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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2016
Applicant:
Soar Technologies, Inc., Redmond, WA (US);
Inventor:
Nathan J. Smith, Duvall, WA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03B 3/02 (2006.01); F03B 11/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F03B 3/02 (2013.01); F03B 11/02 (2013.01); F05B 2210/403 (2013.01); F05B 2240/121 (2013.01); Y02E 10/223 (2013.01); Y02E 10/226 (2013.01);
Abstract
A turbine for extracting kinetic energy from a fluid includes a runner, a turbine-inlet having an entrance and an exit that is adjacent the turbine's runner, and a turbine-outlet having an entrance that is adjacent the runner and an exit. The runner extracts kinetic energy from fluid flowing through the turbine; the turbine inlet directs flowing fluid into the runner; and the turbine-outlet directs flowing fluid away from the runner. When fluid flows through the turbine, the fluid flowing through the turbine-inlet toward the runner flows around and adjacent the fluid flowing through the turbine-outlet away from the runner.