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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2015
Applicant:
Fluid Equipment Development Company, Llc, Monroe, MI (US);
Inventor:
Jason B. Hunt, Monroe, MI (US);
Assignee:
Fluid Equipment Development Company, LLC, Monroe, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 17/00 (2006.01); F01D 1/02 (2006.01); B01D 61/06 (2006.01); F01D 17/02 (2006.01); F01D 17/14 (2006.01); B01D 61/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 17/00 (2013.01); B01D 61/06 (2013.01); F01D 1/02 (2013.01); F01D 17/143 (2013.01); B01D 61/025 (2013.01); B01D 2313/243 (2013.01); B01D 2313/246 (2013.01); F01D 17/02 (2013.01); F01D 17/14 (2013.01); F01D 17/141 (2013.01); F01D 17/146 (2013.01); F05D 2220/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
A turbine and method of operating the same a turbine includes a housing having a volute, an inlet and an outlet an impeller rotatable coupled to the housing, a first shroud disposed within the housing comprising a plurality of nozzle vanes and a second shroud disposed within the housing adjacent to the first shroud so that a nozzle area is formed between the first shroud and the second shroud, said nozzle area having a variable width. The second shroud is movable relative to the first shroud to vary the width so that fluid flow from the inlet to the outlet is variable.