Gas centrifuge with driving motor

Patent · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1976

OSTI ID:862527

Dancy, Jr., William H. ^[1]

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1. (Charlottesville, VA)

1. A centrifuge for separating gaseous constituents of different masses comprising a vertical tubular rotor, means for introducing a gas mixture of different masses into said rotor and means for removing at least one of the gas components from the rotor, a first bearing means supporting said rotor at one end for rotational movement, a support, a damping bearing mounted on said support, a shaft fixed to said rotor at the opposite end and mechanically connecting said rotor to said damping bearing, a cup-shaped tube of electrically conductive, non-magnetic material in coaxial relationship with said shaft, the open end of said tube extending away from said rotor and the closed end of said tube being directly secured to the adjacent end of the rotor, an annular core of magnetic material fixedly mounted on said support so as to be disposed within said tube and around said shaft, and a second annular magnetic core with coils arranged thereon to receive polyphase current to produce a rotating magnetic field traversing the circumference of said tube, fixedly mounted on said support so as to surround said tube, the size of said first annular core and said second annular core being such as to permit limited radial displacement of said shaft and said tube.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AT(40-1)-1779
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States Energy (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 3955753
• OSTI ID: 862527
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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separating
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rotor
means
introducing
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removing
components
bearing
supporting
rotational
movement
support
damping
mounted
shaft
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mechanically
connecting
cup-shaped
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conductive
non-magnetic
material
coaxial
relationship
extending
closed
directly
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annular
core
magnetic
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coils
arranged
thereon
receive
polyphase
current
produce
rotating
field
traversing
circumference
surround
size
permit
limited
radial
displacement
rotating magnetic
rotational movement
means supporting
fixedly mounted
magnetic field
electrically conductive
gas mixture
magnetic material
magnetic core
tube extending
separating gaseous
bearing means
radial displacement
non-magnetic material
gas centrifuge
separating gas
gas components
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coils arranged
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