The paper presents the mechanisms for adapting innovation processes in corporations in the context of COVID-19 and demonstrates technologies and solutions that can be applied to meet current challenges. Innovation can become the link in the company that will help to survive the crisis and open up opportunities for identification, analysis and testing new products and processes. The use of new technologies and openness to innovations can be a decisive factor for staying ahead of the competition in the future. The paper performs examples of successful startups/companies that were able to competently and timely rebuild their business, and provides examples of government initiatives that share their approaches and valuable tips on how to continue innovating even in the current unprecedented times. The research was based on the coronavirus’ impact analysis on various industries using leading industry data sources, analytical reports, international indexes and indicators.
The article provides an analysis of the use of biofuels and water-based fuels in thermal power plants. The problems of using these types of fuel and biofuel are identified, a new technical solution and water-synthetic fuel in the form of a water-fuel composition, which is patented as a water-containing composition and method for its preparation, are proposed. This composition can be used in various thermal engines and rocket installations. For various kinds of water-fuel composition, components had been calculated and designed for maximum cost efficiency. A feasibility study of one of the options of the use of water and fuel compositions for MAZ - 6601 engines shows the economic feasibility of the use of water and fuel compositions.
The article discusses the development process of an internal hydraulic locking system for diesel injectors, which allows to reduce fuel consumption during idling and low loads. The development of a new effect based on functional analysis and the use of the TRIZ system (Theory of Inventive Problem Solving) is shown. At the same time, the effect of resolving technical contradictions is used. The proposed design will allow to increase the range of the fuel flame without changing the performance of the high-pressure fuel pump, which will, by upgrading the nozzle needle, provide an improvement in the working process of the diesel engine when idling and at low loads. The proposed system can be used in diesel engines of agricultural machines, as well as in various types of transport.
The article presents the author’s experimental data on changes in the fuel injection pressure of diesel injectors during operation, the nature of the unevenness of such changes for different injectors is revealed, which contributes to the uneven operation of the cylinders. As a result, fuel consumption increases and the service life of the engine decreases. The peculiarity of agricultural machinery engines is that they work for a long time at the nominal mode and there is no possibility to adjust the injectors in repair shops, as this is done on diesel locomotives. In order to find a practical solution to ensure the process of adjusting the injectors without removing the combines from operation and sending them to repair shops, the TRIZ system (Theory of Solving Inventive Tasks) was applied. Technical contradictions were drawn up - TP1 and TP2. To find a technical solution, an organizational technical system of the diesel adjustment process was proposed by replacing the operational injectors with a set of spare ones adjusted at the stands of repair shops. The proposed system will reduce fuel consumption and harmful emissions into the atmosphere during operation and increase the service life of the combine engine.
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