Patents Represented by Attorney Joeph V. Claeys
  • Patent number: 4362020
    Abstract: A Rankine cycle turbine drives an electric generator and a feed pump, all on a single shaft, and all enclosed within a hermetically sealed case. The shaft is vertically oriented with the turbine exhaust directed downward and the shaft is supported on hydrodynamic fluid film bearings using the process fluid as lubricant and coolant. The selection of process fluid, type of turbine, operating speed, system power rating, and cycle state points are uniquely coordinated to achieve high turbine efficiency at the temperature levels imposed by the recovery of waste heat from the more prevalent industrial processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1982
    Assignee: Mechanical Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: John S. Meacher, David E. Ruscitto