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Energy converter

  • US 4,558,228 A
  • Filed: 06/06/1983
  • Issued: 12/10/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/13/1981
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In an energy converter, comprising a feed pump having a pump rotor, a generator having a generator rotor, and a gas turbine having a turbine rotor driven by vapor of a circulating fluid, the feed pump rotor, generator rotor, and turbine rotor being mounted on a joint rotatable shaft, the improvement comprisingsaid joint shaft being rotatably mounted in gas-dynamic bearings utilizing the vapor of the circulating fluid,said turbine rotor having a lower surface, a portion of which constitutes an abutment surface of a gas-static thrust bearing in which said joint shaft is mounted,said shaft being disposed to extend substantially vertically, andthe feed pump, generator, and turbine being mounted on the joint shaft in that order, from bottom to top.

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