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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Malcolm S. Child, South Berwick, ME (US);
Assignee:
Ingersoll-Rand Energy Systems Corporation, Portsmouth, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/10 ; F02C 7/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/10 ; F02C 7/20 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for supporting the recuperator of a microturbine system in a vertical position above a turbine. The apparatus including a plurality of spring supports supporting the recuperator while simultaneously allowing thermal expansion of the turbine with a minimum amount of force being applied thereto. Thermal expansion of the turbine causes it to lift the recuperator while simultaneously decompressing the springs an amount equal to the amount of thermal expansion experienced by the turbine.