Wells turbine having passive rotor blade displacement

US9062650B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Voith Patent GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Raphael Arlitt · Ulm, DE
• Helmut Bronowski · Heidenheim, DE
• Jochen Weilepp · Heidenheim, DE
• Michael Thomas Engelhardt · Heidenheim, DE
• Ralf Starzmann · Reichenbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 16, 2008
• Grant date: Jun 23, 2015
• Expiry date: Jun 21, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E60/16
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention concerns a Wells turbine, comprising a hub with a plurality of rotor blades having a drop-shaped profile orienting from a profile nose;