use of the resonant cavity layer, being conducive to improving device efficiency and reducing production cost, and being able to obtain eye-protecting effect at the same time.

Provided is a display device and a manufacturing method of the same. The display device includes: a base substrate having a top surface and a side surface, a display region over the top surface, a terminal over the top surface and between the display region and the side surface, the terminal being electrically connected to the display region, and an anisotropic conductive film over the terminal. An edge portion of the anisotropic conductive film is spaced from the side surface, and its distance is equal to or larger than 10 μm and equal to or smaller than 1 mm.

A gas turbine that includes: a combustor coupled to a turbine that define a working fluid flowpath; a compressor discharge cavity; a staged injection system that includes the forward injector and a staged injector; a stator blade positioned extending across the working fluid flowpath between an inboard sidewall and an outboard sidewall. A one-way continuous coolant flowpath that includes: an intake section that comprises an upstream port connected to the compressor discharge cavity and a downstream port formed through one of the inboard and outboard sidewalls; an outtake section that comprises a downstream port connected to the staged injector and an upstream port formed through the same one of the inboard and outboard sidewalls; and a cooling circuit extending through an interior of the airfoil of the stator blade and connecting to the downstream port of the intake section and the upstream port of the outtake section.

An axial fuel staging injector for a gas turbine includes a body. The body includes an upstream end and a downstream end. The body defines a primary compressed air flow path through which compressed air flows from a compressed air source to a transition duct of a gas turbine combustor. The body includes a plurality of outlets disposed on an interior surface thereof. Each outlet of the plurality of outlets includes a secondary fuel conduit in fluid communication with a secondary fuel source, and includes a first wall that defines a secondary fuel path. The secondary compressed air conduit is in fluid communication with a compressed air source, and includes a second wall disposed about the first wall in a substantially coannular arrangement, wherein the first wall and the second wall define a secondary compressed air flow path. Each outlet is configured to inject a secondary fuel and compressed air into the primary compressed air flow path in a direction transverse to the primary compressed air flow path forming a fuel-air mixture.

A combustor cap module is provided with a retention system to facilitate assembly and disassembly. The combustor cap module further includes a cap face assembly having a cooling plate; a cylindrical sleeve including a connecting surface for attaching the cap face assembly to the retention assembly; and a coupling member mounted in a downstream fuel nozzle opening in the cooling plate. The retention system includes a support plate having an inner panel that defines an upstream fuel nozzle opening. The coupling member extends through the upstream fuel nozzle opening, such that its upstream end extends upstream of the support plate. A retaining ring at least partially encircles the upstream end of the coupling member and is engaged by a spring plate that is removably secured to the support plate at multiple locations. A method for assembling a combustor cap module is also provided.

An apparatus and a system directed to an improved hydraulic circuit for use on implements powered by separate motorized vehicle such as a tractor. The apparatus and system include an implement, such as a bale processing or stacking device, configured with wheels to be a towed vehicle, with the towed vehicle configured to be conveyed by a tow vehicle. Additionally, a hydraulic pump on the tow vehicle is coupled to one or more accumulators on the towed device to provide hydraulic power at varying rates as needed by one or more mechanical operations of the implement vehicle. A hydraulic circuit including check and block valves in concert with a pressure switch on the implement device obtains hydraulic power from the tow vehicle from a hydraulic pump located on the tow vehicle via one or more hydraulic transfer lines from the tow vehicle to the implement.

A vehicular brake device that implements ESC/TRC control suppresses hydraulic pressure variations produced during open/close control of a brake actuator holding valve or depressurizing valve. While a brake operating member is not operated and a wheel cylinder pressure supplying control is executed to supply target wheel cylinder pressure to respective wheel cylinders, the target servo pressure is set to a first predetermined target servo pressure smaller than a maximum output pressure of the servo pressure generating device. When wheel cylinder pressure supplying control starts, the target servo pressure is set as the target wheel cylinder maximum value when a firstly occurred rising inclination of the target wheel cylinder maximum value is equal to or more than a minimum increment of an output of the servo pressure generating device per unit time and at the same time when the target wheel cylinder pressure is below the first determined target servo pressure.

One embodiment provides a hydraulic pressure generation apparatus. In the hydraulic pressure generation apparatus, a motor attached to a base body. The base body includes: a first cylinder hole having a closed bottom in which a first piston is inserted to thereby form a master cylinder; and a second cylinder hole having a closed bottom in which a second piston is inserted to thereby form a slave cylinder. The first cylinder hole and the second cylinder hole have respective openings in a surface of the base body located on one side thereof. Axial lines of the first cylinder hole, the second cylinder hole and an output shaft of the motor are arranged approximately parallel with each other.

A ceramic composition, optionally in the form of a honeycomb structure, ceramic precursor compositions suitable for sintering to form said ceramic composition, a method for preparing said ceramic composition and ceramic honeycomb structure, a diesel particulate filter comprising said ceramic honeycomb structure, and a vehicle comprising said diesel particulate filter.

There is provided coal gasification unit including: a coal gasifier; a char recovery unit; flare equipment; an air flow rate adjustment valve and an oxygen supply flow passage that supply oxygen-containing gas to the coal gasifier; an inert gas supply flow passage that supplies nitrogen gas to an upstream side of the char recovery unit; and a control unit that controls a supply amount of the oxygen-containing gas and a supply amount of the nitrogen gas, in which the coal gasifier has a starting burner, and in which the control unit controls the supply amount of the nitrogen gas prior to starting combustion of starting fuel by the starting burner so that an oxygen concentration of mixed gas in which combustion gas generated by combustion of the oxygen-containing gas and the starting fuel has been mixed with the nitrogen gas becomes not more than an ignition concentration.

A component for a gas turbine engine including a gas path wall having a first surface and a second surface. A cooling hole extends through the gas path wall from an inlet in the first surface through a transition to an outlet in the second surface. Cusps are formed on the transition.

A product for use in a turbocharger system. A turbine housing may define a center core that is circular in shape with a circumference. The turbine housing may define a first volute that extends for a length around only a part of the circumference of the center core, and a second volute that may be positioned radially outside the first volute and that may extend entirely around the circumference of the center core. The first volute and the second volute may define first and second exhaust gas passages through the turbine housing that may be asymmetric. All points of the second volute may be radially outside the first volute from the center core over the entire length of the first volute.

In one embodiment, a plant control apparatus is configured to control a power generating plant that includes a gas turbine configured to be driven by a gas, an exhaust heat recovery boiler configured to generate steam by using heat of an exhaust gas from the gas turbine, a temperature reducing apparatus configured to cool, through a cooling medium, the steam generated by the exhaust heat recovery boiler, and a steam turbine configured to be driven by the steam cooled by the temperature reducing apparatus. The plant control apparatus includes an output controller configured to control output of the gas turbine, and a temperature reduction controller configured to control a cooling operation of the steam by the temperature reducing apparatus while the output controller controls the output of the gas turbine.

A gas separation process for treating exhaust gases from combustion processes. The invention involves routing a first portion of the exhaust stream to a carbon dioxide capture step, while simultaneously flowing a second portion of the exhaust gas stream across the feed side of a membrane, flowing a sweep gas stream, usually air, across the permeate side, then passing the permeate/sweep gas back to the combustor.

In a method of reducing pollutants of a combustion engine, exhaust gas, generated by a cylinder of the combustion engine, is fed to an exhaust gas aftertreatment system as a function of a predefined condition solely via a first exhaust channel which communicates with a first one of first and second exhaust valves of the cylinder. The first exhaust channel is hereby coated, at least in part, by a thermally insulating layer selected such that a heat input is transmitted to the exhaust gas aftertreatment system which heat input is greater than a heat input in a second exhaust channel communicating with a second one of the first and second exhaust valves. The predefined condition is defined as a function of a coolant temperature of the combustion engine.

An exhaust treatment system comprising a first oxidation catalyst to oxidise nitrogen and/or carbon compounds in an exhaust stream and a first dosage device downstream of said first oxidation catalyst to supply a first additive. A first reduction catalyst device is arranged downstream of said first dosage device for reduction of nitrogen oxides using said first additive, and for the generation of heat, through at least one exothermal reaction with said exhaust stream. A particulate filter arranged downstream of said first reduction catalyst device to catch soot particles and a second dosage device, arranged downstream of said particulate filter to supply a second additive. A second reduction catalyst device is arranged downstream of said second dosage device for reduction of nitrogen oxides in said exhaust stream, through the use of at least one of said first and said second additive.

An exhaust apparatus for a diesel engine rapidly burns an unburned deposit in an upstream exhaust catalyst with heat of a heater. The exhaust apparatus includes a downstream exhaust cleaner, an upstream exhaust catalyst provided in an exhaust passage, upstream of the downstream exhaust cleaner, a heater disposed at an exhaust inlet of the upstream exhaust catalyst, and an engine starter apparatus. A control unit controls the power supply to the heater and an engine start process is performed by the engine starter apparatus. A start command unit is connected to the control unit. When the engine has been stopped and then the start command unit gives the control unit a start command, the control unit powers the heater without performing an engine start process, thereby keeping the engine stopped for a predetermined period of time after the start command has been given, and subsequently performing the engine start process.

The invention relates to a storage tank (1) in a motor vehicle for receiving an aqueous urea solution for the SCR of nitrogen oxide in the exhaust gas. The storage tank (1) comprises a tank body which forms a storage volume (2) for the urea solution. The storage tank (1) furthermore comprises a filling pipe for filling the storage volume (2) and means for venting the storage volume (2) during the refuelling, wherein the filling pipe (3) has a filling head (9) at a remote end, and the filling head (9) forms an orifice stub (10). The orifice stub (10) defines an orifice (11) for receiving a fuel pump nozzle. Said orifice stub furthermore has an external thread for receiving a complementary union thread of a refuelling cylinder for refuelling by the gas displacement method. The orifice stub forms at least one secondary air opening when the refuelling cylinder is attached, and therefore, when a refuelling cylinder is attached, a sealing seat is bridged by the refuelling cylinder and refuelling by the gas displacement method is possible even if counterflow venting through the filling tube (3) does not take place.

A catalytic converter for an internal combustion engine includes a tubular member which defines a volume within which a catalytic converter substrate is located, the volume communicates with an inlet portion for receiving exhaust gas emissions and with a first outlet portion for discharging emissions after catalytic conversion. The catalytic converter may also include a pipe member within the tubular member, which connects the inlet portion with the volume and guides emissions from the inlet portion in a first direction. The pipe member opens into a deflector member which deflects emissions into the volume in a second direction, and the catalytic converter includes a second outlet portion connected to the deflector member and a valve to control gas flow through the second outlet portion to guide emissions away from the pipe member and out of the catalytic converter prior to reaching the catalytic converter substrate when the valve is open.

Various embodiments of a waste heat recovery and conversion system are disclosed. The system may include a modular heat exchanger whose energy source is provided by waste heat energy transporting fluids transferring their energy to a working fluid. The working fluid may be in a liquid state contained in a reservoir hydraulically connected to a high-pressure heat transfer chamber. The high-pressure heat transfer chamber may be configured to receive thermal energy utilized to convert the working fluid into a superheated vapor. The system may also include a waste heat conversion system hydraulically connected to the heat transfer chamber to receive the superheated vaporized working fluid from the heat transfer chamber. The waste heat conversion system may be configured to expand the superheated working fluid through an expander for the conversion of waste heat energy into useful energy. For applications involving internal combustion engines, the system may be configured such that the conversion of waste heat energy into useful energy may drive an air compressor to enhance combustion engine performance and decrease pollutant emissions.

A sensor mounting table for mounting sensors to an aftertreatment system may include a sensor mounting plate having a substantially flat mounting surface for mounting one or more sensors associated with the aftertreatment system. The substantially flat mounting surface may be offset from a heat shield of the aftertreatment system. The sensor mounting table may further include an insulative material disposed between at least a portion of the substantially flat mounting surface of the sensor mounting plate and the heat shield. The sensor mounting plate may be configured to be attached to the aftertreatment system to secure the insulative material between the substantially flat mounting surface of the sensor mounting plate and the heat shield.