Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps inventions 07/06

20060165515 - Fuel pump having dual flow channel: A fuel pump includes a housing, and a motor. An impeller has first and second impeller flow channels having a plurality of vanes positioned therein. The impeller defines a flow passageway extending through the impeller. A cover is attached to the housing and defines a cover flow channel. The cover...

20060165514 - Fuel pump having dual single sided impeller: A fuel pump includes a housing, and a motor. A single sided impeller has first and second impeller flow channels each including a plurality of vanes. The impeller defines a flow passageway extending therethrough. A cover is attached to the housing and has a cover surface that defines first and...

20060165516 - Fluid actuated drive means: A fluid flow actuated drive means 10 includes a rotatably mounted impeller 12 which defines a set of circumferentially spaced outer chambers 14 which extend inwardly from openings 16 along a peripheral edge 18 of the impeller 12 and a set of inner chambers 20 which are arranged radially inwards...

20060165517 - Method for repairing a rubbing surface of a turbomachine variable-pitch blade: Method for repairing a rubbing surface of a variable-pitch blade of a turbomachine, consisting in filling a deficit of material of said surface of the blade that results from wear thereof by depositing a metallic product by electrolysis then in forming at least one thin layer of a hard material...

20060165519 - Aerofoil containment structure: A stage of fan aerofoils (10) lies within a fan cowl (12). The fan duct (16) is defined in part by a hard casing (14) that in turn surrounds aerofoils (10). Hard casing (14) includes wedge members (26) that fill the annular gap between ring (14) and an outer ring...

20060165518 - Turbine engine stator including shape memory alloy and clearance control method: A turbine engine stator assembly in juxtaposition across a radial gap with a rotary blading assembly includes a radially movable shroud and a gap control member made of at least one shape memory alloy (SMA). The SMA is selected and preconditioned to deform pre-selected amounts to change the radial length...

20060165520 - Blade of a turbomachine with enlarged peripheral profile depth: A blade for an axial-flow turbomachine with a gap-side blade area I which transits into a free blade end and with a hub-side or casing-side blade area II, respectively. The blade 3 forms a flow line profile section with a leading edge VK and a trailing edge HK which establish...

20060165521 - Scroll casing for centrifugal blowers: Disclosed herein is a scroll casing for centrifugal blowers provided outside of an impeller for forming a spiral air flow path, comprising: an outlet for discharging air; and a cut-off formed between the impeller and the outlet for serving as a boundary between an outlet air flow field and an...

20060165525 - Blower: A blower comprises a housing and an impeller. The housing comprises a side outlet and an inlet comprising a predetermined profile, and the impeller is disposed in the housing. The predetermined profile is quadratrical, elliptical, polygonal, non-coaxial circle, or irregularly closed shaped. A flow tunnel is disposed between the impeller...

20060165522 - Centrifugal pump, in particular a spirally-housed centrifugal pump for a heat exchange medium: In a centrifugal pump—in particular a spiral-casing centrifugal pump—for a heat carrier medium, comprising a spiral casing (14) having an impeller (40), a casing cover (18) and an associated casing attachment portion (34) for a pump shaft (35, 36, 36a) provided with a shaft bearing (76, 76a) near the spiral...

20060165523 - Centrifugal water pump: A pump includes a housing defining an internal chamber having an axial inlet passage, a generally radial passage with an outlet to a volute. A rotatable impeller, disposed within the chamber, has a conical rear shroud sloping away from the axial inlet to define a rear recess. A shaft seal...

20060165524 - Process for producing a compressor: A compressor housing of a turbocharger is provided with an abrasion coating on the inner wall which cooperates with the compressor wheel. The production of the abrasion coating by means of plasma spraying does not require any activation in-depth of the surface and may be applied directly onto the surface...

20060165526 - Axial-flow fan: Disclosed is an axial-flow fan having a central hub coupled to a rotational shaft of a motor, a plurality of blades extending radially outwardly from the outer circumference of the hub for blowing air in an axial direction, the plurality of blades being integrated with the hub into a single...

20060159546 - Turbine fuel pump: A turbine fuel pump including a cylindrical casing, an electric motor accommodated in the casing, a pump housing mounted into the casing, and an impeller disposed within the pump housing and driven around an axis in a rotational direction by the electric motor. The impeller includes a plurality of vanes...

20060159547 - Warning system for turbine component contact: Aspects of the invention related to a system for providing advance notice of impending contact between a stationary component and a rotating component in a turbine engine. For example, the system can be used to warn of potential contact between a seal holder and a rotor disk in the compressor...

20060159548 - Hydraulic braking device for turbine, turbine equipped with such a device and drilling equipment comprising such a turbine: When the said hydraulic braking device (10) is immersed in a fluid medium, axial rotation of the turbine shaft (4) about its axis causes a movement of the said at least one body (12) with respect to the said fluid medium, this movement generating a resisting torque (T) related to...

20060159549 - Gas turbine engine shroud sealing arrangement: A ring seal is mounted in the annular gap between a shroud platform overhanging portion and the surrounding shroud support to minimize cooling air leakage through the shroud....

20060153671 - Centrifugal fan diffuser: At least one embodiment of the present inventive technology focuses on a vaneless diffuser adapted for establishment extra-radially of a centrifugal fan, wherein the diffuser may effect an optimal transformation of velocity pressure into static pressure of a fluid (e.g., air) impelled by a centrifugal fan by decreasing that fluid's...

20060153672 - Furling wind turbine: A stall control wind turbine is eguipped with a latchable furling mechanism so that, except in the event of a fault condition or dangerously high winds, the rotor faces directly into the prevailing wind while generating power. A fault condition may occur when the electrical power grid, to which the...

20060153673 - Turbomachine exerting dynamic influence on the flow: A turbomachine includes at least one rotor 1 featuring a hub and one stator 2, with a casing 5 confining the flow through the rotor 1 and the stator 2 to the outside. It also includes running-gap adjacent hub and casing surfaces LNGO, with openings being provided along the circumference...

20060153674 - Blower fan and working machine provided with the same: A blower fan includes: an impeller having a predetermined number of blades; a fan casing having an air-intake port disposed to face a central portion of base of the impeller and eccentrically housing the blower fan and defining a spiral scroll passageway between an inner wall thereof and an external...

20060153675 - Wind power plant and arrangement of bearings therefor: An improvement of a wind power plant having a rotor which is rotatably supported with respect to a rotor axis by means of a bearing arrangement and has a rotor blade fixed to a rotor hub and extending therefrom radially outwardly, with respect to the rotor axis, is provided, wherein...

20060153676 - Multi-stage blower: A blower is formed with multiple sets of rotatable rings of blades coupled to each other. Multiple inlet rings are correspondingly coupled to the multiple sets of rotatable rings of blades. In one embodiment, the blades may be forward facing blades and include a volute to accomplish pressure recovery. In...

20060153677 - Mini fan: A mini-fan has a drive motor having an external rotor (222) and an internal stator (244). The external rotor (222) is equipped with a rotor shaft (234) that has a necked down portion (258) in the region of its free end (235). The mini-fan (216) has a bearing tube (238)...

20060147299 - Shround cooling assembly for a gas trubine: An improved assembly (110) consisting of internal casing (112) and support device (114) for nozzles in a gas turbine stage, these nozzles being grouped together in sectors and each of these sectors being connected externally to an external casing of the gas turbine by means of the support device (114),...

20060147300 - Method of coating and a shield for a component: A gas turbine engine is used for power generation or propulsion and includes vanes. Each vane includes a trailing edge having a curvature and cooling slots that cool the vane. A photochemical edge shield includes an edge and projections that project from the edge. Before coating the vane, the photochemical...

20060147301 - Centrifugal compressor for turbo chiller, turbo chiller, and control method therefor: A turbo chiller that can accurately determine the existence of surging occurring in a centrifugal compressor is provided. In a centrifugal compressor of a turbo chiller, which includes an impeller for compressing refrigerant, a resistance temperature sensor for detecting the refrigerant temperature is provided at the upstream side of the...

20060147302 - Blower without freezing lock phenomenon and heat exchanging device comprising the blower: The discharge water means (1m) is provided within an area equal to or more than an area of the shroud extending to 20 degree points in both directions from a center that is a lowest portion of the ring portion (1h). Due to this, if water drops adhered to the...

20060147303 - Methods and apparatus for maintaining rotor assembly tip clearances: A method for assembling a rotor assembly for a gas turbine engine is provided. The engine includes an engine casing, a plurality of rotor blades, and at least one turbine shroud assembly. The method includes mounting a plurality of case segments together circumferentially to form the casing around the plurality...

20060147304 - Guide blade of axial-flow fan shroud: The present invention discloses guide blades of an axial flow fan shroud for guiding the air blown by an axial flow fan in an axial direction, and more particularly, to a guide blade structure capable of preventing the backflow of high temperature heat from an engine room toward a condenser....

20060147305 - Axial-flow heat-dissipating fan: An axial-flow heat-dissipating fan includes an impeller and a casing. The impeller includes a hub and a plurality of blades formed on the hub. The casing includes an air inlet, an air outlet, a base in the air outlet, and guiding ribs mounted between the casing and the base. Each...