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Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 05, 2018
Applicants:

Azam Mihir Thatte, Kensington, CA (US);

Behzad Zamanian Yazdi, San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Azam Mihir Thatte, Kensington, CA (US);

Behzad Zamanian Yazdi, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

ENERGY RECOVERY, INC., San Leandro, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 17/04 (2006.01); F04F 13/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 17/045 (2013.01); F04F 13/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system includes a hydraulic energy transfer system configured to exchange pressures between a first fluid and a second fluid, wherein the first fluid has a pressure higher than the second fluid. The hydraulic transfer system includes a cylindrical rotor configured to rotate circumferentially about a rotational axis and having a first end face and a second end face disposed opposite each other, a first end cover having a first surface that interfaces with the first end face of the cylindrical rotor, and a hybrid hydrodynamic-hydrostatic bearing system configured to resist axial displacement of the cylindrical rotor.


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