Gas turbine generators
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1. A radial flow gas turbine generator, the radial flow gas turbine generator including:
- a radial flow gas turbine section and an electrical generation section;
a shaft having a rotor of the electrical generation section, with a compressor wheel and a turbine wheel of the gas turbine section fixed to the shaft; and
a single bearing arrangement supporting the shaft for rotation, wherein said single bearing arrangement is at an axial position on the shaft between the rotor of the electrical generation section and the compressor and turbine wheel of the gas turbine section, wherein the rotor of the electrical generation section and the compressor of the gas turbine section are overhung on opposing sides of the single bearing arrangement.
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Abstract
A radial flow gas turbine generator (10) where the gas turbine generator (10) includes a shaft (30) having a rotor (20) of the generator (10), a compressor wheel (16) and a turbine wheel (18) fixed thereto. The shaft (30) is supported for rotation by a single bearing arrangement (38 provided at an axial position on the shaft (30) that is between the rotor (20) and the compressor wheel (16).
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1. A radial flow gas turbine generator, the radial flow gas turbine generator including:
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a radial flow gas turbine section and an electrical generation section; a shaft having a rotor of the electrical generation section, with a compressor wheel and a turbine wheel of the gas turbine section fixed to the shaft; and a single bearing arrangement supporting the shaft for rotation, wherein said single bearing arrangement is at an axial position on the shaft between the rotor of the electrical generation section and the compressor and turbine wheel of the gas turbine section, wherein the rotor of the electrical generation section and the compressor of the gas turbine section are overhung on opposing sides of the single bearing arrangement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A vehicle comprising:
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battery cells; and a gas turbine generator in electrical communication with the battery cells, the gas turbine generator including a radial flow gas turbine section and an electrical generation section, a shaft, a compressor wheel and a turbine wheel of the gas turbine section, and a single bearing arrangement, the shaft having a rotor of the electrical generation section, the compressor wheel fixed to the shaft, the turbine wheel fixed to the shaft, and the single bearing arrangement supporting the shaft for rotation, the single bearing arrangement at an axial position on the shaft between the rotor of the electrical generation section and the compressor and turbine wheel of the gas turbine section, wherein rotation of the shaft produces electrical power to recharge the battery cells, wherein the rotor of the electrical generation section and the compressor wheel of the gas turbine section are overhung on opposing sides of the single bearing arrangement.
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