Radial-radial single rotor turbine

Patent · Tue May 16 00:00:00 EDT 2006

OSTI ID:908433

Platts, David A ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos, NM

A rotor for use in turbine applications has a radial compressor/pump having radially disposed spaced apart fins forming passages and a radial turbine having hollow turbine blades interleaved with the fins and through which fluid from the radial compressor/pump flows. The rotor can, in some applications, be used to produce electrical power.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• Assignee: The Regents of the University of California (Los Alamos, NM)
• Patent Number(s): 7,044,718
• Application Number: 10/614772
• OSTI ID: 908433
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 2003 Jul 08
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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