Patent · US Expired

Arrangement for cooling the rotor of an electric machine, especially a turbine type generator

US4228374A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 21, 1978
Grant dateOct 14, 1980
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Expiry dateSep 21, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S505/878
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an arrangement for cooling the rotor of an electric machine, especially a turbine-type generator. The rotor contains a superconducting field winding, a co-rotating cold shield and a co-rotating mixing chamber for receiving a phase mixture of a coolant. A first coolant stream with a liquid coolant is further provided for cooling the field winding and a second coolant stream for cooling the cold shield. A substream derived from the first coolant stream after the latter has passed through the field winding is admixed to the second coolant stream and that a corresponding connecting line is provided with a throttling device.

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