Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps inventions 10/06

20060239811 - Apparatus and method for processing fluids: An apparatus and a method are described for a versatile, multi-stage, centrifugal fluids-processing device adaptable to efficiently mixing, blending, emulsifying, deagglomerating or homogenizing fluids. Several beneficial features incorporated in the centrifugal-pump-type mechanism comprising an electric motor, an intake screen, an elongate metal body, a central drive shaft extending from the...

20060239812 - A method of regulating the flow rate of air in a rotary shaft of a turbomachine: A device applied to regulating the flow rate of air flowing in a rotary shaft of a turbomachine, the shaft including at least one through orifice for passing air. The device at least one shutter member for shutting the orifice and secured to a deformable blade presenting bi-linear behavior, the...

20060239813 - Displacement sensor system and method of operation: A clearance sensing system for a rotating machine includes a plurality of sensor probes disposed within a stationary shroud of the rotating machine. Each of the plurality of sensor probes is adapted to measure a parameter indicative of an axial and a radial displacement of a rotating component within the...

20060239814 - Gas turbine having a sealing structure: A gas turbine, wherein annular overhang portions are formed on adjacent surfaces of a plurality of rotor discs so as to face each other, surrounding the rotor axis, groove portions are provided circumferentially to the surfaces of the overhang portions facing each other, and sealing structures being annularly installed to...

20060239815 - Centrifugal blower: A centrifugal blower has a fan rotatable by a rotational drive source and a scroll casing housing the fan and having first and second discharge passages. The first and second discharge passages have radial dimensions or widths and vertical dimensions which are progressively greater toward an opening. The first and...

20060239816 - Integrated labyrinth and carbon seal: An integrated double seal assembly includes a carbon seal ring and at least one annular labyrinth seal fin. The seal provides a compact solution for sealing a rotating shaft....

20060233634 - Method of indicating sealing steam temperature and related apparatus: A method of obtaining sealing steam temperature readings in a steam turbine where steam is used to seal turbine shaft ends includes (a) supplying pressurized sealing steam through a supply pipe to a steam seal header that, in turn, distributes the sealing steam to the shaft ends, respectively; (b) measuring...

20060233635 - Stationary co-axial multi-rotor wind turbine supported by continuous central driveshaft: Co-axial, multi-rotor wind turbines, producing more power than a single rotor of the same diameter, are made even more powerful by increasing driveshaft length and supporting the driveshaft from more than one point. Sacrificing the ability to aim, for the extra length to support additional rotors, results in a more...

20060233636 - Turbine and a component: A turbine including a rotor (1) that is driven by gas and that has a housing (2) enclosing the rotor. The turbine includes a component (6) suspended from the housing (2) that is arranged inside the housing (2) and at least partially beside the rotor (1) with respect to the...

20060233637 - Turbine starting controller and turbine starting control method: A turbine starting controller includes: an optimum starting control unit for predicting, while taking as a variable a turbine acceleration rate/load increase rate as a directly manipulated variable, thermal stress generated in a turbine rotor over a prediction period from a current time to the future, calculating for each control...

20060233638 - Buffer and partition fixture for fans and fixture for rotating objects: A buffer and partition fixture for fans and a fixture for rotating objects have a plurality of elastic fixtures between a rotating object such as a motor or a fan and a fixed object such as a casing. The rotating object is raised and mounted onto the fixed object. With...

20060233639 - Water driven motor: The present invention provides an assembly of machined or precision cast components which combine to form a high pressure water powered motor. The motor includes a rigid metal housing, a high pressure water inlet, an impeller rotatably mounted within the housing, an output drive shaft for connection to a machine...

20060233640 - Nozzle device for a turbocharger and associated control method: A variable nozzle device for a turbocharger comprises an annular arrangement of vanes disposed in a nozzle formed between an inner wall and an outer wall, said outer wall being constituted by an axially displaceable member, wherein said axially displaceable member is displaceable by an action exerted from the side...

20060233641 - Crescentic ramp turbine stage: A turbine stage includes a row of airfoils joined to corresponding platforms to define flow passages therebetween. Each airfoil includes opposite pressure and suction sides and extends in chord between opposite leading and trailing edges. Each platform includes a crescentic ramp increasing in height from the leading and trailing edges...

20060233642 - Arrangement for internal passive turbine blade tip clearance control in a high pressure turbine: A passive internal control system for rotor blade tip clearance of a high-pressure turbine is based on inner rings that expand in a radial direction under the influence of heat and radially adjust the clearance delimited by liner segments (9) on the casing side. It comprises a radially expandable U-shaped...

20060233643 - Heat-dissipating mechanism for a motor: A heat-dissipating mechanism for a motor includes a rotor and a stator base. The rotor rotates with respect to the stator base and includes a casing and a hub. The casing has a side portion and a bottom portion, and at least one opening is disposed at the bottom portion....

20060228206 - Low solidity turbofan: A turbofan includes a row of fan blades extending from a supporting disk inside an annular casing. Each blade includes an airfoil having opposite pressure and suction sides extending radially in span between a root and tip and axially in chord between leading and trailing edges. Adjacent airfoils define corresponding...

20060228207 - Impeller for fuel pumps: A fuel pump for a vehicle comprises: a driving motor; an impeller having a substantially circular shape, the impeller being rotatable by operation of the driving motor; and a pump casing covered with a casing cover, the pump casing and casing cover together defining a central cavity for receiving the...

20060228208 - Method and apparatus for distributing fluid into a turbomachine: An apparatus for distributing a fluid in a gas flow path inside a turbomachine, comprising: a device for introducing the fluid into the gas flow path; and wherein the device is positioned within the gas flow path. A method for installing an apparatus that will distribute a fluid in a...

20060228209 - Abradable seal between a turbine rotor and a stationary component: A seal between rotary and stationary turbine components includes an abradable coating on the surface of the stationary component between axially spaced caulked-in seal strips. The rotatable component includes a plurality of axially spaced teeth interdigitated with the teeth of the stationary component and engaging the abradable coating on the...

20060228210 - Compressor rotor: A compressor has a rotor (13), which rotor (13) has a number of rows of rotor blades (14, 14′) which are at a distance from one another, one behind the other in the axial direction, with a number of thermal barrier segments (10), which are detachably attached to the rotor...

20060228211 - Multi-piece turbine vane assembly: Aspects of the invention relate to a modular turbine vane assembly. The vane assembly includes an airfoil portion, an outer shroud and an inner shroud. The airfoil portion can be made of at least two segments. Preferably, the components are connected together so as to permit assembly and disassembly of...

20060228212 - Radial fan wheel, fan unit and radial fan arrangement: The invention relates to a radial fan wheel comprising vanes (2) which are inclined against the rotational direction (8) (radial impeller inclined towards the rear), the outer edge regions (14, 7) of the top and bottom disks (3, 4) projecting past the effective diameter (DAs) of the vanes. The diffusion...

20060228213 - Turbine nozzle retention key: A retaining key for a turbine nozzle includes a key body having top and bottom surfaces, a pair of sides and a pair of ends including a forward end having a pair of horizontal shoulders on opposite sides of a center rib, the shoulders located substantially midway between the top...

20060222482 - Method and system for rotating a turbine stator ring: A method for distributing effects of a circumferential hot streak condition in a turbine includes communicating a control signal to a rotator moving a stator ring with the rotator in response to the control signal....

20060222483 - Wind turbine for driving a generator: The invention is an improved vertical axis wind turbine for driving a generator, and more particularly to such a turbine including a rotor having an improved rotor blade configuration for increased rotational speed and power output. The vertical axis wind turbine generator includes a rotor having a pair of disk-shaped...

20060222484 - Multistage turbine with single blade row, and gas turbine using same: In order to desirably prevent leakage of a working fluid from the tip clearance to reduce loss of a heat drop of the working fluid, a first corresponding blade of a second stationary blade row, which corresponds to a first reference blade of a first stationary blade row, is disposed...

20060222485 - Method for air circulation in a turbomachine compressor, compressor arrangement using this method, compression stage and compressor incorporating such a arrangement, and aircraft engine equipped with such a compressor:

20060222486 - Cooling system for a gas turbine engine: A cooling system for a gas turbine engine (FIG. 1) comprises a pre-swirl arrangement, preferably including a pre-swirl chamber, for providing cooling air to a turbine blade disc, and a ventilation arrangement for providing ventilation air to a rotating component of the gas turbine engine. The cooling system includes an...

20060222487 - Vane for a gas turbine engine: A vane (110, 210) for a gas turbine engine includes an aerofoil part (112, 212) and a sealing part (114, 214) at one end of the aerofoil part. The sealing part defines a cavity (122, 222) and an opening (130, 230) to the cavity....

20060222490 - Axial turbine: An axial turbine includes a plurality of stages, each of the plurality of stages having stationary blades adjacent to each other along the turbine circumferential direction and corresponding moving blades adjacent to each other along the circumferential direction, each of the moving blade being located downstream of a corresponding one...

20060222488 - Nozzle vane with two slopes: A nozzle vane for a rotary disk of a turbomachine, the vane comprising pressure side and suction side surfaces extending radially between a base and a tip and longitudinally between a leading edge and a trailing edge, with a plurality of vane sections having centers of gravity aligned along a...

20060222489 - Turbine exhaust system and method for modifying the same: A turbine exhaust system includes an exhaust hood inner casing that involves the turbine rotor; an exhaust hood outer casing that forms an exhaust hood, together with the exhaust hood inner casing; a flow guide that forms an annular diffuser flow path; and exhaust hood upper part flow guides each...

20060222491 - Centrifugal fan: A centrifugal fan includes a scroll casing having first and second flat base walls, and a circumferential side wall. An air inlet is formed on a center portion of the first base wall and an exhaust port is formed on the circumferential side wall. An airflow correction mechanism that forms...