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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2021
Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie—s.r.l., Florence, IT;
Francesco Cangioli, Florence, IT;
Davide Biliotti, Florence, IT;
Massimiliano Ortiz Neri, Florence, IT;
Giuseppe Sassanelli, Florence, IT;
Vittorio Michelassi, Florence, IT;
Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie—S.R.L., Florence, IT;
Abstract
An integrated hermetically sealed turboexpander-generator comprises a hermetically sealed casing arrangement, a turboexpander, a compressor and an electric generator, arranged in the hermetically sealed casing arrangement along a common shaft line, supported by active magnetic bearings. Also disclosed is a thermodynamic system using the integrated hermetically sealed turboexpander-generator to convert waste heat from a waste heat source into electric power. One of the turboexpander and of the compressor comprises two sections arranged in an overhung configuration at the ends of the common shaft line.