Patent ID: 9528530
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: F04D

Claim Text:
1. A fluid heating and pumping system comprising: a housing having an inlet opening and an outlet opening; a plurality of turbine chambers within said housing; each of said turbine chambers having an inlet end and an outlet end; each of said turbine chambers comprising a stator and a rotor both of which are centered on an axis of rotation; each of said rotors is mounted to a driveshaft; said driveshaft rotates about said axis of rotation; each of said turbine chambers constructed to create a circuitous flow path for fluid flow; a separating plate located between adjacent said turbine chambers, said separating plate having at least one separating plate orifice through which fluid can flow between adjacent said turbine chambers; each of said rotors designed to move the fluid axially or radially through said housing; each of said rotors having a plurality of rotor vanes with each of said rotor vanes having a fin at said inlet end; said fin extending past the plane of an adjacent said rotor vane to extend said circuitous flow path through said rotors; each of said stators having a plurality of axially extending stator vanes, said rotor and said stator sized and mounted to form a shearing plane between them; each of said stators having an end member with at least one outlet orifice situated at said outlet end to allow fluid to flow through at least one opening in an adjacent said separating plate orifice; and said fins, said shearing plane, and said outlet orifice creating thermal energy as the fluid is transferred along and between said rotor vanes and said stator vanes, through said shearing plane and between the adjacent said turbine chambers as the fluid flows circuitously from said inlet opening to said outlet opening.