General Electric Company

Devon Walter Story

Samir Armando Salamah

Henry August Scarton

Eric Steven Buskirk

Kyle Richard Wilt

Rebinth Jose Robin

Sadeo Ramtahal

Alexander Gabriel Beckford

Donald Alden VanSlyke

Madhu Bharadwaj

Rajiv Rajan

Binu Mathew Moonjanattu

Prashant Prakash Pimpalkar

Systems and devices for thermodynamically regulating portions of a dynamoelectric machine are disclosed. In one embodiment, a fan assembly element includes: an axially inner shroud segment configured to form a portion of an annular assembly about a rotor of a dynamoelectric machine, wherein the axially inner shroud segment includes a rotor hub interface configured to physically connect to a complementary portion of a rotor hub; a set of fan blades physically connected to and extending axially from a face of the axially inner shroud segment; and an axially outer shroud segment physically connected to the set of fan blades.

Segmented fan assembly

Systems are disclosed that assist in cooling generator rotor coils. In one embodiment, the system includes a stator; a rotor positioned within the stator, the rotor having: a spindle; groups of coils disposed about the spindle, each of the groups of coils including a plurality of ducts; a plurality of subslots disposed about the spindle, each of the plurality of subslots extending between the spindle and one of the groups of coils, wherein each of the plurality of subslots is in fluid communication with the one of the groups of coils; and a first baffle disposed in one of the plurality of subslots for directing a coolant into at least one of the plurality of ducts.

Generator coil cooling baffles

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Mountain View, CA, United States of America

Devon Walter Story