Invention Grant
- Patent Title: High energy density turbomachines
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Application No.: US17271066Application Date: 2019-08-26
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Publication No.: US11781556B2Publication Date: 2023-10-10
- Inventor: Abhay R. Patil , Gerald Morrison , Adolfo Delgado
- Applicant: The Texas A&M University System
- Applicant Address: US TX College Station
- Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
- Current Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
- Current Assignee Address: US TX College Station
- Agency: Winstead PC
- International Application: PCT/US2019/048111 2019.08.26
- International Announcement: WO2020/046799A 2020.03.05
- Date entered country: 2021-02-24
- Main IPC: F04D29/22
- IPC: F04D29/22 ; F04D7/02 ; F04D13/08 ; F04D29/041 ; F04D29/051 ; F04D29/18 ; F04D29/28

Abstract:
A turbomachine includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet. A shaft is rotationally disposed in the housing. The shaft is rotatable about a longitudinal axis. An impeller is coupled to the shaft between the inlet and the outlet and rotates with the shaft. The impeller includes a single impeller inlet and an impeller outlet, a first set of vanes disposed on a first side of the impeller, and a second set of vanes disposed on a second side of the impeller. A passage is formed through a thickness of the impeller. The passage facilitates transmission of fluid from the first side of the impeller to the second side of the impeller such that fluid is supplied to the first set of vanes and the second set of vanes via the single impeller inlet. Transmission of fluid through the impeller reduces net axial thrust imparted to at least one of the impeller and the shaft.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210324869A1 HIGH ENERGY DENSITY TURBOMACHINES Public/Granted day:2021-10-21
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