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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2012
Jeremy Daniel Van Dam, West Coxsackie, NY (US);
Norman Arnold Turnquist, Carlisle, NY (US);
Tsarafidy Raminosoa, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Manoj Ramprasad Shah, Latham, NY (US);
Xiaochun Shen, Cohoes, NY (US);
Jeremy Daniel Van Dam, West Coxsackie, NY (US);
Norman Arnold Turnquist, Carlisle, NY (US);
Tsarafidy Raminosoa, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Manoj Ramprasad Shah, Latham, NY (US);
Xiaochun Shen, Cohoes, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
An electric machine is presented. The electric machine includes a hollow rotor; and a stator disposed within the hollow rotor, the stator defining a flow channel. The hollow rotor includes a first end portion defining a fluid inlet, a second end portion defining a fluid outlet; the fluid inlet, the fluid outlet, and the flow channel of the stator being configured to allow passage of a fluid from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet via the flow channel; and wherein the hollow rotor is characterized by a largest cross-sectional area of hollow rotor, and wherein the flow channel is characterized by a smallest cross-sectional area of the flow channel, wherein the smallest cross-sectional area of the flow channel is at least about 25% of the largest cross-sectional area of the hollow rotor. An electric fluid pump and a power generation system are also presented.