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US 6,174,127 B1Granted
Prandtl layer turbine
AssigneeFantom Technologies Inc.
InventorsWayne Ernest Conrad, Helmut Gerhard Conrad, Ted Szylowiec
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Abstract
A turbine comprising a first housing having a first shaft rotatably drivingly connected to a second shaft and mounted in the first housing; a plurality of first spaced apart discs mounted on the first shaft and rotatable therewith; a second housing having the second shaft rotatably mounted in the second housing; and, a plurality of second spaced apart discs mounted on the second shaft and rotatable therewith.
Claims18
An assembly comprising:
- (a) a first housing having a first shaft rotatably mounted therein, an inlet and an outlet;
- (b) a first Prandtl layer turbine mounted on the first shaft and rotatable therewith;
- (c) a second housing having a second shaft rotatably mounted therein, an inlet and an outlet;
- and,
- (d) a second Prandtl layer turbine mounted on the second shaft and rotatable therewith, the second Prandtl layer turbine is drivenly connected to the first Prandtl layer turbine whereby power produced by the passage of fluid through the first Prandtl layer turbine is used to drive the second Prandtl layer turbine.
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An apparatus comprising:
- (a) a first Prandtl layer turbine means for transmitting motive force between a first fluid and a first plurality of rotatable spaced apart members;
- and,
- (b) a second Prandtl layer turbine means for transmitting motive force between a second fluid and a second plurality of rotatable spaced apart members, the second Prandtl layer turbine means for transmitting motive being drivenly connected to the first means for transmitting motive force and the first and second fluids are not in fluid communication.
A method comprising:
- (a) passing a first fluid through a first Prandtl layer turbine to transmit motive force from the first fluid to the first Prandtl layer turbine;
- and,
- (b) transmitting the motive force from step (a) to a second Prandtl layer turbine to cause the second Prandtl layer turbine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.