Rotor

Abstract

Rotor, in particular a rotary heat pump, including a rotational axis, a number of compression ducts in which a working medium, in particular a gas, preferably a noble gas, is guided away from the rotational axis to increase the pressure due to the centrifugal acceleration, a number of expansion ducts in which the working medium is guided towards the rotational axis to reduce the pressure due to the centrifugal acceleration, a number of first heat transfer ducts for the working medium and a number of second heat transfer ducts for a heat transfer medium, in particular a liquid, so that heat is transferred between the working medium flowing in the first heat transfer ducts and the heat transfer medium flowing in the second heat transfer ducts, a number of first (10) and second rotor plates including the compression ducts, the expansion ducts, the first heat transfer ducts for the working medium and the second heat transfer ducts for the heat transfer medium, wherein the first and second rotor plates are connected to each other along their main planes of extension.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.