Turbo-generator
US6097116A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 21, 1998 |
| Grant date | Aug 1, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 21, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH02K9/12
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a turbo-generator (10) having a rotor (11) and a stator (12) concentrically surrounding the rotor (11) and separated from the rotor (11) by an air gap (14), and also having a cooling arrangement in which a main fan (33) draws in a gaseous cooling medium flowing through corresponding cooling passages in the rotor (11) and in the stator (12) and forces it through a cooler (22, 23, 24) back into the cooling passages, the cooling medium flowing through the rotor (11) in the axial direction, issuing in a heated state into the air gap (14) and being returned from the air gap (14) to the main fan (33), improved rotor cooling is achieved in that the cooling medium heated by the rotor (11) is directed radially outward from the air gap (14) through outflow passages (15) in the stator (12) and is returned to the main fan (33) outside the stator (12) via a cooling-air return (21).
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