Hermetic motor cooling for high temperature organic Rankine cycle system

• Main Authors: Cogswell Frederick J, Biederman Bruce P
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 27.06.2017
• Subjects: BLASTING; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES; ELECTRICITY; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ENGINES USING SPECIAL WORKING FLUIDS OR CYCLES; GENERATION; HEATING; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; STEAM ACCUMULATORS; STEAM ENGINE PLANTS; STEAM ENGINES; WEAPONS

An Organic Rankine Cycle system includes a turbine driven by a working fluid and a generator driven by the turbine. The turbine includes a rotor volume that is at sub-atmospheric pressure, and the working fluid is sprayed into the rotor volume. The turbine can be arranged in a primary circuit that also includes, in flow series from the turbine, a condenser, a first pump, and an evaporator. The rotor volume can be arranged in a secondary cooling circuit that includes, in flow series from the rotor volume, a heat exchanger, a second pump, and a restriction valve located downstream of the second pump and upstream of the rotor volume.