Turbine generator
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1. A fluid driven turbine generator comprising:
- a housing with a fluid inlet and outlet to allow fluid flow to and from the turbine generator;
a rotor in the housing and having a circumferential roughened surface, the rotor being driven by the fluid being applied to the fluid inlet and roughened surface;
electric generator means for producing electricity and including a core element and a magnetic element, one of the elements being stationary relative the housing and the other element secured to and spinning with the rotor; and
the rotor comprising a receptacle shaped portion, one of the elements secured to the receptacle shaped portion.
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Abstract
A turbine generator with a rotor having magnets secured in a receptacle shaped portion and spinning about a stationary core to produce electricity. Jets of fluid impinge tangentially upon a circumferential roughened surface of the rotor and are spaced such that a fanning out of each of the impinging fluid streams is minimized by its adjacent upstream fluid stream to transfer a greater force to the rotor.
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1. A fluid driven turbine generator comprising:
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a housing with a fluid inlet and outlet to allow fluid flow to and from the turbine generator; a rotor in the housing and having a circumferential roughened surface, the rotor being driven by the fluid being applied to the fluid inlet and roughened surface; electric generator means for producing electricity and including a core element and a magnetic element, one of the elements being stationary relative the housing and the other element secured to and spinning with the rotor; and the rotor comprising a receptacle shaped portion, one of the elements secured to the receptacle shaped portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 19, 20)
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7. A fluid driven turbine generator comprising:
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a housing with a fluid inlet and outlet to allow fluid flow to and from the turbine generator; a rotor in the housing and having a circumferential roughened surface, the rotor being driven by the fluid being applied to the fluid inlet and roughened surface; electric generator means for producing electricity and including a core element and a magnetic element, one of the elements being stationary relative the housing and the other element secured to and spinning with the rotor; and the circumferential roughened surface and the electric generator means being axially disposed relative to the rotor and offset in an axial direction relative to each other. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A fluid driven turbine generator comprising:
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a housing with a fluid inlet and outlet to allow fluid flow to and from the turbine generator; a rotor in the housing and being driven by the fluid being applied to the fluid inlet and rotor; a core element fixed to the housing; a magnetic element fixed to and spinning with the rotor; and the rotor comprising a receptacle-shaped portion with an annular wall having an inner surface, the magnetic element fixed to the inner surface, a portion of the core element extending into the receptacle-shaped portion and cooperating with the magnetic element to produce electricity. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 21)
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18. A fluid driven turbine generator comprising:
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a first housing portion with a fluid inlet, a first fluid outlet and a first bearing; a second housing portion with a second fluid outlet and a second bearing; a rotor mounted between the housing positions via the bearings and comprising; a) an outer circumferential roughened surface upon which the fluid is impinged to drive the rotor; b) a receptacle portion with an annular wall and a disk-like base portion, the annular wall extending from the base portion and having an inner surface, the disk-like base portion being disposed substantially in a common axial plane with a portion of the circumferential roughened surface; and c) a plurality of magnets secured to the inner surface and being axially offset from the roughened surface, the magnets and the bearings being disposed substantially in a common axial plane; a nozzle ring secured between the housing portions and disposed between the inlet and the rotor, the ring having a plurality of apertures oriented to direct the fluid in jets tangentially upon the circumferential roughened surface of the rotor to drive the rotor; and a stationary core secured to one of the housing portions, at least a portion of the stationary core extending into the receptacle portion of the rotor and cooperating with the magnets to produce electricity.
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22. A fluid driven turbine generator comprising:
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a housing with a fluid inlet and outlet to allow fluid flow to and from the turbine generator; a rotor in the housing and having a circumferential roughened surface, the rotor being driven by the fluid being applied to the fluid inlet and roughened surface; electric generator means for producing electricity and including a core element and a magnetic element, the core element having a diameter, one of the elements being stationary relative the housing and the other element secured to and spinning with the rotor; and the rotor further comprising a disk-like base disposed substantially in a common axial plane with a portion of the circumferential roughened surface, the disk-like base having a diameter greater than the diameter of the core element.
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23. A fluid driven turbine generator comprising:
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a housing with a fluid inlet and outlet to allow fluid flow to and from the turbine generator, the housing having a pair of bearings; a rotor in the housing and having a circumferential roughened surface, the rotor being driven by the fluid being applied to the fluid inlet and roughened surface; electric generator means for producing electricity and including a core element and a magnetic element, one of the elements being stationary relative the housing and the other element secured to and spinning with the rotor; and the rotor further comprising a pair of axial shaft ends mounted in the bearings, one of the shaft ends and bearings being disposed substantially in a common axial plane with a portion of the electric generator means.
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