Flexible bearing damping system, energy storage system using such a system, and a method related thereto
First Claim
1. A system for damping vibrations and removing heat from a heat generating device, the system comprising:
- two or more flexible dampers, each having a stiffness, wherein said two or more flexible dampers comprises a material selected from the group consisting of elastomers, silicon rubber and a mesh material; and
two or more heat transferring devices, each having a stiffness, for thermally conducting heat energy produced by said heat generating device to a remote heat sink, wherein said flexible dampers and said heat transferring devices extend in first and second planes in a radial direction, respectively, wherein said first and second planes are substantially parallel, and wherein said stiffnesses of said two or more flexible dampers are significantly greater than said stiffnesses of said two or more heat transferring devices, and wherein at least one of said two or more heat-generating devices further supports a vibration-producing rotating device, having a rigid body critical speed.
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Abstract
A bearing damping system for damping vibrations and conducting heat from vibration-producing, heat-generating devices, an evacuated energy storage system including such a bearing damping system for damping vibrations produced by the rotating shaft and conducting heat from bearings and/or bearing assemblies; and a method for damping vibrations and conducting heat from vibration-producing, heat-generating devices. The bearing damping system includes one or more flexible bearing dampers in combination with one or more heat transferring rosettes. The heat transferring rosettes comprise a flexible thermally conductive member that transfers heat by conduction from the bearings, bearing assemblies and/or heat generating devices to a remote heat sink.
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1. A system for damping vibrations and removing heat from a heat generating device, the system comprising:
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two or more flexible dampers, each having a stiffness, wherein said two or more flexible dampers comprises a material selected from the group consisting of elastomers, silicon rubber and a mesh material; and two or more heat transferring devices, each having a stiffness, for thermally conducting heat energy produced by said heat generating device to a remote heat sink, wherein said flexible dampers and said heat transferring devices extend in first and second planes in a radial direction, respectively, wherein said first and second planes are substantially parallel, and wherein said stiffnesses of said two or more flexible dampers are significantly greater than said stiffnesses of said two or more heat transferring devices, and wherein at least one of said two or more heat-generating devices further supports a vibration-producing rotating device, having a rigid body critical speed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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