Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bowed rotor prevention system for turbomachinery
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Application No.: US16355297Application Date: 2019-03-15
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Publication No.: US11015659B2Publication Date: 2021-05-25
- Inventor: Vineet Sethi , Randall Kleen
- Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Fletcher Yoder, P.C.
- Main IPC: F16D23/02
- IPC: F16D23/02 ; F01D25/20 ; F01D15/08 ; F01D15/10 ; F01D15/12 ; F16D41/00 ; F01M1/02 ; F01D19/00 ; F01D25/34

Abstract:
A bowed-rotor prevention system for a turbomachine is disclosed. The system comprises a first turbomachine having a first shaft rotatably supported by a plurality of bearings, a second turbomachine having a second shaft rotatably coupled to the first rotatable shaft, and a pump having a third shaft rotatably coupled to the second shaft. The system further includes a gear box having a fourth shaft rotatably coupled to the third shaft by an clutch configured to operate in a freewheel condition when the first shaft is rotating faster than a first predetermined speed, and further configured to rotatably engage the fourth shaft to the third shaft when the first shaft is rotating slower than a second predetermined speed to thereby drive a rotation of the third shaft, wherein the first predetermined speed is faster than the second predetermined speed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200291819A1 BOWED ROTOR PREVENTION SYSTEM FOR TURBOMACHINERY Public/Granted day:2020-09-17
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