A turbomachine having a rotor that extends along a rotational axis and a radial bearing in which the rotor is radially mounted on a radial bearing point. In the axial region of the radial bearing point, the rotor has a hollow chamber annularly located in the circumferential direction in the region of the outer 20% of the diameter of the radial bearing point and which is thermally insulating between a radially inner core region of the rotor in the region of the radial bearing point and the radial outer region of the rotor in the region of the radial bearing point. A first shaft end of the rotor protrudes from the axial center of the radial bearing point by a projection over the radial bearing point, wherein a first quotient QLO of the projection OVH divided by the total length TLE of the rotor QLO=OVH/TLE>0.15.

A turbomachine having a rotor that extends along a rotational axis and a radial bearing in which the rotor is radially mounted on a radial bearing point. In the axial region of the radial bearing point, the rotor has a hollow chamber annularly located in the circumferential direction in the region of the outer 20% of the diameter of the radial bearing point and which is thermally insulating between a radially inner core region of the rotor in the region of the radial bearing point and the radial outer region of the rotor in the region of the radial bearing point. A first shaft end of the rotor protrudes from the axial center of the radial bearing point by a projection over the radial bearing point, wherein a first quotient QLO of the projection OVH divided by the total length TLE of the rotor QLO=OVH/TLE>0.15.

The present invention relates to a flow controller configured to selectively act as a pump or as a flow regulator. The flow controller comprises: an inlet for a fluid; an outlet for the fluid; a pump assembly arranged between the inlet and the outlet and configured to pump the fluid through the flow controller from the inlet to the outlet; a hydro electrical generator assembly arranged between the inlet and the outlet, the hydro electrical generator assembly configured to allow the fluid flow through the flow controller from the inlet to the outlet and to generate electricity by transforming flow energy of the fluid flowing through the flow controller into electricity; and a mode controller configured to selectively set the flow controller in a pumping mode or in an electricity generating mode.

A fluid pump includes an inlet plate having an inlet; an outlet plate having an outlet plate outlet passage; an outlet which discharges fluid from the fuel pump; an electric motor having a shaft which rotates about an axis; a pumping element rotationally coupled to the shaft such that rotation of the pumping element by the shaft causes fluid to be pumped from the inlet to the outlet plate outlet passage and through the outlet; and a retention clip. The retention clip includes a central portion, a first leg which extends laterally from one end of the central portion, and a second leg which extends laterally from the other end of the central portion. The inlet plate includes an inlet plate slot within which the first leg is located and the outlet plate includes an outlet plate slot within which the second leg is located.

A scavenging centrifugal baffle pump includes a main pump including a pump housing, a gear external to the pump housing coupled to the main pump, a baffle connected to the main pump housing defining an interior volume, the gear at least partially located in the interior volume, a reservoir defined in the interior volume of the baffle, an inlet defined in the baffle adjacent to the reservoir, an opening defined in the baffle, wherein the opening exposes a portion of the gear, and an elongate passage defined by the baffle including an outlet, wherein the elongate passage connects the interior volume of the baffle with the outlet.

A system and method in at least one embodiment provides magnetic levitation to a vehicle above and/or partially about a rail or track using a flux field generator having a plurality of members having mated waveform patterns. In a further embodiment, the magnetic levitation also uses a distribution system. In a further embodiment, the plurality of members forms a disk-pack turbine. In a further embodiment, the flux field generator is not vehicle based.

A system and method in at least one embodiment for separating fluids including liquids and gases into subcomponents by passing the fluid through a vortex chamber into an expansion chamber and then through at least a portion of a waveform pattern present between at least two rotors and/or disks. In further embodiments, a system and method is offered for harnessing fields created by a system having rotating rotors and/or disks having waveform patterns on at least one side to produce current within a plurality of coils. In at least one embodiment, the waveform patterns include a plurality of hyperbolic waveforms axially aligned around a horizontal center of the system.

A system and method in at least one embodiment for separating fluids including liquids and gases into subcomponents by passing the fluid through a vortex chamber into an expansion chamber and then through at least a portion of a waveform pattern present between at least two rotors and/or disks. In further embodiments, a system and method is offered for harnessing fields created by a system having rotating rotors and/or disks having waveform patterns on at least one side to produce current within a plurality of coils. In at least one embodiment, the waveform patterns include a plurality of hyperbolic waveforms axially aligned around a horizontal center of the system.

The invention relates to a side-channel machine having a housing, located in the housing a side-channel for guiding a gas, and at least one gas inlet opening which is formed in the housing and is fluidically connected to the side-channel. Furthermore, the side-channel machine has at least one gas inlet pipe which connects to the at least one gas inlet opening. The side-channel machine further comprises at least one gas outlet opening and at least one gas outlet pipe which connects to the at least one gas outlet opening. Furthermore, the side-channel machine has an impeller that can be made to rotate in the housing, with impeller blades, which bound impeller cells arranged in the side-channel, for delivering the gas in the impeller cells from the at least one gas inlet opening to the at least one gas outlet opening. The side-channel machine further has at least one interrupter arranged between the at least one gas inlet opening and the at least one gas outlet opening.

A boundary layer turbomachine (100) can include a housing (110) defining an interior space (115) and having an inlet opening (112) and an outlet (113) opening to facilitate movement of a fluid through the housing (110). The boundary layer turbomachine (100) can also include a rotor assembly (120) disposed in the rotor chamber (117) and configured to rotate about an axis of rotation (101). The rotor assembly (120) can have a plurality of disks (121) spaced apart along the axis of rotation (101) and defining an interior opening along the axis of rotation (101). The fluid can pass through gaps between the disks (121) and the interior opening as the fluid moves through the housing (110). Corresponding rotor assembly and partition are also provided.