Tangential flow machine
OwnerKurt Staehleinventor
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Abstract
A tangential flow machine can be operated both as electric propulsion and as a generator, having a jacket housing which can have flow passing around it on an outer side, the profile of which is formed on a first front-side opening, and tapers to a second front side, on which a second front-side opening is formed. Between the two front-side openings, there extends a flow path along a main axis, and with an electrical machine, which on the jacket housing has a stator and a rotor that is supported so as to rotate within the stator. The rotor defines a free rotary axis and has a rotor ring and an arrangement of rotor blades which each extend from the rotor ring, radially to a free edge and the free edges of the rotor blades, in the projection direction parallel to the main axis.
Claims19
A tangential flow machine which can be operated both as an electrical drive and as a generator, comprising:
- a jacket housing around which flow can pass on an exterior side, the profile of which tapers to a first front side on which a first front-side opening is configured, and which tapers to a second front side on which a second front-side opening is configured, wherein between the two front-side openings a flow path extends along a main axis,
- an electrical machine which on the jacket housing has a stator and a rotor supported so as to turn within the stator, wherein the rotor defines a free turning axis and with this a rotor ring and an arrangement of rotor blades each extending radially inward from the rotor ring to a free edge, and the free edges of the rotor blades in the projection direction parallel to main axis delimit a free circular surface,
- wherein the rotor blades are formed by baffle plates which extend in the direction of main axis at least over the entire axial length of the rotor ring;
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- wherein the electrical machine can be switched between generator mode and propulsion mode.
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