- Patent Title: Combination seal for a supercritical carbon dioxide turbo generator
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Application No.: US17130957Application Date: 2020-12-22
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Publication No.: US11725536B2Publication Date: 2023-08-15
- Inventor: Brian M. Holley , Malcolm MacDonald , Duane C. McCormick
- Applicant: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NC Charlotte
- Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Charlotte
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Main IPC: F01D25/12
- IPC: F01D25/12 ; F01D15/10 ; F01K25/10 ; F01D11/02 ; F01K7/32

Abstract:
A turbo generator rotor assembly is provided and includes a generator, first and second bearings on a compressor-side and a turbine-side of the generator and a combination seal configuration in which leakage from the compressor cools the first bearing, the generator and the second bearing. The combination seal configuration leads to minimal leakage past the turbine with the generator and the first and second bearings being cooled with leakage flow from the compressor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220195880A1 COMBINATION SEAL FOR A SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDE TURBO GENERATOR Public/Granted day:2022-06-23
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