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US 2020/0263545 A1Published application
Electric turbomachine
AssigneeROLLS-ROYCE plc
InventorsChloe J. PALMER, Vladimir A. SHIROKOV
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Abstract
Turbomachinery comprising first and second sets of rotors configured to operate on a working fluid. The machinery further comprises first and second sets of electric machines coupled to the respective first and second rotors, and a coupling arrangement arranged to couple adjacent rotors of the first and second rotor sets to provide for fixed ratio, contra-rotation of the first and second rotor sets.
Claims11
Turbomachinery comprising:
- first and second sets of rotors configured to operate on a working fluid;
- first and second sets of electric machines coupled to the respective first and second rotors;
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- a coupling arrangement arranged to couple adjacent rotors of the first and second rotor sets to provide for fixed ratio, contra-rotation of the first and second rotor sets.
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