Patent ID: 8487466
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: B63H,F04D

Abstract:
1. A continuous-flow machine, comprising: at least two rotors, mounted to be rotatable about a rotation axis in mutually opposite directions and on which blades or vanes are arranged, a machine shaft, mounted to be rotatable; a drive mechanism, to connect the machine shaft to the at least two rotors and to convert a rotary movement of the machine shaft to rotary movements of the at least two rotors in mutually opposite directions, or vice versa; and a housing which forms a channel for a flow of a fluid, wherein the at least two rotors are arranged one behind the other in the channel in a flow direction of the fluid, the machine shaft and the at least two rotors are annular and are mounted to be rotatable in the housing, and the at least two annular rotors each include an annulus inner face and an annulus outer face, and wherein the blades or vanes are arranged on the annulus inner face, wherein