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Turbo-generator

US5285123A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 5, 1993
Grant dateFeb 8, 1994
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Expiry dateApr 5, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T50/60
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A turbo-generator has a tapering cooling part positioned between a vapor turbine part and a generator part, and casings of these parts are combined together to form a sealed single-boundary structure. A turbine shaft in the vapor turbine part, a rotary shaft in the cooling part and a generator shaft in the generator part are combined unitarily and are supported by bearing parts in such a way that the unitary shaft does not pass from the boundary structure. The tapering cooling part has a smaller diameter at the side of the generator part, and the inner circumferential surface of the cooling part forms a labyrinth structure to separate the atmospheres of the vapor turbine part and the generator part.

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