Apparatus employing shear forces to transmit energy having flow altering structures configured to increase heat rejection from a working fluid and related method
US9470278B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 6, 2016 |
| Grant date | Oct 18, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 6, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16D2300/10
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A device that employs shear forces to transmit energy includes an outer housing assembly, a disk, and a reservoir with a working fluid. The disk is received in and rotatable relative to the outer housing assembly. A working cavity is formed between a rotor portion of the disk and the outer housing assembly into which the working fluid is received to create shear forces. A plurality of flow altering structures are disposed on the outer housing assembly and are configured to reduce a thickness of a boundary layer of the working fluid in the working cavity in areas that are local to the flow altering structures.
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