Single-ended counter-rotating radial turbine for space application
Abstract
A single-ended turbine with counter-rotating blades operating with sodium as the working fluid. The single-ended, counter-rotating feature of the turbine results in zero torque application to a space platform. Thus, maneuvering of the platform is not adversely affected by the turbine. 4 figs.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 6750316
- Patent Number(s):
- 6049180
- Assignee:
- TIC; ERA-14-000836; EDB-88-184165
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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H - ELECTRICITY H02 - GENERATION H02M - APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS
H - ELECTRICITY H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE H04N - PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; 42 ENGINEERING; SPACE VEHICLES; ROTATION; SPACECRAFT POWER SUPPLIES; DESIGN; TURBINES; INVENTIONS; SODIUM; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE VEHICLE COMPONENTS; ALKALI METALS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ELEMENTS; EQUIPMENT; MACHINERY; METALS; MOTION; POWER SUPPLIES; TURBOMACHINERY; VEHICLES; 320201* - Energy Conservation, Consumption, & Utilization- Transportation- Air & Aerospace; 425002 - Engineering- Power Cycles- Rankine- (1980-)
Citation Formats
Coomes, E P, Wilson, D G, Webb, B J, and McCabe, S J. Single-ended counter-rotating radial turbine for space application. United States: N. p., 1987.
Web.
Coomes, E P, Wilson, D G, Webb, B J, & McCabe, S J. Single-ended counter-rotating radial turbine for space application. United States.
Coomes, E P, Wilson, D G, Webb, B J, and McCabe, S J. Wed .
"Single-ended counter-rotating radial turbine for space application". United States.
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title = {Single-ended counter-rotating radial turbine for space application},
author = {Coomes, E P and Wilson, D G and Webb, B J and McCabe, S J},
abstractNote = {A single-ended turbine with counter-rotating blades operating with sodium as the working fluid. The single-ended, counter-rotating feature of the turbine results in zero torque application to a space platform. Thus, maneuvering of the platform is not adversely affected by the turbine. 4 figs.},
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journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed May 13 00:00:00 EDT 1987},
month = {Wed May 13 00:00:00 EDT 1987}
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