A unitized build assembly for a gas turbine engine includes an exhaust duct, a hot section with a locking structure and including a combustor and turbine section. The hot section at least partially circumferentially surrounds the exhaust duct. The build assembly includes a compressor section with an interface structure and is proximal to the hot section. The hot section at least partially circumferentially surrounds at least part of the compressor section and the locking structure is configured to engage the interface structure to limit movement of the hot section relative to the compressor section.

A combined cooling heating and power micro gas turbine device includes a micro gas turbine. The micro gas turbine includes a gas compressor, a turbine and a combustion chamber assembly. The combustion chamber assembly includes a combustion chamber, an air inlet cavity, an air inlet channel and an exhaust channel. The air inlet cavity includes an interior air inlet cavity and an exterior air inlet cavity that are integrated, an air outlet end of the exterior air inlet cavity is communicated with an air inlet end of the interior air inlet cavity, an air inlet end of the exterior air inlet cavity is communicated with the air inlet channel, the air inlet channel is communicated with the gas compressor, the combustion chamber is arranged between the interior air inlet cavity and the exterior air inlet cavity, and an air outlet of the combustion chamber is communicated with the exhaust channel.

A cooling system includes a dual plate structure having a porous material disposed between the plates such that the porous material is sealed from ambient at a pressure less than ambient. A cooling device is thermally coupled to a mobile device supported by the structure and actively removes heat from the mobile device.

A core engine article includes a combustor liner defining a combustion chamber therein and a turbine nozzle. The combustor liner includes a plurality of injector ports, and the plurality of injector ports have a shape that tapers to a corner on a forward side of the injector ports. The turbine nozzle includes a plurality of airfoils. The combustor liner and turbine nozzle are integral with one another. A method of making a core engine article is also disclosed.

A compressor includes a rotor, a stator, a coil, a shell, an impeller and at least one main gas passage, where the stator and the coil are sleeved on the rotor, the shell covers the stator and the coil, the shell is enclosed at a tail end of the compressor to form a high-pressure chamber, the impeller is sleeved at a tail end of the rotor and faces toward a gas intake direction, the main gas passage surrounds the stator, and an outlet at a tail end of the main gas passage is connected to the high-pressure chamber through the impeller. The compressor can solve the technical problems of complex structure, large size and hard heat dissipation of the existing compressor. A rotor system and a microturbine including the compressor are provided.

An electrical power generation system including a micro-turbine alternator. The micro-turbine alternator including a combustor, a first stage turbine configured to be driven by exhaust from the combustor, a second stage turbine configured to be driven by the exhaust from the combustor, at least one compressor operably connected to the combustor to provide a compressed airflow thereto, one or more shafts connecting the first stage turbine and the second stage turbine to the at least one compressor such that rotation of the first stage turbine and the second stage turbine drives rotation of the at least one compressor, and an exhaust turbine reheat cycle configured to transfer heat from the exhaust entering the first stage turbine to the exhaust entering the second stage turbine.

Devices and methods for the efficient disaggregation of tissue samples, separating the tissue into individual intact cells or small aggregates of cells for analysis. A device may include a chamber to receive fluid and a tissue specimen containing more than one cell to be disaggregated. The chamber may include an opening and an agitator in fluid contact with the fluid and the tissue specimen. The agitator may include a micromotor which provides rotational motion to a shaft and an impeller fixed to the shaft such that the impeller and the shaft rotate together upon provision of the rotational motion by the micromotor. The device may include an electrical energy source electrically coupled to the micromotor to rotate the impeller sufficient to disaggregate the one or more individual cells from the tissue specimen and in a manner which does not lyse the one or more individual cells.

A distributed fuel module includes a fuel pressure vessel with a gas port and a fuel port, a hydraulic circuit breaker connected to the fuel port, and a gaseous circuit breaker. The gaseous circuit breaker is connected to the gas port, is fluidly coupled to the hydraulic circuit breaker through the fuel pressure vessel, and is cooperatively associated with the gaseous circuit breaker to isolate the fuel pressure vessel from a compressed gas header and a fuel header according to pressure differential within the hydraulic circuit breaker and pressure differential within the gaseous circuit breaker. Power modules and methods of controlling fuel flow in fuel modules are also described.

A power generation system includes one or more micro-turbine electric generators (“MTEGs”). The MTEGs include a housing having an inlet for receiving pressurized gas and an outlet for releasing expanded gas. The MTEGs also include a rotor, a user-replaceable nozzle for directing pressurized gas over blades of the rotor, and a stator for generating alternating current (“AC”) responsive to rotation of the rotor. The power generation system also includes a programmable logic controller (“PLC”) coupled to the MTEGs that operates flow control valves (“FCVs”) coupled to the MTEGs to modulate the flow of gas to the MTEGs to generate output power suitable to support an electrical load. The system also includes power conversion circuitry configured to convert AC generated by the MTEGs to direct current (“DC”) and to provide the DC to an electrical load. The system also includes a skid for mounting multiple and MTEGs and FCVs.

Disclosed herein is a tactical turbine aerosol generator. An embodiment of tactical turbine aerosol generator can comprise an aerosol dispersal system. The aerosol dispersal system can include an aerosol generator. The aerosol generator can comprise a solution tank assembly. The solution tank assembly can be configured to transport an aerosol solution for vaporization. The aerosol generator can further include a motor device. The motor device can be configured to vaporize the aerosol solution and expel the aerosol solution from the aerosol generator. Aerosol generator can also comprise an engine control unit in electrical communication with the motor device. The aerosol generator can include a transmitter assembly in electrical communication with the solution assembly and engine control unit. The aerosol generator can also be configured actuate operation of the aerosol generator. The aerosol dispersal system can also include an auxiliary container assembly configured to be coupled to the aerosol generator.