Turbomachines such as air dynamometers are disclosed that include a radial outflow compressor and gas collector. In some examples, the gas collector is designed as a separate component that is coupled to the machine, such as coupled to a frame. In some examples, the collector and frame are intentionally spaced and coupled at discrete points to minimize the transfer of mechanical and thermal energy therebetween. Aspects of the present disclosure also include turbomachines that include at least one impeller bypass flow path for the direct transfer of air between ambient and a location in the collector downstream of the impeller blades. In some examples, such flowpath(s) may allow for the inflow of external ambient air into the collector. Methods of manufacturing turbomachines having decoupled collectors are also disclosed.
Turbomachines having one or more flow guiding features designed to increase the performance of the turbomachine. In some examples, flow guiding features are designed and configured to bias a circumferential pressure distribution at a diffuser inlet toward circumferential uniformity, otherwise account for such low-frequency spatial pressure variations, increase the controllability of spatial flow field variations, or modifying flow field variations, etc. In some examples, a diffuser having a row of vanes that include a plurality of first vanes and at least one second vane having a different characteristic than the first vanes are disclosed. In some examples, diffusers having an aperiodic section including one or more biased passages for biasing a flow field are disclosed. And in some examples, turbomachines having flowwise elongate recesses in one or both of a hub and shroud surface are disclosed.
Flow control devices and structures for turbomachines. In some examples, the flow control devices and structures include various arrangements of flow guiding channels, partial height vanes, and other treatments located on one or both of a shroud and hub side of a turbomachine to redirect, guide, or otherwise influence portions of a turbomachine flow field to thereby improve the performance of the machine.
A rotor bearing system includes a mandrel and a plurality of canted cantilever bearing pads supporting the mandrel, such that, when the bearing pads are run-in against the mandrel, the bearing pads generate uniform bearing gaps and alignment. The mandrel and the bearing pads are sized to form a running proximity to exclude the entry of red blood cells or flow entrained contaminant inclusions therebetween during operation, thereby causing the bearing system to operate in an elasto-hydrodynamic regime of mixed- or boundary-lubrication.
Flow control devices and structures for turbomachines. In some examples, the flow control devices and structures include various arrangements of flow guiding channels, partial height vanes, and other treatments located on one or both of a shroud and hub side of a turbomachine to redirect, guide, or otherwise influence portions of a turbomachine flow field to thereby improve the performance of the machine.
Turbomachines such as air dynamometers are disclosed that include a radial outflow compressor and gas collector. In some examples, the gas collector is designed as a separate component that is coupled to the machine, such as coupled to a frame. In some examples, the collector and frame are intentionally spaced and coupled at discrete points to minimize the transfer of mechanical and thermal energy therebetween. Aspects of the present disclosure also include turbomachines that include at least one impeller bypass flow path for the direct transfer of air between ambient and a location in the collector downstream of the impeller blades. In some examples, such flowpath(s) may allow for the inflow of external ambient air into the collector.
A rotor bearing system includes an inner bearing component and an outer bearing component. One of the bearing components includes at least three protrusions sized to form a close running proximity to the remaining component. A bearing gap between the inner bearing component and the outer bearing component is sized to exclude the entry of red blood cells between the bearing components during operation of the rotor bearing system and causing the bearing to operate in an elasto-hydrodynamic regime of mixed- or boundary-lubrication.
Systems and methods for reducing the pressure of a first pressurized fluid, thereby reducing the temperature of the pressurized fluid, and utilization of the reduced-pressure and temperature fluid to cool a second fluid. Such an approach can enable a reduction in the size and weight of a hydraulic system, utilize waste energy in a system, and/or minimize electrical power requirements of a system, among other benefits.
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FLOW CONTROL STRUCTURES FOR ENHANCED PERFORMANCE AND TURBOMACHINES INCORPORATING THE SAME
Flow control devices and structures for turbomachines. In some examples, the flow control devices and structures include various arrangements of flow guiding channels, partial height vanes, and other treatments located on one or both of a shroud and hub side of a turbomachine to redirect, guide, or otherwise influence portions of a turbomachine flow field to thereby improve the performance of the machine.
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Downloadable software and downloadable manuals sold as a unit for use in the design and development of turbomachinery Software as a service (SAAS) services, namely, hosting software for use by others for use in the design and development of turbomachinery
Turbomachines having one or more flow guiding features designed to increase the performance of the turbomachine. In some examples, flow guiding features are designed and configured to bias a circumferential pressure distribution at a diffuser inlet toward circumferential uniformity, otherwise account for such low-frequency spatial pressure variations, increase the controllability of spatial flow field variations, or modifying flow field variations, etc. In some examples, a diffuser having a row of vanes that include a plurality of first vanes and at least one second vane having a different characteristic than the first vanes are disclosed. In some examples, diffusers have an aperiodic section including one or more biased passages for biasing a flow field. And in some examples, turbomachines have flowwise elongate recesses in one or both of a hub and shroud surface.
Turbomachines such as air dynamometers are disclosed that include a radial outflow compressor and gas collector. In some examples, the gas collector is designed as a separate component that is coupled to the machine, such as coupled to a frame. In some examples, the collector and frame are intentionally spaced and coupled at discrete points to minimize the transfer of mechanical and thermal energy therebetween. Aspects of the present disclosure also include turbomachines that include at least one impeller bypass flow path for the direct transfer of air between ambient and a location in the collector downstream of the impeller blades. In some examples, such flowpath(s) may allow for the inflow of external ambient air into the collector.
A turbine and a turbine-generator device for use in electricity generation. The turbine has a universal design and so may be relatively easily modified for use in connection with generators having a rated power output in the range of 50 KW to 5 MW. Such modifications are achieved, in part, through use of a modular turbine cartridge built up of discrete rotor and stator plates sized for the desired application with turbine brush seals chosen to accommodate radial rotor movements from the supported generator. The cartridge may be installed and removed from the turbine relatively easily for maintenance or rebuilding. The rotor housing is designed to be relatively easily machined to dimensions that meet desired operating parameters.
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Systems and methods for reducing the pressure of a first pressurized fluid, thereby reducing the temperature of the pressurized fluid, and utilization of the reduced-pressure and temperature fluid to cool a second fluid. Such an approach can enable a reduction in the size and weight of a hydraulic system, utilize waste energy in a system, and/or minimize electrical power requirements of a system, among other benefits.
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Blood pump bearing with integrated fluid diffuser/inducer system
A shallow angle rotor bearing-vane system includes a smooth angled non-rotating journal component and a mating angled bearing/vane component, incorporating a plurality of integrated bearing/vanes oriented in a generally radial direction, which provide axial and radial load carrying support between the rotating components, and pumping action to the blood. The load carrying bearing surface situated in very close running proximity to the mating bearing component to prevent entry of red blood cells between the mating bearing surfaces, thereby creating a bearing operating in an elasto-hydrodynamic regime of mixed-lubrication or boundary-lubrication.
Aspects of the present disclosure include turbomachines designed and configured for high temperature and pressure operation and increased power level output that minimize pressure vessel design requirements, and increase dry gas seal reliability. In some examples, a first radial bearing is located in a high temperature and/or pressure region of the turbomachine between a rotor of the machine and a dry gas seal while other bearings are located outside of the high pressure region.
Turbomachines such as air dynamometers are disclosed that include a radial outflow compressor and gas collector. In some examples, the gas collector is designed as a separate component that is coupled to the machine, such as coupled to a frame. In some examples, the collector and frame are intentionally spaced and coupled at discrete points to minimize the transfer of mechanical and thermal energy therebetween. Aspects of the present disclosure also include turbomachines that include at least one impeller bypass flow path for the direct transfer of air between ambient and a location in the collector downstream of the impeller blades. In some examples, such flowpath(s) may allow for the inflow of external ambient air into the collector.
A turbine and a turbine-generator device for use in electricity generation. The turbine has a universal design and so may be relatively easily modified for use in connection with generators having a rated power output in the range of 50 KW to 5 MW. Such modifications are achieved, in part, through use of a modular turbine cartridge built up of discrete rotor and stator plates sized for the desired application with turbine brush seals chosen to accommodate radial rotor movements from the supported generator. The cartridge may be installed and removed from the turbine relatively easily for maintenance or rebuilding. The rotor housing is designed to be relatively easily machined to dimensions that meet desired operating parameters.
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Flow control devices and structures designed and configured to improve the performance of a turbomachine. Exemplary flow control devices may include various flow guiding channels, ribs, diffuser passage-width reductions, and other treatments and may be located on one or both of a shroud and hub side of a machine to redirect, guide, or otherwise influence portions of a turbomachine flow field to thereby improve the performance of the machine.
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Flank milling checks during a computer automated design process which may include notifying a user when a component geometry option is selected that will result in the component not being flank millable. In some examples, the user is prevented from selecting a geometry option that would result in the component not being flank millable. In some examples, devices, systems, and methods are provided for manufacturing a component with a flank milling process, in which optimized machine instructions are determined that minimize milling machine motion.
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Turbomachines having one or more flow guiding features designed to increase the performance of the turbomachine (3400, 3700, 4000, 4800). In some examples, flow guiding features are designed and configured to bias a circumferential pressure distribution at a diffuser inlet (2210, 2310, 3410, 4204, 4810, 5208, 808) toward circumferential uniformity, otherwise account for such low-frequency spatial pressure variations, increase the controllability of spatial flow field variations, or modifying flow field variations, etc. In some examples, a diffuser (1000, 1100, 1200, 1300, 1500, 1600, 1700, 1800, 1900, 2000, 2100, 2200, 2300, 2400, 2500, 2600, 2700, 2800, 2900, 3000, 3200, 3300, 3404, 4004, 4700, 4804, 5000, 5200, 602, 800, 900) having a row (802) of vanes (2102, 5218, 802) that include a plurality of first vanes (1002, 1102, 1202, 1302, 1402, 1502, 1602, 1702, 1802, 1902, 2002, 2204, 2304, 2402, 2502, 2602, 2702, 2802, 2902, 3002, 3102, 3202, 3302, 812, 902) and at least one second vane (1004, 1104, 1204, 1304, 1404, 1504, 1604A, 1604B, 2206, 2306, 2404, 2504, 2604, 2704, 2804, 2904A, 2904B, 814, 908) having a different characteristic than the first vanes (1002, 1102, 1202, 1302, 1402, 1502, 1602, 1702, 1802, 1902, 2002, 2204, 2304, 2402, 2502, 2602, 2702, 2802, 2902, 3002, 3102, 3202, 3302, 812, 902) are disclosed. In some examples, diffusers (1100, 1900, 2400, 2500) having an aperiodic section (2412, 2512, 2612, 2712, 2812) including one or more biased passages (1006, 1106, 1206, 1306, 1506A, 1606A, 1606B, 2406, 2506, 2606, 2706, 2806A, 2906A, 3206, 4510, 816) for biasing a flow field are disclosed. And in some examples, turbomachines having flowwise elongate recesses (4706) in one or both of a hub (3407, 4002, 4504, 4807, 5002, 5204, 804, 904) and shroud (3406, 4502, 4708, 4712, 4806, 5004, 5202, 806, 906) surface are disclosed.
Systems and methods for reducing the pressure of a first pressurized fluid, thereby reducing the temperature of the pressurized fluid, and utilization of the reduced-pressure and temperature fluid to cool a second fluid. Such an approach can enable a reduction in the size and weight of a hydraulic system, utilize waste energy in a system, and/or minimize electrical power requirements of a system, among other benefits.
Turbomachines having close-coupling flow guides (CCFGs) that are designed and configured to closely-couple flow fields of adjacent bladed elements. In some embodiments, the CCFGs may be located in regions extending between the adjacent bladed elements, described herein as coupling avoidance zones, where conventional turbomachine design would suggest no structure should be added. In yet other embodiments, CCFGs are located upstream and/or downstream of rows of blades coupled to the bladed elements, including overlapping one of more of the rows of blades, to improve flow coupling and machine performance. Methods of designing turbomachines to incorporate CCFGs are also provided.
Centrifugal turbomachines, such a centrifugal compressors, centrifugal blower, and centrifugal pumps, having unique treatments that enhance their performance ranges. In one arrangement, the treatment involves injecting a relatively high-momentum flow proximate to the blade-tip clearance gap at the inlet to the impeller of the turbomachine in a manner that reenergizes flow at the gap. The injected high-momentum flow can be taken from a location downstream of the outlet of the impeller and/or from a flow external to the turbomachine. In another arrangement, the non-self-bleed-type treatment involves providing the centrifugal turbomachine with a secondary flow path upstream of the inlet to the impeller. In one example, the flow of working fluid to the secondary flow path is modulated according to the mass flow of the working fluid. During times of higher flow, the secondary flow path is opened, and at times of lower flow, the secondary flow path is closed.
Flow control devices and structures designed and configured to improve the performance of a turbomachine. Exemplary flow control devices may include various flow guiding channels, ribs, diffuser passage-width reductions, and other treatments and may be located on one or both of a shroud and hub side of a machine to redirect, guide, or otherwise influence portions of a turbomachine flow field to thereby improve the performance of the machine.
Methods, systems, and devices for designing and manufacturing flank millable components. In one embodiment, devices, systems, and methods for designing a flank millable component are provided, in which a user is notified when a component geometry option is selected that will result in the component not being flank millable. In another embodiment, the user is prevented from selecting a geometry option that would result in the component not being flank millable. In yet another embodiment, devices, systems, and methods are provided for manufacturing a component with a flank milling process, in which optimized machine instructions are determined that minimize milling machine motion.
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A turbine-generator device for use in electricity generation using heat from industrial processes, renewable energy sources and other sources. The generator may be cooled by introducing into the gap between the rotor and stator liquid that is vaporized or atomized prior to introduction, which liquid is condensed from gases exhausted from the turbine. The turbine has a universal design and so may be relatively easily modified for use in connection with generators having a rated power output in the range of 50 KW to 5 MW. Such modifications are achieved, in part, through use of a modular turbine cartridge built up of discrete rotor and stator plates sized for the desired application with turbine brush seals chosen to accommodate radial rotor movements from the supported generator. The cartridge may be installed and removed from the turbine relatively easily for maintenance or rebuilding. The rotor housing is designed to be relatively easily machined to dimensions that meet desired operating parameters.
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F16C 32/06 - Bearings not otherwise provided for with moving member supported by a fluid cushion formed, at least to a large extent, otherwise than by movement of the shaft, e.g. hydrostatic air-cushion bearings
Turbomachines having one or more flow guiding features designed to increase the performance of the turbomachine (3400, 3700, 4000, 4800). In some examples, flow guiding features are designed and configured to bias a circumferential pressure distribution at a diffuser inlet (2210, 2310, 3410, 4204, 4810, 5208, 808) toward circumferential uniformity, otherwise account for such low- frequency spatial pressure variations, increase the controllability of spatial flow field variations, or modifying flow field variations, etc. In some examples, a diffuser (1000, 1100, 1200, 1300, 1500, 1600, 1700, 1800, 1900, 2000, 2100, 2200, 2300, 2400, 2500, 2600, 2700, 2800, 2900, 3000, 3200, 3300, 3404, 4004, 4700, 4804, 5000, 5200, 602, 800, 900) having a row (802) of vanes (2102, 5218, 802) that include a plurality of first vanes (1002, 1102, 1202, 1302, 1402, 1502, 1602, 1702, 1802, 1902, 2002, 2204, 2304, 2402, 2502, 2602, 2702, 2802, 2902, 3002, 3102, 3202, 3302, 812, 902) and at least one second vane (1004, 1104, 1204, 1304, 1404, 1504, 1604A, 1604B, 2206, 2306, 2404, 2504, 2604, 2704, 2804, 2904A, 2904B, 814, 908) having a different characteristic than the first vanes (1002, 1102, 1202, 1302, 1402, 1502, 1602, 1702, 1802, 1902, 2002, 2204, 2304, 2402, 2502, 2602, 2702, 2802, 2902, 3002, 3102, 3202, 3302, 812, 902) are disclosed. In some examples, diffusers (1100, 1900, 2400, 2500) having an aperiodic section (2412, 2512, 2612, 2712, 2812) including one or more biased passages (1006, 1106, 1206, 1306, 1506A, 1606A, 1606B, 2406, 2506, 2606, 2706, 2806A, 2906A, 3206, 4510, 816) for biasing a flow field are disclosed. And in some examples, turbomachines having flowwise elongate recesses (4706) in one or both of a hub (3407, 4002, 4504, 4807, 5002, 5204, 804, 904) and shroud (3406, 4502, 4708, 4712, 4806, 5004, 5202, 806, 906) surface are disclosed.
Turbomachines having close-coupling flow guides (CCFGs) that are designed and configured to closely-couple flow fields of adjacent bladed elements. In some embodiments, the CCFGs may be located in regions extending between the adjacent bladed elements, described herein as coupling avoidance zones, where conventional turbomachine design would suggest no structure should be added. In yet other embodiments, CCFGs are located upstream and/or downstream of rows of blades coupled to the bladed elements, including overlapping one of more of the rows of blades, to improve flow coupling and machine performance. Methods of designing turbomachines to incorporate CCFGs are also provided.
Hydrogen gas compression systems that each include a multistage centrifugal compressor in which each stage has an inlet-to-outlet pressure rise ratio of about 1.20 or greater. In one embodiment, the multistage compressor includes six high-speed centrifugal compressors driven at a speed of about 60,000 rpm. The compressor has an output of more than 200,000 kg/day at a pressure of more than 1,000 psig. The compressors for the compression stages are distributed on both sides of a common gearbox, which has gearing that allows axial thrusts from the compressors to be handled effectively. Each stage's compressor has a unique impeller, which is secured to a support shaft using a tension-rod-based attachment system. In another embodiment, the multistage compressor is driven by a combustion turbine and one or more intercoolers are provided between compression stages. Each intercooler is cooled by coolant from an absorption chiller utilizing exhaust gas from the combustion turbine.
F02C 3/04 - Gas-turbine plants characterised by the use of combustion products as the working fluid having a turbine driving a compressor
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F02C 3/22 - Gas-turbine plants characterised by the use of combustion products as the working fluid using a special fuel, oxidant, or dilution fluid to generate the combustion products the fuel or oxidant being gaseous at standard temperature and pressure
Flow control devices and structures designed and configured to improve the performance of a turbomachine. Exemplary flow control devices may include various flow guiding channels (602), ribs, diffuser passage-width reductions, and other treatments and may be located on one or both of a shroud (514) and hub side of a machine (500) to redirect, guide, or otherwise influence portions of a turbomachine flow field to thereby improve the performance of the machine (500). The inventions is dedicated to a casing treatment for turbomachinery.
Flow control devices and structures designed and configured to improve the performance of a turbomachine. Exemplary flow control devices may include various flow guiding channels, ribs, diffuser passage-width reductions, and other treatments and may be located on one or both of a shroud and hub side of a machine to redirect, guide, or otherwise influence portions of a turbomachine flow field to thereby improve the performance of the machine.
Methods, systems, and devices for designing and manufacturing flank millable components. In one embodiment, devices, systems, and methods for designing a flank millable component are provided, in which a user is notified when a component geometry option is selected that will result in the component not being flank millable. In another embodiment, the user is prevented from selecting a geometry option that would result in the component not being flank millable. In yet another embodiment, devices, systems, and methods are provided for manufacturing a component with a flank milling process, in which optimized machine instructions are determined that minimize milling machine motion.
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Air compressors, axial flow compressors, gas turbines, steam turbines, hydraulic turbines, and hydroelectric turbines, turbomachine expanders, not for vehicles; turbochargers for machines, pumps for machines, fans for machines, blowers for machines, turbomachine vacuum systems with vacuum pumps, propulsors and propellers for machines, fan and water pump clutches for machines Software used for design, analysis, and testing of turbomachinery; computer software and manuals sold as a unit for use in the design and development of turbomachinery; interactive-graphic software system, consisting of prerecorded computer programs and operating procedures, for use in designing of turbomachinery; dynamometers Textbooks in the field of engineering, turbomachinery, turbochargers, turbines, fans, compressors, diffusers, pumps, rotor-bearing systems Upgrading and modifying of turbomachinery, namely, refrigeration chillers, turbochargers, compressors, pumps, turbines, and expanders; repair and maintenance in the nature of rerating and enhancing of turbomachinery, namely, refrigeration chillers, turbochargers, compressors, pumps, turbines, and expanders Contract machining services for others in the field of turbomachinery; prototype production and manufacturing services for others in the field of turbomachinery, namely, air compressors, axial compressors, gas turbines, steam turbines, expanders, hydraulic turbines, hydroelectric turbines, turbochargers, pumps, fans, blowers, vacuum systems, propulsors, propellers, and aerodynamic and hydraulic equipment On-line newsletters in the fields of engineering, turbomachinery, and turbines; education services, namely, providing classes, seminars, and workshops in the fields of turbomachinery, turbine design and manufacturing, compressors, turbochargers, internal combustion engines, pumps, fluid mechanics, thermodynamic principles, structural and vibration analysis, computational fluid dynamics, and advanced materials used in the construction of turbomachinery; and written materials in hardcopy and electronic form distributed in connection with the aforesaid services Research and development in the field of turbomachinery; consulting, mechanical and controls engineering, reverse engineering, design, development, performance testing, inspection, systems analysis and optimization, and laboratory services in the field of turbomachinery; engineering services in the field of fluid mechanics, heat transfer, combustion, applied mechanics, production, and system controls
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42 - Scientific, technological and industrial services, research and design
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Air compressors, axial flow compressors, gas turbines, steam turbines, hydraulic turbines, and hydroelectric turbines, turbomachine expanders, not for vehicles; turbochargers for machines, pumps for machines, fans for machines, blowers for machines, turbomachine vacuum systems with vacuum pumps, propulsors and propellers for machines, fan and water pump clutches for machines Software used for design, analysis, and testing of turbomachinery; computer software and manuals sold as a unit for use in the design and development of turbomachinery; interactive-graphic software system, consisting of prerecorded computer programs and operating procedures, for use in designing of turbomachinery; dynamometers Textbooks in the field of engineering, turbomachinery, turbochargers, turbines, fans, compressors, diffusers, pumps, rotor-bearing systems Upgrading and modifying of turbomachinery, namely, refrigeration chillers, turbochargers, compressors, pumps, turbines, and expanders; repair and maintenance in the nature of rerating and enhancing of turbomachinery, namely, refrigeration chillers, turbochargers, compressors, pumps, turbines, and expanders Contract machining services for others in the field of turbomachinery; prototype production and manufacturing services for others in the field of turbomachinery, namely, air compressors, axial compressors, gas turbines, steam turbines, expanders, hydraulic turbines, hydroelectric turbines, turbochargers, pumps, fans, blowers, vacuum systems, propulsors, propellers, and aerodynamic and hydraulic equipment Research and development in the field of turbomachinery; consulting, mechanical and controls engineering, reverse engineering, design, development, performance testing, inspection, systems analysis and optimization, and laboratory services in the field of turbomachinery; engineering services in the field of fluid mechanics, heat transfer, combustion, applied mechanics, production, and system controls On-line newsletters in the fields of engineering, turbomachinery, and turbines; education services, namely, providing classes, seminars, and workshops in the fields of turbomachinery, turbine design and manufacturing, compressors, turbochargers, internal combustion engines, pumps, fluid mechanics, thermodynamic principles, structural and vibration analysis, computational fluid dynamics, and advanced materials used in the construction of turbomachinery; and written materials in hardcopy and electronic form distributed in connection with the aforesaid services
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Overhung turbine and generator system with turbine cartridge
A turbine-generator device for use in electricity generation using heat from industrial processes, renewable energy sources and other sources. The generator may be cooled by introducing into the gap between the rotor and stator liquid that is vaporized or atomized prior to introduction, which liquid is condensed from gases exhausted from the turbine. The turbine has a universal design and so may be relatively easily modified for use in connection with generators having a rated power output in the range of 50 KW to 5 MW. Such modifications are achieved, in part, through use of a modular turbine cartridge built up of discrete rotor and stator plates sized for the desired application with turbine brush seals chosen to accommodate radial rotor movements from the supported generator. The cartridge may be installed and removed from the turbine relatively easily for maintenance or rebuilding. The rotor housing is designed to be relatively easily machined to dimensions that meet desired operating parameters.
F01D 15/10 - Adaptations for driving, or combinations with, electric generators
H02K 7/18 - Structural association of electric generators with mechanical driving motors, e.g.with turbines
F01D 25/16 - Arrangement of bearingsSupporting or mounting bearings in casings
F01D 25/24 - CasingsCasing parts, e.g. diaphragms, casing fastenings
F01K 25/08 - Plants or engines characterised by use of special working fluids, not otherwise provided forPlants operating in closed cycles and not otherwise provided for using special vapours
F01K 27/02 - Plants modified to use their waste heat, other than that of exhaust, e.g. engine-friction heat
H02K 7/09 - Structural association with bearings with magnetic bearings
F01D 5/06 - Rotors for more than one axial stage, e.g. of drum or multiple-disc typeDetails thereof, e.g. shafts, shaft connections
An electromagnetic flow meter (EMFM) accurately measures both the complete flow rate and the dynamically fluctuating flow rate of a fluid by applying a unipolar DC voltage to excitation coils for a predetermined period of time, measuring the electric potential at a pair of electrodes, determining a complete flow rate and independently measuring the dynamic flow rate during the “on” cycle of the DC excitation, and correcting the measurements for errors resulting from galvanic drift and other effects on the electric potential. The EMFM can also correct for effects from the excitation circuit induced during operation of the EMFM.
G01F 1/58 - Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow by using electric or magnetic effects by electromagnetic flowmeters
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Structures and methods for forcing coupling of flow fields of adjacent bladed elements of turbomachines, and turbomachines incorporating the same
Turbomachines having close-coupling flow guides (CCFGs) that are designed and configured to closely-couple flow fields of adjacent bladed elements. In some embodiments, the CCFGs may be located in regions extending between the adjacent bladed elements, described herein as coupling avoidance zones, where conventional turbomachine design would suggest no structure should be added. In yet other embodiments, CCFGs are located upstream and/or downstream of rows of blades coupled to the bladed elements, including overlapping one of more of the rows of blades, to improve flow coupling and machine performance. Methods of designing turbomachines to incorporate CCFGs are also provided.
An axial-flow turbine assembly that includes one or more features for enhancing the efficiency of the turbine's operation. In one embodiment, the turbine assembly includes a turbine rotor having blades that adjust their pitch angle in direct response to working fluid pressure on the blades themselves or other part(s) of the rotor. In other embodiments, the turbine assembly is deployable in an application, such as an oscillating water column system, in which the flow of working fluid varies over time, for example, as pressure driving the flow changes. In a first of these embodiments, the turbine assembly includes a valve that allows the pressure to build so that the flow is optimized for the turbine's operating parameters. In a second of these embodiments, one or more variable-admission nozzle and shutter assemblies are provided to control the flow through the turbine to optimize the flow relative to the turbine's operating parameters.
F03B 13/24 - Adaptations of machines or engines for special useCombinations of machines or engines with driving or driven apparatusPower stations or aggregates characterised by using wave or tide energy using wave energy to produce a flow of air, e.g. to drive an air turbine
F01D 7/00 - Rotors with blades adjustable in operationControl thereof
F01D 17/16 - Final actuators arranged in stator parts varying effective cross-sectional area of nozzles or guide conduits by means of nozzle vanes
F03B 13/14 - Adaptations of machines or engines for special useCombinations of machines or engines with driving or driven apparatusPower stations or aggregates characterised by using wave or tide energy using wave energy
A fluid movement system that includes an impeller having a blade with a leading edge blade tip angle determined as a function of an increase in mass flow rate due to reinjection of flow from a flow stability device located proximate to the leading edge tip of the blade. In an exemplary method, the leading edge blade tip angle can be determined based on selecting a blade incidence level based on a mass flow gain versus flow coefficient curve. Blade leading edge tip angles determined in accordance with a method of the present invention are typically greater than blade leading edge tip angles determined using traditional methods. The greater blade leading edge tip angles can lead to more robust blades designs.
A turbomachine that includes a radial-flow impeller and one or more of a variety of features that enhance the performance of machinery in which the turbomachine is used. For example, when the turbomachine is used in a dynamometer, the features enhance the useful shaft horsepower range of the dynamometer. One of the features is a variable-restriction intake that allows for adjusting flow rate to the impeller. Other features include a unique impeller shroud and a shroud guide each movable relative to the impeller. Yet another feature is an exhaust diffuser that facilitates an increase in the range of shaft power and the reduction of deleterious vibration and noise. The turbomachine can also include a unique impeller blade configuration that cooperates with the adjustable intake and the exhaust diffuser to enhance flow through the turbomachine.
A turbocompressor for use with a process fluid and including an axial expansion turbine for expanding the process fluid and a centrifugal compressor for compressing the process fluid. The turbine and compressor share a common shaft, all of which can be housed by a common housing that encloses sealed spaces. The axial expansion turbine has a rotor located between two main bearings, and the centrifugal compressor includes an impeller mounted to one end of the shaft. In one embodiment, the main bearings are lubricated by a portion of the process fluid so that the only fluid in the sealed spaces is the process fluid. The turbocompressor can be used in a power-cycle system that includes a heat source and, optionally, an electrical generator.
Hydrogen gas compression systems that each include a multistage centrifugal compressor in which each stage has an inlet-to-outlet pressure rise ratio of about 1.20 or greater. In one embodiment, the multistage compressor includes six high-speed centrifugal compressors driven at a speed of about 60,000 rpm. The compressor has an output of more than 200,000 kg/day at a pressure of more than 1,000 psig. The compressors for the compression stages are distributed on both sides of a common gearbox, which has gearing that allows axial thrusts from the compressors to be handled effectively. Each stage's compressor has a unique impeller, which is secured to a support shaft using a tension-rod-based attachment system. In another embodiment, the multistage compressor is driven by a combustion turbine and one or more intercoolers are provided between compression stages. Each intercooler is cooled by coolant from an absorption chiller utilizing exhaust gas from the combustion turbine.
F02C 3/04 - Gas-turbine plants characterised by the use of combustion products as the working fluid having a turbine driving a compressor
F02C 6/08 - Gas-turbine plants providing heated or pressurised working fluid for other apparatus, e.g. without mechanical power output providing compressed gas the gas being bled from the gas-turbine compressor
In one example, a turbocharger for an internal combustion engine is described. The turbocharger comprises a casing containing an impeller having a full blade coupled to a hub that rotates about an axis of rotation. The casing includes a bleed port and an injection port. The full blade includes a hub edge, a casing edge, and a first distribution of angles, each angle measured between the axis of rotation and a mean line at the hub edge at a meridional distance along the hub edge. The full blade includes a second distribution of angles, each angle measured between the axis of rotation and a mean line at the casing edge at a meridional distance along the casing edge. Further, various systems are described for affecting the aerodynamic properties of the compressor and turbine components in a way that may extend the operating range of the turbocharger.
A system for installing and extracting a flowing water turbine below the surface of the water includes a flow inducer assembly for improving the conversation of the kinetic energy of a waterway to mechanical energy. The flow inducer assembly includes a nozzle that may be shaped as a cowling and a outlet diffuser. The system may be useful in a number of settings, including, but not limited to, streams, rivers, dams, ocean currents, or tidal areas that have continuous or semi-continuous water flow rates and windy environments.
F03B 13/12 - Adaptations of machines or engines for special useCombinations of machines or engines with driving or driven apparatusPower stations or aggregates characterised by using wave or tide energy
A turbine that allows for the conversion of the kinetic energy of waterway to mechanical power for use in an energy accepting apparatus is described. The turbine has complimentary components that improve the power efficiency of the turbine. The turbine may include a blade shroud and a plurality of blades that are connected to the blade shroud. On the external surface of the blade shroud, a drive mechanism and/or a brake mechanism may be disposed. An inlet nozzle and outlet diffuser may be used in combination with the turbine. The turbine may be useful in a number of settings, including, but not limited to, streams, rivers, dams, ocean currents, or tidal areas that have continuous or semi-continuous water flow rates and windy environments.
F03B 13/12 - Adaptations of machines or engines for special useCombinations of machines or engines with driving or driven apparatusPower stations or aggregates characterised by using wave or tide energy
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Semi-closed air-cycle refrigeration system and a positive-pressure snow removal cyclone separator therefor
A refrigeration system that includes at least one semi-closed air-refrigerated chamber and an air-cycle refrigeration loop for drawing air from the refrigerated chamber(s), cools the air, and returns the now-cooled air to the refrigerated chamber(s). The refrigeration loop includes various compression, expansion and heat transfer stages for cooling the air drawn from the refrigerated chamber(s). The air within the refrigerated chamber and air infiltrating into the refrigerated chamber(s) will typically contain moisture. A positive-pressure cyclone separator located between a final expansion stage and the refrigerated chamber(s) removes snow created in the final expansion stage due to moisture in the air drawn from the refrigerated chamber(s).
B01D 9/04 - Crystallisation from solutions concentrating solutions by removing frozen solvent therefrom
F26B 17/12 - Machines or apparatus for drying materials in loose, plastic, or fluidised form, e.g. granules, staple fibres, with progressive movement with movement performed solely by gravity
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Fluid-type absorption dynamometer having an enhanced power range
A fluid-type absorption dynamometer that includes a rotary impeller and one or more of a variety of features that enhance the shaft-horsepower range for which the dynamometer can be used. One of these features is a variable restriction intake that allows a user to adjust the flow of fluid to the impeller. Other features are a unique impeller shroud and shroud guide that are each movable relative to the impeller to allow a user to adjust flow characteristics at the exhaust and blade regions of the impeller. Yet another feature is a set of exhaust baffles that facilitate an increase in the range of shaft power ratings of the device and the reduction of deleterious vibration and noise. The dynamometer also includes impeller blades having a unique configuration.
A high-pressure system and method utilizing an input fluid. The system includes a reactor treating a material to produce an effluent having an energy content, a plurality of stages compressing the input fluid in a stepwise manner providing a high-pressure reactor input stream to the reactor, and a cascading effluent energy recovery system mechanically communicating with the plurality of stages. The cascading effluent energy recovery system imparts a portion of the energy content of the effluent into each of the plurality of stages powering that stage. The method includes receiving an input fluid, compressing the input fluid over a plurality of stages producing the high-pressure stream, providing the high-pressure stream to the reactor, recovering a portion of the energy content of the effluent at each of the plurality of stages, and using each the portion of the energy in compressing the input fluid at a corresponding respective stage.
A system and method for automatically generating a computation mesh for use with an analytical tool, the computation mesh having a plurality of ξ-grid lines and η-grid lines intersecting at mesh points positioned with respect to an inner boundary and an outer boundary. The system and method includes receiving information corresponding to a shape to be analyzed, ξ-grid line mesh parameter value corresponding to a desired number of ξ-grid lines for the computation mesh, and an η-grid line mesh parameter value corresponding to a desired number of η-grid lines for the computation mesh, and generating the computation mesh from one or more mesh equations without the need for receiving additional information from a user. In one example, the solving of the one or more mesh equations includes an outer boundary distance parameter that is a function of an inner boundary distance parameter and one of a natural log of the η-grid line mesh parameter value and a square root of the η-grid line mesh parameter value.
