A sealed micropump includes an integrated motor and at least one impeller for generating fluid flow inside a housing of the micropump. The impeller includes a radial sliding bearing with a spider bearing for supporting an impeller pin of the impeller inside the housing. The impeller pin includes a sheathing of a material different from a material of the spider bearing.

An electric water pump including a rotor assembly, wherein the rotor assembly includes an iron core body having a central through-hole, a plurality of magnetic plates disposed inside the iron core body, a first plastic coating layer for enclosing the iron core body, and a second plastic coating layer. At least one protruding rib is provided on a top surface and/or a bottom surface of the first plastic coating layer, a recess matching the protruding rib is provided on the second plastic coating layer, and the first plastic coating layer can drive the second plastic coating layer to rotate relative to an axis of the central through-hole of the iron core body.

A multiphase pump for conveying a multiphase process fluid includes a pump housing, a rotor and a radial bearing. The rotor is arranged in the pump housing and is configured to rotate about an axial direction. The radial bearing has a support carrier and a support structure to support the rotor with respect to a radial direction. The rotor includes a pump shaft and an impeller fixedly mounted on the pump shaft to convey the process fluid from a pump inlet to a pump outlet. A squeeze film damper is provided to reduce vibrations of the rotor, the squeeze film damper arranged around the support structure of the radial bearing, and having an radially outer surface. A damping gap is arranged between the support structure of the radial bearing and the radially outer surface of the squeeze film damper. The damping gap is configured to receive a damping fluid.

A submersible well fluid pump has diffusers non-rotatably mounted in a pump housing. A drive shaft rotates an impeller between each of the diffusers. A bearing is positioned between and in abutment with two of the diffusers. An annular recess encircles an outer wall of the bearing. A wave spring has undulations with inward protruding indentations in contact with a base of the recess and outward protruding indentations in engagement with an inner wall of the housing. The wave spring is split and radially compressed between the base of the recess and the housing inner wall.

Provided is an electric water pump in which a portion of a fluid discharged from the vicinity of an outer peripheral edge of an impeller flows between the impeller and a lower casing, flows between a rotor and the lower casing, flows between a shaft and the rotor along a channel formed inside the rotor, and then flows to an inlet side of the impeller such that the fluid circulates outside and inside the rotor, and thus, foreign matters contained in the fluid do not accumulate in an accommodation space between the rotor and the lower casing, and thus, efficiency and durability of a motor can be improved.

Provided is an electric water pump in which a portion of a fluid discharged from the vicinity of an outer peripheral edge of an impeller flows between the impeller and a lower casing, flows between a rotor and the lower casing, flows between a shaft and the rotor along a channel formed inside the rotor, and then flows to an inlet side of the impeller such that the fluid circulates outside and inside the rotor, and thus, foreign matters contained in the fluid do not accumulate in an accommodation space between the rotor and the lower casing, and thus, efficiency and durability of a motor can be improved.

Aspects of the invention disclosed herein generally provide a heat engine system, a turbopump system, and methods for lubricating a turbopump while generating energy. The systems and methods provide proper lubrication and cooling to turbomachinery components by controlling pressures applied to a thrust bearing in the turbopump. The applied pressure on the thrust bearing may be controlled by a turbopump back-pressure regulator valve adjusted to maintain proper pressures within bearing pockets disposed on two opposing surfaces of the thrust bearing. Pocket pressure ratios, such as a turbine-side pocket pressure ratio (P1) and a pump-side pocket pressure ratio (P2), may be monitored and adjusted by a process control system. In order to prevent damage to the thrust bearing, the systems and methods may utilize advanced control theory of sliding mode, the multi-variables of the pocket pressure ratios P1 and P2, and regulating the bearing fluid to maintain a supercritical state.

A magnetic pump comprising: a pump body supporting an output shaft on a wet side of the pump and having an inlet and at least one outlet for pumped fluid; an input drive element on a dry side of the pump, at least one magnet for coupling the input and output shafts such that motion of the input shaft causes motion of the output shaft, a pressure containing structure mounted on the pump body for separating the dry and the wet sides, wherein the pump includes: one or more pathways through which pumped fluid can pass so as to lubricate one or more moving parts within the pressure containing structure, and a monitoring port/channel through which one or more properties of pumped fluid passing through the one or more pathways can be sensed.

A submersible well pump assembly having a motor with a shaft, a stator, a rotor coupled to the shaft, and bearing sleeves between the shaft and a bearing assembly. The rotor includes a number of rotor sections located along an axis of the shaft, where each rotor section includes a stack of rotor disks and end rings on each end of the stack. Each bearing sleeve attaches to an end ring and extends axially away from the end ring into abutment with an end of another bearing sleeve attached to an adjacent end ring.

A pump device includes an impeller and a housing that houses the impeller in a rotatable manner. The impeller includes a fin (vane) unit and a movable sleeve. The housing includes a fixed sleeve that houses the movable sleeve. A first gap is formed between an inner periphery of the movable sleeve and an opposing surface that faces the inner periphery. Since the inner periphery and the opposing surface are inclined relative to an axis of the impeller, the first gap is increased when the impeller ascends with rotation of the impeller.