Dimaag-ai, Inc.

Wrightspeed, Inc.

Brandon Stitt

Ian Wright

Described herein are immersion-cooled axial flux electric motors and methods of operating thereof. An immersion-cooled axial flux electric motor comprises a rotor and an immersion-cooled stator. The rotor comprises a set of magnets and a magnet support plate extending perpendicular to the motor axis. The set of magnets is attached to the magnet support plate and distributed about on the motor axis. The immersion-cooled stator comprises a cooling-fluid inlet, a cooling-fluid outlet, a set of stator windings, and a stator-sealed space. The set of stator windings is positioned within the stator-sealed space proximate to the set of magnets such that during the operation of the motor magnetic flux between the set of stator windings and the set of magnets is aligned substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of the rotor. The cooling-fluid inlet and the cooling-fluid outlet are fluidically coupled to the stator-sealed space.

Immersion-cooled axial flux electric motors and methods of operating thereof

Provided are turbine engines and methods of operating thereof by heating and evaporating liquid fuels in a controlled manner prior to burning. Specifically, a fuel is heated and evaporated while avoiding coking. Coking is caused by pyrolysis when the fuel contacts a metal surface within a certain temperature range, which is referred herein to a coking temperature range. In the described methods, the fuel is transferred from one component, maintained below the coking temperature range, to another component, maintained above this range. The fuel is airborne and does not contact any metal surfaces during this transfer, and coking does not occur. In some examples, the fuel is also mixed with hot air during this transfer. The heated fuel, e.g., as an air-fuel mixture, is then supplied into a combustor, where more air is added to reach flammability conditions.

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Brandon Stitt