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US 2024/0183307 A1Published application
Integrated system for converting nuclear energy into electrical, mechanical, and thermal energy
AssigneeNuGen, LLC
InventorStephen K. Rhyne
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Abstract
Provided is an apparatus for generating electricity comprising a gas propellant chamber and one or more generators. The gas propellant chamber comprises a compressor, a nuclear fuel chamber, and a turbine assembly, wherein a drive shaft extending axially through the gas propellant chamber couples the compressor to the turbine assembly and wherein the nuclear fuel chamber is a rotating nuclear fuel chamber configured to rotate axially along the drive shaft to which the compressor and the turbine assembly are coupled.
Claims21
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An apparatus for generating electricity comprising:
- a gas propellant chamber comprised of an annular body defining first and second ends, the first end of the annular body defining an inlet assembly that is structured to draw operating gas into the gas propellant chamber and the second end defining an exhaust assembly that is structured to expel operating gas from the gas propellant chamber, wherein the inlet assembly comprises a compressor and the exhaust assembly comprises a turbine assembly;
- a rotating nuclear fuel core positioned within the annular body of the gas propellant chamber between the compressor and the turbine assembly, a first shaft extending from a first end of the rotating nuclear fuel core to a first gear box, the first gear box positioned downstream of the rotating nuclear fuel core;
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- a generator communicably connected to the rotating nuclear fuel core, the generator structured to generate electricity.
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