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公开(公告)号：US11927105B1
公开(公告)日：2024-03-12
申请号：US18066707
申请日：2022-12-15
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. Examples disclosed herein include a thrust bearing system including a thrust disc coupled to an impeller shaft; a first thrust pad coupled to a body of the pump, the first thrust pad positioned on a forward side of the thrust disc; a second thrust pad coupled to the body of the pump, the second thrust pad positioned on an aft side of the thrust disc; and a spring-loaded assembly integrated into the first and second thrust pads, the spring-loaded assembly connected to a pump outlet via a first flowline, the first flowline to transmit a working fluid from the pump outlet to the forward side of the thrust disc or the aft side of the thrust disc based on a position of the spring-loaded assembly.
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公开(公告)号：US20240125271A1
公开(公告)日：2024-04-18
申请号：US18071368
申请日：2022-11-29
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： David Raju Yamarthi , Adam Joesph Wangler , Santosh Kumar Pattnaik , Brian G. Brzek , Ravindra Shankar Ganiger
CPC classification number: F02C7/14 , F02C9/00 , F05D2220/36 , F05D2260/213 , F05D2270/303
Abstract: Example pump systems having dual-function annular heat exchangers are disclosed. An example pump system to pressurize a fluid within a closed loop transport bus includes a pump to move the fluid, a conduit in fluid connection with the pump, a heat exchanger positioned around at least a portion of the conduit, the heat exchanger to receive a first electrical signal transmitted in a first direction at a first time and a second electrical signal transmitted in a second direction at a second time different from the first time, the second direction opposite the first direction.
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公开(公告)号：US20230358247A1
公开(公告)日：2023-11-09
申请号：US17840406
申请日：2022-06-14
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： David Raju Yamarthi , Ravindra Shankar Ganiger , Adam Joseph Wangler , Mohan Kannaiah Raju , Prachi Anand Tappu , Santosh Kumar Pattnaik , Shishir Paresh Shah , Brandon W. Miller , Daniel A. Niergarth , Kevin Edward Hinderliter
IPC: F04D29/06 , F04D13/06 , F04D29/046 , F04D1/00
CPC classification number: F04D29/046 , F04D1/00 , F04D13/06 , F04D29/061
Abstract: A pump system to pressurize a fluid within a closed loop transport bus is disclosed herein. The example of the pump system disclosed herein includes a pump, including an impeller, to increase kinetic energy of a fluid flowing through the impeller; an electric motor, including a rotor shaft connected to the impeller, to provide torque to the rotor shaft; a first bearing to support the rotor shaft at a first operational speed range, the first bearing coupled to an inner race; a second bearing to support the rotor shaft at a second operational speed range, the rotor shaft coupled to an outer race; and one or more sprag elements configured to: engage the inner race with the outer race at the first operational speed range; and disengage the inner race from the outer race at the second operational speed range.
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公开(公告)号：US20240263671A1
公开(公告)日：2024-08-08
申请号：US18191631
申请日：2023-03-28
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Mohan Kannaiah Raju , David Raju Yamarthi , Santosh Kumar Pattnaik , Adam Joseph Wangler , Ravindra Shankar Ganiger , Sanjeev Sai Kumar Manepalli
CPC classification number: F16C17/04 , F16C17/26 , F16C2360/00
Abstract: Example thrust bearing apparatus disclosed herein include: a thrust disk extending radially from the shaft, the thrust disk having a first side and a second side opposite the first side; a bearing housing surrounding the thrust disk and the shaft, the bearing housing having a first wall facing the first side of the thrust disk and a second wall facing the second side of the thrust disk; a first thrust pad coupled to the first wall of the bearing housing, the first thrust pad including a first plurality of serrations circumferentially arranged in a first pattern along the first thrust pad; and a second thrust pad coupled to the first side of the thrust disk, the second thrust pad including a second plurality of serrations circumferentially arranged in a second pattern along the second thrust pad.
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公开(公告)号：US20240093617A1
公开(公告)日：2024-03-21
申请号：US18066707
申请日：2022-12-15
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. Examples disclosed herein include a thrust bearing system including a thrust disc coupled to an impeller shaft; a first thrust pad coupled to a body of the pump, the first thrust pad positioned on a forward side of the thrust disc; a second thrust pad coupled to the body of the pump, the second thrust pad positioned on an aft side of the thrust disc; and a spring-loaded assembly integrated into the first and second thrust pads, the spring-loaded assembly connected to a pump outlet via a first flowline, the first flowline to transmit a working fluid from the pump outlet to the forward side of the thrust disc or the aft side of the thrust disc based on a position of the spring-loaded assembly.
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公开(公告)号：US20230358235A1
公开(公告)日：2023-11-09
申请号：US17840404
申请日：2022-06-14
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： David Raju Yamarthi , Mohan Kannaiah Raju , Prachi Anand Tappu , Santosh Kumar Pattnaik , Adam Joseph Wangler , Ravindra Shankar Ganiger , Shishir Paresh Shah
CPC classification number: F04D13/027 , F04D13/0606 , F04D29/0405 , F04D29/044 , F04D29/126 , F04D29/5806 , F04D29/628
Abstract: A pump system for pressurizing a fluid within a closed loop supercritical transport bus is disclosed herein. The examples of the pump system disclosed herein include an impeller coupled to an impeller shaft; an axial flux electric motor including rotors and a stator; a rotor shaft connected to the rotors, wherein the rotor shaft is coupled to the impeller shaft; a seal to prevent the fluid from contacting the axial flux electric motor; a first housing to frame the impeller shaft; and a second housing to frame the axial flux electric motor, wherein the second housing is separate from the first housing.
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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：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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