Turbo-electric power plant and process
First Claim
1. A turbo-electric power plant which comprises(1) a stationary housing supported by a base member and having an annular member provided with depending sides which form with said annular member an annular channel, said annular channel having a smooth cylindrical inner surface;
- (2) a hollow rotor mounted for rotation in said housing about the axis thereof, with the outer portion thereof disposed in said annular channel and having a roughened outer cylindrical surface and sides conforming essentially to the shape of said annular channel, said hollow rotor having an inner cylindrical surface in said outer portion thereof which is concentric with the other said cylindrical surfaces;
(3) electric generator elements disposed in said hollow rotor in electricity-generating relation to each other, one said element being affixed to the inner cylindrical surface of said hollow rotor and functioning as the rotor element of said electric generator, and the other said element being anchored to said base member and functioning as the stator element of said electric generator;
(4) a plurality of jet orifices disposed in and around said annular member and oriented to jet propellant fluid into the space between the smooth inner cylindrical surface of said annular channel and the apposed roughened outer cylindrical surface of said hollow rotor and onto the said roughened outer cylindrical surface;
(5) outlet means at spaced intervals around and in the side walls of said housing below the said annular channel, whereby the propellant fluid jetted onto the outer cylindrical surface of said hollow rotor, fans out to the edges thereof and moves down between the sides of said annular channel and the sides of the outer portion of said hollow rotor and out said outlet means, thereby functioning as a coolant fluid for cooling said electric generator elements; and
,(6) collecting means for collecting the electricity generated by said electric generator elements and leading it to the exterior of said housing.
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Abstract
A turbo-electric power plant comprising a drag turbine with a hollow rotor in which are mounted the elements of an electric generator. The drag turbine is operated with a low-temperature propellant and the spent propellant is led out of the drag turbine in heat exchange with the elements of the generator. The drag turbine is propelled by a plurality of jets which are supplied from a manifold encircling the turbine which continuously diminishes in cross-section throughout 360 degrees.
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18 Claims
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1. A turbo-electric power plant which comprises
(1) a stationary housing supported by a base member and having an annular member provided with depending sides which form with said annular member an annular channel, said annular channel having a smooth cylindrical inner surface; -
(2) a hollow rotor mounted for rotation in said housing about the axis thereof, with the outer portion thereof disposed in said annular channel and having a roughened outer cylindrical surface and sides conforming essentially to the shape of said annular channel, said hollow rotor having an inner cylindrical surface in said outer portion thereof which is concentric with the other said cylindrical surfaces; (3) electric generator elements disposed in said hollow rotor in electricity-generating relation to each other, one said element being affixed to the inner cylindrical surface of said hollow rotor and functioning as the rotor element of said electric generator, and the other said element being anchored to said base member and functioning as the stator element of said electric generator; (4) a plurality of jet orifices disposed in and around said annular member and oriented to jet propellant fluid into the space between the smooth inner cylindrical surface of said annular channel and the apposed roughened outer cylindrical surface of said hollow rotor and onto the said roughened outer cylindrical surface; (5) outlet means at spaced intervals around and in the side walls of said housing below the said annular channel, whereby the propellant fluid jetted onto the outer cylindrical surface of said hollow rotor, fans out to the edges thereof and moves down between the sides of said annular channel and the sides of the outer portion of said hollow rotor and out said outlet means, thereby functioning as a coolant fluid for cooling said electric generator elements; and
,(6) collecting means for collecting the electricity generated by said electric generator elements and leading it to the exterior of said housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. In a turbo-electric power plant comprising an electric generator and a turbine driven by jetting in a low-temperature propellant fluid, the improvement in which the electric generator is disposed within said turbine with the stator and rotor elements thereof disposed in indirect heat exchange relation to the propellant fluid as it passes through said turbine.
- 12. In a process for generating electric power by means of a turbine-driven electric generator, the improvement which comprises disposing said generator within said turbine operating said turbine by passing a low-temperature propellant fluid in through said turbine in indirect jetting the propellant fluid into said turbine in heat exchange with the electricity-generating elements of said electric generator.
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15. A drag turbine for use in a turbo-electric power plant comprising
(1) a stationary housing supported by a base member and having a smooth inner cylindrical surface; -
(2) a rotor mounted for rotation in said housing about the axis thereof and having a roughened outer cylindrical surface apposed to said smooth inner cylindrical surface; (3) a plurality of jet orifices in said housing oriented to jet propellant fluid into the space between said apposed surfaces in the direction of rotation of said rotor; and
,(4) an annular manifold which surrounds and is in communication with said jet orifices and continuously diminishes in cross-section in the direction of flow throughout 360 degrees. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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