Turbine power generator including supplemental parallel cooling and related methods

A turbine power generator 20 includes a housing 22, a shaft 24, a turbine 26 to drive the shaft, a shaft-driven generator rotor 28, and generator stator 30 within the housing and surrounding the rotor. A main cooling gas blower 32 includes at least one blade 34 driven by the shaft 24 for causing a m...

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Hauptverfasser: NELSON ROBERT J, WARREN BOBBY A, MCCREIGHT KIM M, LAU JAMES F
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A turbine power generator 20 includes a housing 22, a shaft 24, a turbine 26 to drive the shaft, a shaft-driven generator rotor 28, and generator stator 30 within the housing and surrounding the rotor. A main cooling gas blower 32 includes at least one blade 34 driven by the shaft 24 for causing a main flow of cooling gas to cool the rotor 28 and/or stator 30. A supplemental cooling gas blower 36 is connected in parallel with the main cooling gas blower 32 for causing a supplemental flow of cooling gas through the housing 22 in addition to the main flow of cooling gas to cool the rotor 28 and/or stator 30. The supplemental cooling gas blower may include an electric motor 38 and at least one blade 40 driven thereby. A controller 39 may be connected to the electric motor 38 to permit selective operation of the supplemental cooling gas blower 36.