Axial in-line turbomachine
AssigneeAtlas Copco Energas GmbH
InventorsAndreas Metzler, Kurt Ellensohn, Julio Cesar Vargas Marquez, Werner Bosen
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Abstract
A turbomachine has a housing defining an axis and having an axially outwardly directed first end wall. A shaft rotatable about the axis inside the housing has a first end projecting axially from the housing. An electric rotor is provided on the shaft, and an electric stator is provided on the housing juxtaposed with the electric rotor. A radial impeller fixed on the first shaft end outside the housing has an inner face directed axially toward the housing end wall. A magnetic bearing half is fixed on the housing end wall immediately adjacent and directed at the impeller inner face.
Claims11
A turbomachine comprising:
- a housing defining an axis and having an axially outwardly directed first end wall;
- a shaft rotatable about the axis inside the housing and having a first end projecting axially from the housing;
- an electric rotor on the shaft;
- an electric stator on the housing juxtaposed with the electric rotor;
- a radial impeller fixed on the first shaft end outside the housing and having an inner face directed axially toward the housing end wall;
- a magnetic bearing half fixed on the housing end wall immediately adjacent and directed at the impeller inner face.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.