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公开(公告)号:US12209507B2
公开(公告)日:2025-01-28
申请号:US18583547
申请日:2024-02-21
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Adam Joseph Wangler , David Raju Yamarthi , Ravindra Shankar Ganiger , Santosh Kumar Pattnaik
Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to dynamically support axial thrust in pumps. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a first thrust pad, a second thrust pad, and a thrust disc between the first thrust pad and the second thrust pad, the thrust disc including a first side adjacent to the first thrust pad. a second side adjacent to the second thrust pad, an outer surface, a first channel extending between the outer surface to the first side, and a second channel extending between the outer surface of the thrust disc to the second side.
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公开(公告)号:US20240263646A1
公开(公告)日:2024-08-08
申请号:US18496599
申请日:2023-10-27
Applicant: General Electric Company
IPC: F04D29/58 , F04D17/08 , F04D27/02 , F04D29/056
CPC classification number: F04D29/5826 , F04D17/08 , F04D27/023 , F04D29/056
Abstract: Methods and apparatus to provide vortex cooled secondary flow for a supercritical carbon dioxide pump are disclosed herein. An example thermal management system includes a hot secondary flow extract section fluidly coupled to an outlet of a pump system, a cooled secondary flow section fluidly coupled to the hot secondary flow extract section, the hot secondary flow extract section including a vortex tube to generate cooled secondary air flow from hot secondary flow extract air of the hot secondary flow extract section, and a bearing inlet fluidly coupled to the cooled secondary flow section, the bearing inlet positioned to route the cooled secondary flow to bearings of the pump system.
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公开(公告)号:US20240240572A1
公开(公告)日:2024-07-18
申请号:US18583547
申请日:2024-02-21
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Adam Joseph Wangler , David Raju Yamarthi , Ravindra Shankar Ganiger , Santosh Kumar Pattnaik
CPC classification number: F01D25/168 , F01D3/04 , F01D15/08
Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to dynamically support axial thrust in pumps. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a first thrust pad, a second thrust pad, and a thrust disc between the first thrust pad and the second thrust pad, the thrust disc including a first side adjacent to the first thrust pad. a second side adjacent to the second thrust pad, an outer surface, a first channel extending between the outer surface to the first side, and a second channel extending between the outer surface of the thrust disc to the second side.
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公开(公告)号:US20240167433A1
公开(公告)日:2024-05-23
申请号:US18149570
申请日:2023-01-03
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: David Raju Yamarthi , Rodrigo Rodriguez Erdmenger , Maysaa Rizk , Adam Joseph Wangler , Ismail Hakki Sezal
CPC classification number: F02K3/00 , F02C7/141 , F05D2220/323 , F05D2240/50 , F05D2240/60
Abstract: Dual compression-expansion pumps and related methods are disclosed. An example fluid pump includes a shaft, a motor coupled to the shaft, the motor to drive a rotation of the shaft, a compressor coupled to a first end of the shaft, a turbine coupled to a second end of the shaft opposite the first end, and a housing including a first inlet, a second inlet, a third inlet, a first outlet, and a second outlet, the first outlet fluidly coupled to the second inlet, the second outlet fluidly coupled to the third inlet.
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公开(公告)号:US11952944B1
公开(公告)日:2024-04-09
申请号:US18167643
申请日:2023-02-10
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Daniel A. Niergarth , Giridhar Jothiprasad , Rodrigo Rodriguez Erdmenger , Adam Joseph Wangler
IPC: F02C7/141
CPC classification number: F02C7/141 , F05D2220/323 , F05D2260/20
Abstract: Jet engine thermal transport bus pumps are disclosed. Disclosed herein is an aircraft comprising a gas turbine engine configured to burn fuel at a fuel flow rate to generate an engine power (Pengine), the fuel characterized by a first specific heat capacity (cp_fuel) and a net heat of combustion (NHCfuel); and a thermal management system configured to transfer heat from a working fluid to the fuel, the working fluid characterized by a second specific heat capacity (cp_pump) and a first density (ρpump), the thermal management system including a pump configured to generate a pump power (Ppump) to pressurize the working fluid, and wherein
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公开(公告)号:US11891998B2
公开(公告)日:2024-02-06
申请号:US17840400
申请日:2022-06-14
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: David Raju Yamarthi , Mohan Kannaiah Raju , Adam Joseph Wangler , Rodrigo Rodriguez Erdmenger , Santosh Kumar Pattnaik , Prachi Anand Tappu
CPC classification number: F04D13/028 , F04D13/024 , F04D13/0606 , F04D29/5806 , B33Y80/00
Abstract: A pump system for pressurizing a fluid within a closed loop thermal transport bus is disclosed herein. The example of the pump system disclosed herein includes an electric motor including a rotor shaft and a stator, wherein the rotor shaft is to generate a first torque; a pump including an impeller coupled to an impeller shaft, wherein the impeller is to increase a kinetic energy of the fluid; a driver wheel attached to the rotor shaft, wherein the driver wheel is radially connected to a follower wheel; and a co-axial magnetic coupling to connect at least one of the follower wheel to the impeller shaft or the driver wheel to the rotor shaft, wherein the co-axial magnetic coupling includes an outer hub, an inner hub, and a barrier can, the barrier can to hermetically seal a portion of the pump system from the fluid.
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公开(公告)号:US20230358236A1
公开(公告)日:2023-11-09
申请号:US17840400
申请日:2022-06-14
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: David Raju Yamarthi , Mohan Kannaiah Raju , Adam Joseph Wangler , Rodrigo Rodriguez Erdmenger , Santosh Kumar Pattnaik , Prachi Anand Tappu
CPC classification number: F04D13/028 , F04D13/024 , F04D13/0606 , F04D29/5806 , B33Y80/00
Abstract: A pump system for pressurizing a fluid within a closed loop thermal transport bus is disclosed herein. The example of the pump system disclosed herein includes an electric motor including a rotor shaft and a stator, wherein the rotor shaft is to generate a first torque; a pump including an impeller coupled to an impeller shaft, wherein the impeller is to increase a kinetic energy of the fluid; a driver wheel attached to the rotor shaft, wherein the driver wheel is radially connected to a follower wheel; and a co-axial magnetic coupling to connect at least one of the follower wheel to the impeller shaft or the driver wheel to the rotor shaft, wherein the co-axial magnetic coupling includes an outer hub, an inner hub, and a barrier can, the barrier can to hermetically seal a portion of the pump system from the fluid.
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