The Boc Group, Inc.

Edwards Limited

Stephen Edward Downham

David Paul Manson

Huw David Powell

Huw Powell

A pump comprises a rotor arrangement and a stator arrangement. The stator arrangement comprises a first part made from a corrosive resistant material which defines a volume which in use is swept by the rotor arrangement for pumping fluid from an inlet to an outlet of the stator arrangement. A second part of the stator arrangement is made from a thermally conductive material which envelopes the first part so that heat generated in the first part can be transferred to the second part at the interface surface between the two parts. The second part has formed therein at least one duct for conveying a liquid coolant through the second part so that heat can be transferred from the second part to the liquid coolant for cooling the stator arrangement.

Pump enveloped with thermally conductive material

In a pumping arrangement for a chamber, a regenerative pumping mechanism comprises a rotor and a stator having an annular channel within which rotor blades rotate to urge fluid along the channel. The channel has a stripper, a channel inlet positioned adjacent one end of the stripper and through which fluid from the chamber enters the channel, and a channel outlet positioned adjacent the other end of the stripper and through which pressurised fluid leaves the channel. The stator further comprises a fluid bypass in the form of a bore having an inlet and an outlet on either side of the stripper. A valve allows fluid entering the channel to selectively diverted through the bore to the channel outlet. This can allow the performance of the pump to be varied without changing the speed of rotation of the rotor, and thus allow the pressure in the chamber to be accurately controlled.

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Worthing, United Kingdom

Stephen Edward Downham