Rotating nozzle generator
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsBahram Keramati, Vedanth Kadambi
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Abstract
A rotating nozzle generator is described for producing electricity from the direct expansion of a liquid to a two-phase mixture of liquid and vapor. The device includes liquid inlet means, a rotor, at least one fluid flow groove along the length of the rotor, which groove changes in size in communication with the liquid inlet means, generator windings on the outer or inner surface of the rotor and fluid outlet means in communication with the fluid flow groove.
Claims9
A rotating nozzle generator comprising a housing, a rotor mounted within the housing, the rotor having a groove along its length, the rotor groove size changing from one end of the groove to the other end, a sleeve encasing the rotor thereby defining a liquid fluid flow passage, an electrical generator within the housing, the rotating component of the electrical generator associated with the rotor and sleeve, the stationary component of the electrical generator mounted within the housing and spaced from the rotating component, fluid inlet means for the housing, fluid outlet means for the housing, the rotor groove inlet in communication with the fluid inlet means, and the rotor groove outlet in communication with the fluid outlet means.
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